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Church focuses on missal
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA – The Philadelphia Archdiocese is launching a comprehensive, yearlong parish-based plan of preparation to receive the new English translation of the Roman Missal. Catholics in the United States will begin using the third typical edition of the long-awaited missal at English language Masses in the United States the […]
Cardinal Rigali, USCCB leaders condemn plans to burn Quran
By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) – The chairmen of three committees of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops have joined in condemnation of plans by a small Florida Pentecostal church to burn the Quran on Sept. 11. “All acts of intolerance aimed at a religious community should find no place in our world, let […]
Sacred Heart student selected for leadership program
BRYN MAWR – Rosemary Affatato, a senior at The Country Day School of the Sacred Heart in Bryn Mawr, was selected to participate in the Economics for Leaders program conducted at the College of William and Mary in July. Rosemary was one of 32 students from around the country who was accepted into the Foundation […]
New tune: Director of liturgical music
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T PHILADELPHIA – John Romeri has just come to Philadelphia from Missouri to take up the newly created post of archdiocesan director of liturgical music. He brings with him an impressive record of accomplishments. During his 18-year tenure as director of sacred music for the Archdiocese of St. Louis and […]
Golden Panthers begin inaugural season
By John KnebelsSports Columnist ROYERSFORD – At some point, the sparkle associated with a brand new school will fade. The beginning of the academic year will no longer induce sporadic visits from media, and rivalries will start to be forged as opponents become more familiar. But that’s in the future. For now, the student-athletes and […]
A silver jubilee of thanksgiving
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA – Catholics across the Archdiocese are invited to a Mass of thanksgiving commemorating the 25th anniversary of Cardinal Justin Rigali’s ordination as a bishop. The Cardinal will serve as the principal celebrant and homilist of the liturgy scheduled for 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 14, at the Cathedral Basilica […]
Easing a culture shock
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T There is a world of difference between Africans and African- Americans, and it has very little do with the geographic distance between two continents. “There is culture shock between both sides,” said Vunda Moutchie, who came to America three years ago and is living in West Philadelphia’s St. Francis […]
New missal approved
By Nancy Frazier O’BrienCatholic News Service WASHINGTON – Catholics in the United States will begin using the long-awaited English translation of the Roman Missal on the first Sunday of Advent in 2011, Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago said Aug. 20. The cardinal’s announcement as president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops marks the […]
Deadly waters
By Catholic News Service MULTAN, Pakistan – A Pakistani Catholic bishop and his Protestant counterpart led a convoy of food and bottled water to southern Punjab province, where five districts are submerged under floodwaters. The Asian Church news agency UCA News reported that Bishop Andrew Francis of Multan and Anglican Bishop Alexander Malik of Lahore […]
Bread of life led to bread for life
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T It’s amazing how many blessings trace back to the 41st International Eucharistic Congress held in Philadelphia in the summer of 1976. That’s when Marion Quinnan Slack met Mother Teresa of Calcutta during service for the poor at the former St. Elizabeth Church in North Philadelphia and became inspired to […]