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Study: Catholic education is best
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T Most parents, (74 percent) who send their children to parochial and archdiocesan high schools in the city of Philadelphia are “very satisfied” with their schools. Another 21 percent are “satisfied,” which leaves only 4 percent less than satisfied. That’s the good news, and it is very good news, in […]
Dog days, every day
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T RICHBORO – Diana Sherman, who is a parishioner and business manager at St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Richboro, sometimes takes a dog or two to work or to church. Her kids, Danielle, 15; Sydney, 13; and Jacquelyn, 12, might even take a dog to Archbishop Wood High School […]
Authentic sportsmanship shines at CYO track and field championships
By John KnebelsSports Columnist A sea of young athletes graced University of Pennsylvania’s Franklin Field at the archdiocesan CYO track and field championships early last month. But as much as the annual athletic affair seemed typical, the end results and multiple broken records added some different elements. Perhaps influenced by the pure simplicity of young […]
Bishop Skylstad retires; Bishop Cupich named to succeed him in Spokane
By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Pope Benedict XVI has accepted the resignation of Bishop William S. Skylstad of Spokane, Wash., and named Bishop Blase J. Cupich of Rapid City, S.D., to succeed him. The appointment and resignation were announced June 30 in Washington by Archbishop Pietro Sambi, apostolic nuncio to the United States. […]
Two new Boston auxiliary bishops named; Bishop Allue retires
By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Pope Benedict XVI has named two seminary rectors as auxiliary bishops of Boston and accepted the resignation of Boston Auxiliary Bishop Emilio Allue, 75. The appointments of Fathers Arthur L. Kennedy and Peter J. Uglietto, both priests of the Boston Archdiocese, and Bishop Allue’s resignation were made public […]
Mailman delivers for the homeless
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T One of the problems with being homeless is you don’t have a mailbox. That may seem trivial but it really isn’t. Homeless people very often rely on the mail for such things as public assistance checks, small pensions, documents to do with health care issues, keeping in touch with […]
World Cup fever: Let the ball roll
By Mar Muñoz-Visoso Eight years ago my husband complained that we needed a new television set. The old 19-inch screen I brought along a few years earlier mysteriously started to have problems just as the Korea/Japan 2002 World Cup was unfolding. Drama turned into comedy when he also started wearing his reading glasses, which he […]
Serving up joy to homeless men
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T PHILADELPHIA — Twenty thousand hours a year is a lot of time. When you think about it, it’s the equivalent of 10 full-time jobs. That’s the number of volunteer hours that will have been logged for the year ending June 30 at Philadelphia’s St. John’s Hospice on Race Street […]
Early evidence of devotion to apostles found in Rome catacombs
By Cindy WoodenCatholic News Service ROME (CNS) — In the basement of an Italian insurance company’s modern office building, Vatican archaeologists — armed with lasers — discovered important historical evidence about the development of Christian devotion to the apostles. At Rome’s Catacombs of St. Thecla, in the burial chamber of a Roman noblewoman, they have […]
Math whiz shows his absolute value
St. Laurence student beats out 400,000 other students in online competition By Collen Boyle SharpSpecial to The CS&T UPPER DARBY – For James O’Shea, math has always added up. As winner of the First in MATH online program for the 2009-2010 school year, O’Shea, an eighth-grade student at St. Laurence School in Upper Darby, took […]