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400,000 gather for life
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T WASHINGTON – “It’s a great view from here.” That’s not in his official text but Cardinal Rigali could not help but remark upon it on Jan. 24 as he looked down from the pulpit to a filled Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. It […]
Twins for life
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T Twins Maura and Briana Druding definitely have pro-life genes in them. Seniors at Archbishop Ryan High School in Northeast Philadelphia, they are lifers with Ryan for Life. Members since their freshman year, the girls made their fourth trek to Washington, D.C., for the annual Rally and March for Life […]
1,000-point scorer shares joy with family, school
John KnebelsSports Columnist Lots of times an athlete will reach an amazing plateau and just shrug it off and pretend it wasn’t really a big deal. Refreshingly, that isn’t the way Lansdale Catholic senior Shea Wassel reacted when she became the 17th player – and seventh female – in school history to score 1,000 career […]
Doctor charged in baby deaths; Archdiocese calls actions ‘abhorrent’
Web Exclusive By Catholic News Service PHILADELPHIA (CNS) — A Philadelphia doctor who routinely performed illegal late-term abortions for more than 30 years was charged in the death of a female patient and accused of murdering seven babies born alive in his squalid health clinic. A grand jury indicted Kermit B. Gosnell and nine associates […]
Our Lady of Calvary hosts basketball tournament
PHILADELPHIA – Our Lady of Calvary Parish sponsored a girls basketball tournament last month, which raised over $500 for Frank Kelly, a parishioner with ALS. Along with Our Lady of Calvary, teams from various grade schools participated in the varsity bracket, including St. Dominic, St. Cecelia and St. Christopher, Philadelphia; Ancillae-Assumpta Academy, Wyncote; Nativity of […]
Notre Dame’s basketball team collects canned goods
The basketball team from Academy of Notre Dame De Namur in Villanova made an assist off the court last month as the girls collected canned goods at two home games to donate to the St. Katharine Drexel Parish Evangelization Center in Chester.The team delivered an additional 10 bags of food Jan. 5.
At 86, a priest still on the move
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T Father Joseph T. Murphy takes seriously the line from his ordination rite almost 64 years ago, “Thou art a priest forever.” Despite his 86 years and having suffered a stroke last year he still celebrates Mass regularly for the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart in Wyncote and the people […]
Early on, Catholic League features hoops classics
John KnebelsSports Columnist As “classics” are concerned, it might be too early to label any regular-season game with such distinction. But if it could be argued otherwise, there were two terrific Catholic League contests this week that were worth the price of admission. On Sunday, Jan. 16, Neumann-Goretti defeated Archbishop Carroll 74-68, and about 24 […]
Bucks County Catholic sworn into Congress
By Elizabeth FisherSpecial to The CS&T WASHINGTON, D.C. – Health care, jobs and immigration topped the list of issues that newly sworn in Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick vowed to tackle as he addressed the 500 well-wishers from Bucks County who packed his reception in the Capitol Jan. 5. In a table-turning election in November, Fitzpatrick, a […]
Respect Life events kick off Jan. 21
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T Thousands of witnesses to the value of all human life from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, led by Cardinal Justin Rigali, will gather in Washington, D.C., on Monday, Jan. 24, for the 38th annual March for Life. The March, which is preceded by a noon Rally for Life attended by […]