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Working to find the face of Christ
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T Sister Felice Marie Long of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary entered her congregation 51 years ago and spent the first 35 years of her ministry teaching in schools, mostly in the upper grades in Philadelphia and the suburbs. But she slowly came to realize that […]
On fairway or hardwood, Wood’s Walsh scores
By Joe PawlikowskiSpecial to the CS&T When Jack Walsh Sr. arrived from work to the 18th green at Blue Bell Country Club Oct. 6, he received a quick smile from his son, Jack Jr. Little did he know his son, a junior at Archbishop Wood High School in Warminster, was putting to win the inspanidual […]
Catholic League soccer: As playoffs approach, it’s a six-team race
By John KnebelsSpecial to The CS&T In early September, many coaches and players declared that the Catholic League Red spanision was the strongest collection of elite soccer teams in the entire state of Pennsylvania. When taking into account the many terrific leagues throughout the state, that was quite a statement. Now with the regular season […]
Safe water, from St. Anthony to Sierra Leone
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer AMBLER – This past Lent, St. Anthony of Padua Parish in Ambler, Montgomery County, raised more than $9,000 for the purchase and distribution of Lifestraw portable personal water purifiers for the poor of Sierra Leone. The parish was formally thanked in late September at a Mass at St. Anthony […]
At motherhouse in Fox Chase: Medical Mission Sisters celebrate 70 years
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T It’s been 70 years since Cardinal Dennis Dougherty, a former missionary bishop, invited Mother Anna Dengel to establish a motherhouse for her infant congregation, the Medical Mission Sisters, in Philadelphia. As a laywoman and a medical doctor, Austrian-born Mother Dengel had spent four years ministering to sick women and […]
Wilmington Bishop calls bankruptcy ‘best path’
By Joseph Ryan and Jim Grant Catholic News Service WILMINGTON, Del. – The “painful decision” to have the Diocese of Wilmington file for bankruptcy is “the best path to achieve healing, reconciliation and fair compensation for all the victims of child sexual abuse by clergy of our diocese,” Bishop W. Francis Malooly said Oct. 19. […]
At St. Andrew in Newtown, more than 250 gather for weekly formation
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to the CS&T NEWTOWN – When Mai Pham first heard about “The Great Adventure: A Journey Through the Bible” she wasn’t one bit impressed. Pham, who is director of Adult Faith Formation at St. Andrew Parish, Newtown, Bucks County, just didn’t think a DVD-based Bible study program was a good fit for […]
Our Lady of the Assumption in Strafford completes renovations
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer STRAFFORD – Our Lady of the Assumption Parish in Strafford, Chester County, recently completed a $1.4 million renovation project on the 88-year-old church that includes substantial structural upgrades, a redesigned outdoor piazza, an indoor/outdoor elevator, a new indoor staircase and vestibule, refurbished confessionals, repositioning of the baptismal font and […]
Making rosaries, ‘working for our Lady’
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer SPRINGFIELD – Samuel Forlano of Holy Cross Parish in Springfield, Delaware County, has crafted 6,000 rosaries in the past 66 years. He said it takes him about two hours to make a rosary from straight wire and about 15 minutes to construct one from cord. “The satisfaction that I […]
Dougherty’s Hawkins scores 100th goal
By John KnebelsSpecial to The CS&T PHILADELPHIA – One adjective perfectly describes what is occurring for the Cardinal Dougherty girls’ soccer team – bittersweet. In what should be a daily dose of celebratory medicine, the Cardinals are having difficulty enjoying their incredible record because of the recent announcement that Cardinal Dougherty will close its doors […]