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19 permanent deacons ordained
Click here to see a slide show of the ordination By Lou BaldwinSpecial to the CS&T The Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul was jammed June 4, as family, friends, clergy and fellow parishioners turned out for the ordination by Cardinal Justin Rigali of 19 men for the permanent diaconate. Preaching at a ceremony […]
Crusaders nab softball title from Bambies
John KnebelsSports Columnist When Lansdale Catholic joined the Catholic League three years ago, one of the concerns was how long it would take for some of their athletic teams to compete with the more established programs. As for softball? Not a problem. Playing against three-time defending champion St. Hubert’s May 25 at Arcadia University, the […]
Local man set to tell story ‘with a moral’
By Elizabeth FisherSpecial to the CS&T Joseph Ruggiero is living yet another dream: The retired psychologist who founded Self-Help Inc., a successful long-term addiction treatment facility in Northeast Philadelphia, which was one of his dreams about 30 years ago, is on hand as the novel he wrote in 2002 becomes a movie. And according to […]
Deacons celebrate 25 years of ordained service in Archdiocese
To meet our new deacons, click here By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T As is their custom, permanent deacons from the Philadelphia Class of 1986 came together on Saturday, May 21, to celebrate the anniversary of their diaconal ordination. This celebration, with a Mass at St. Colman Church in Ardmore, was special: It was the […]
Evangelize modern world more effectively, Pope says
By Carol GlatzCatholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) – New evangelization means finding the most effective ways to proclaim the Gospel to a world that is either too distracted or too blind to see the spanine, Pope Benedict XVI said. Today’s spiritual crisis is marked by people excluding God from their lives, “generalized indifference” toward […]
Archdiocese welcomes Vicar for Cultural Ministries
CS&T Staff Report The Archdiocese of Philadelphia recently announced the establishment of a new administrative position, Vicar for Cultural Ministries, to oversee the Office for Hispanic Catholics, Office for Black Catholics and Office for Migrants and Refugees. Redemptorist Father Bruce Lewandowski, most recently the pastor of Visitation B.V.M. Parish in Philadelphia, has been named to […]
Deacon promotes religious vocations
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to the CS&T Religious vocations, especially to ordained ministry, are important to Deacon Jack Betzal. For one thing he is a permanent deacon assigned to St. Joseph Parish in Aston, and for another, he is president of the DelChester Serra Club, part of the international organization that promotes religious vocations through prayer […]
Honoring the memory of a fallen Marine
Malvern Prep crewBy George GregorySpecial to The CS&T Each Memorial Day, Americans pay tribute to the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for their nation by holding public parades, wreath-laying ceremonies, and in reflective silence. But the rowing team at Malvern Preparatory School found a way to honor a fallen Marine from Texas […]
SS. Simon and Jude Parish concludes 50th anniversary celebration
By Lou Baldwin When then-Archbishop John Krol founded the first parish in his administration, SS. Simon and Jude in West Chester, on May 31, 1961, he appointed Father Joseph A. Cavanaugh pastor. It must have been a popular choice, because when Cardinal Rigali visited on May 22, he might have noticed the parish buildings are […]
100 years and still going strong at La Milagrosa Chapel
By Lou Baldwin There are, according to the Philadelphia Catholic Directory, 36 churches where one may attend a Mass celebrated in Spanish, and the number keeps growing. It is hard to imagine a century or so ago there were none. La Milagrosa, or more formally Capilla Católica Hispana de la Medalla Milagrosa (Spanish Chapel of […]