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Gleaning garden established to feed those in need
By George GregorySpecial to The CS&T WEST BRANDYWINE – A joint effort in West Brandywine Township between Community Gardens of Chester County and St. Peter Parish hopes to bear fruit (and vegetables) to live the Gospel by helping to feed the poor and hungry. Father Michael Fitzpatrick, pastor of St. Peter Parish, and members of […]
When teens ‘hook up,’ what’s a parent to do?
By Arlene EdmondsSpecial to The CS&T More and more single teens and young adults are “hooking up” instead of engaging in traditional courtship rituals, dating or cultivating platonic friendships with the opposite sex. Instead some are meeting purely for sexual encounters with casual friends or even acquaintances with no intimacy and no strings attached. In […]
OYYA, Malvern sponsor second ‘Adoremus Te’ event
By Jim GaugerSpecial to The CS&T In a world overwrought with 24-hour news and entertainment outlets, young people are faced with many challenging decisions. For Catholic youth, Christ gives them a compass to find their way. That is the guiding principle for the Philadelphia Archdiocese’s celebration of National World Youth Day. To facilitate this union […]
Grief workshop on Oct. 24 for inspaniduals, groups
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer ROSEMONT – “A Time to Mourn: A Workshop on Grief and Loss,” will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, at the Rosemont Chapel of St. Thomas of Villanova Parish in Rosemont. Sponsored by the Archdiocese’s Family Life Office, the workshop is geared to guide […]
Forty days of prayer and witness
Participants from Bucks, Montgomery and Chester Counties prepare for annual pro-life campaign By Lou BaldwinSpecial to the CS&T It’s called 40 Days for Life. It’s a movement that combines prayerful fasting, witnessing and community outreach, all with the goal of ending abortion. It began five years ago in Texas with witness before a few abortion-providing […]
Serving the hidden poor
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T When Barbara Anne Baer was a young 20-something, she was assistant display director for the Blum Store, the exclusive women’s apparel store on Chestnut Street in Philadelphia. She might be draping a $500 frock on the display dummy or arranging the folds in the background drapes, when outside the […]
O’Hara’s offense too much for North
By John KnebelsSpecial to The C Pilgrims Unit Study S&T Sometimes a team loses a game and still manages to make a good impression. That’s precisely what North Catholic did last Saturday afternoon at Frankford High School. Facing a Cardinal O’Hara team that was physically bigger and healthier, North Catholic remained more than respectable in […]
Philly bishop combines love for faith, football
John KnebelsSpecial to The CS&T When he was known only as Mike Burbidge, he attended Most Blessed Sacrament School in Southwest Philadelphia before graduating from Cardinal O’Hara High School in Springfield in 1975. During the fall and early winter, he would often accompany his father, a 20-year season ticket holder, to Eagles games. After being […]
Archdiocesan priest deployed to Afghanistan
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T By the time you read this, Philadelphia’s Father Joseph Coffey, in his role as Lt. Cmdr. Joseph Coffey, U.S.N., will be in a place where one would not normally expect sailors to be – land-locked Afghanistan. He’s there with the Third Marine Air Wing, MWSS 372 (Marine Wing Support […]
Hip-hop mission of Mercy
By JIM GAUGERSpecial to The CS&T “Mercy gonna be bringing hope to all of those in needUsing our skills and helping out where we’re called to be.” – Operation Team Katrina rap song PHILADELPHIA – For the fourth straight year, students from Mercy Vocational High School in the Nicetown section of Philadelphia spent their Easter […]