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Town hall addresses pro-life issues
By George GregorySpecial to The CS&T IMMACULATA – The Jan. 19 arrest of abortion provider Kermit Gosnell drew national and international attention to his West Philadelphia abortion clinic, the Women’s Medical Society. A Philadelphia grand jury report called it a true “house of horrors.” This was one of numerous pro-life issues discussed at a town […]
Marriages to be honored May 15
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T Continuing an archdiocesan tradition tracing back to 1978, Cardinal Justin Rigali will celebrate two Masses on Sunday, May 15 at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul for couples who have been married at least 25 years. At 11 a.m. the Cardinal will celebrate Mass for couples from […]
St. Elizabeth volunteers put talents into action
By George GregorySpecial to The CS&T UPPER UWCHLAN – The parable of the talents teaches us that the gifts God gives us gain nothing if we bury them in the ground. Rather, they are to be shared, and the stewardship committee of St. Elizabeth Parish in Upper Uwchlan has put this parable into action. St. […]
Knight works to help the poor
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T George Fadgen, 71, who is chairman of the Philadelphia Chapter, Knights of Columbus Charity Drive, didn’t really discover the K of C until a little more than a decade ago. Fagden knew about the organization because his father was a Knight, and he remembers attending K of C picnics […]
Teacher takes strides to provide tuition assistance
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T When Tom O’Leary decides to run a marathon, he goes an extra mile. Make that extra miles. On Sunday, April 10, O’Leary, a religion teacher at Archbishop Ryan High School, ran 40 miles solo, 14 miles longer than the standard marathon, weaving his way in and out of the […]
Zolk chooses University of North Carolina
John KnebelsSports Columnist You could write a book about the countless great baseball players that have graced the Catholic League with their amazing talents. Name the first five or 10 who come to mind, and prepare to offend the next five or 10 who didn’t. This spring is about a quarter of the way finished, […]
Catholic artist passes: Robert McGovern carved a lifetime of religious artwork
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T Robert F. McGovern, 78, a professor emeritus of the University of the Arts, especially noted for his religious artwork, died April 13. So vast a number of McGovern’s woodcarvings, sculptures, wood and linoleum cuts, paintings and watercolors adorn churches, institutions and major museums in the Philadelphia Archdiocese and across […]
Baking bread at St. Agnes School
WEST CHESTER — Thanks to a grant received from the King Arthur Flour Company, St.Agnes students attended a Life Skills assembly on April 12 and learned how to bake bread — from scratch. According to the Vermont-based company, which has delivered their Life Skills Bread Breaking Program to 120,000 other school students elsewhere, baking is […]
Fulfilling needs beyond food
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T When Sister Barbara Tickner, I.H.M., who is now 75, was age 18 and deciding which religious congregation she would enter, it was a no-brainer. Born and raised in Manayunk, the daughter of Alice and Francis Tickner, she attended St. John the Baptist School, as did her sisters, Marie and […]
Palestinian and Israeli men speak of peace
By Jim GaugerSpecial to The CS&T PHILADELPHIA – There were a handful of people sitting in the Bellarmine Hall classroom at St. Joseph’s University on a rainy April day. Outside, students, some dressed for the bad weather and others distressingly not, were hurrying to appointed rounds through the heavy rain. Busy, busy, busy. Inside Room […]