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Let’s count, Catholics
Church urges faithful to fill out census By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer Ten questions. Ten minutes. Ten years. Cardinal Justin Rigali is calling on his priests to encourage Catholics across the Archdiocese to participate in the 2010 U.S. Census. Census forms are being delivered in March to all residences in the country. The U.S. […]
A miracle among us
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer GLEN MILLS – It could be a miracle that 29-year-old William H Glisson Jr. of St. Thomas the Apostle Parish in Glen Mills, Delaware County, is alive today. Eight years ago, on March 15, Glisson was rollerblading backward without a helmet on an elevated sidewalk along Baltimore Pike in […]
Philadelphia-South vicariate’s Clusters 23, 24 and 32
Cluster 23 parishesSt. Charles BorromeoSt. EdmondSt. GabrielSt. Thomas Aquinas Cluster 24 parishesAnnunciation B.V.M.St. Casimir (Lithuanian)St. Nicholas of Tolentine (Italian)Our Lady of Mount CarmelSt. PaulSt. Philip NeriSt. Rita of CasciaSacred Heart of Jesus Cluster 32 parishesEpiphany of Our LordHoly SpiritSt. MonicaSt. RichardStella Maris
Archdiocesan capital campaign marks first year
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer The adage “a penny saved is a penny earned” can be applied millions of times over to the archdiocesan capital and endowment campaign, “Heritage of Faith, Vision of Hope.” At press time, Tuesday, Feb. 23 – officially the campaign’s first birthday – more than $139 million had been raised […]
Disability deepens faith, love of God
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T One man’s disability is another man’s blessing. Tom Nordeman, who received the annual Margaret Way Hoffner Award from Pennsylvanians for Human Life on Feb. 28, has cerebral palsy. “If it wasn’t for my disability I wouldn’t have the faith and deep love of God that I have now,” he […]
Neumann-Goretti tops Carroll boys in PCL final
John KnebelsSports Columnist Mark Squilla faced a dilemma four years ago after graduating from South Philadelphia’s Our Lady of Mount Carmel School. He had exhibited enough basketball prowess to play in the Catholic League, but if he attended nearby Neumann-Goretti High School making the team wouldn’t be guaranteed. In Monday night’s Catholic League championship amid […]
Carroll en route to defend state title
By John KnebelsSports Columnist Great basketball teams have a way of separating themselves from the pack. It’s not only having the consistent ability of orchestrating sudden bursts of scoring that turns a tenuous edge into a suddenly comfortable double-digit lead. It’s taking care of the ball and waiting patiently for high percentage shots. It’s boxing […]
Capital campaign surpasses $140 million mark
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer The archdiocesan capital and endowment campaign, “Heritage of Faith, Vision of Hope” surpassed $140 million Feb. 23 – officially, the campaign’s first birthday. “We are very pleased with the continuing generosity of the faithful of the Archdiocese in their support of the ‘Heritage of Faith, Vision of Hope’ campaign,” […]
Princeton law prof cites abortion-slavery link
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T SPRINGFIELD – A mentally retarded child “has the same fundamental human rights as a Nobel Prize winner,” declared Princeton University law professor Robert P. George at the annual dinner of Pennsylvanians for Human Life (PHL) held Feb. 28 at Springfield Country Club in Delaware County. George, a staunch supporter […]
St. Anastasia nurse sees work in Haiti as God’s gift
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer NEWTOWN SQUARE – Upholding the sanctity of life by providing hands-on medical aid to earthquake victims at a hospital in Haiti was both an honor and a privilege to Kathy Weir, a registered nurse who belongs to St. Anastasia Parish in Newtown Square, Delaware County. “When I was watching […]