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Regional Catholic school to form
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer St. John of the Cross School in Roslyn and Queen of Peace School in Ardsley, Montgomery County, will consolidate to form a regional school in September at the current Queen of Peace campus. The school’s name will be chosen by Cardinal Justin Rigali after suggestions are solicited from school […]
Priests to perform in concert at Cathedral
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T PHILADELPHIA – It’s billed as “A Concert of Sacred Music,” and it will be held at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul on Thursday, March 25, at 7:30 p.m. If you’d like to attend you had best order tickets early because seating is limited. Featured in the […]
It takes a parish
St. Francis de Sales Parish, Knights of Peter Claver help reunite Liberian parents with 5 of their 8 children By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T The Jan. 21 flight from Brussels landed at 3 p.m. at J.F.K. Airport in New York, and five young people came trudging through the terminal, each with a single suitcase. […]
Outreach helps women after prison
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T When Sister Virginia Jenkins graduated from West Philadelphia Catholic High School for Girls in 1955 and immediately entered the Sisters of St. Joseph, she could reasonably expect a life-long ministry in the classroom – that’s what most St. Joseph Sisters did back then. And it did hold true for […]
O’Hara, West win indoor track titles
John KnebelsSports Columnist Indoor track meets usually have a maximum of two teams that vie for first place. That wasn’t the case in the Catholic League championship Feb. 14 at Lehigh University. Four boys’ teams accrued enough points to, on most days, emerge victorious. However, when the final statistics from 16 events were tallied, Cardinal […]
La Salle takes hold of wrestling title
North falls in last-ever match to defending champ By John Knebels, Sports ColumnistSince it was announced back in September that North Catholic High School would be closing its doors at the end of the school year, sentimentalists have been rooting for the Falcons’ athletic teams to punctuate their sterling reputation with appropriate aplomb. On Feb. […]
Donations for Haiti relief keep pouring in
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T RADNOR – At Catholic Relief Services, the U.S. bishop’s agency for overseas relief, the tragic Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti is commanding the attention of the entire staff, including Dennis Fisher, an education program officer who works out of CRS’s Northeast region office in Radnor. “From the start of […]
New study says: Abstinence-only education is effective
Report confirms effectiveness of abstinence-only sex-ed programs for middle school students By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&TAt a time when the U.S. government has ceased funding of abstinence-only programs in schools and substituted funding for safe-sex programs, on the grounds there is no proof abstinence programs work, the release of the results of a controlled […]
Archdiocesan efforts for Haiti relief are ongoing
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff WriterThe Philadelphia Archdiocese has raised more than $1.1 million through parish collections to aid earthquake relief efforts in Haiti. In addition, Catholic schools across the Archdiocese have raised more than $131,000. All funds donated by parishioners and Catholic schools are to be forwarded to Catholic Relief Services, the official international […]
Father Pfeffer remembered for youth ministry
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&TThe readings for Sunday, Feb. 7, including Christ’s call to Peter to follow Him, were tailor-made for a liturgy in remembrance of a faithful priest. The Mass, at the chapel of the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul, marked the fifth anniversary of the death of Father Charles (Chuck) […]