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Support group forms for survivors of clergy sexual abuse
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer A support group for adult survivors of clergy sexual abuse begins next month through a collaboration between the Victim Assistance Program of the Philadelphia Archdiocese and the Network of Victim Assistance (NOVA) in Bucks County. The 10-week sessions, held Tuesdays from 7 to 9 p.m., begin Nov. 10. All […]
Local men’s group holds anti-pornography action
By Jim GaugerSpecial to The CS&T When Damian Wargo, who cofounded the King’s Men organization with Mark Houck in 2006, learned that the group Morality in Media was planning a week to take action against pornography he decided to take the information campaign to the streets of Philadelphia. More accurately, to the west side of […]
Bright future, good plan
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to the CS&T SOUTHAMPTON – Pope Pius XII said it best: “The soul of education is the education of the soul.” Father Anthony J. D’Angelico, pastor of Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish, Southampton, used this apt quote from Pope Pius during an Oct. 20 strategic planning meeting for education in the […]
Working to find the face of Christ
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T Sister Felice Marie Long of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary entered her congregation 51 years ago and spent the first 35 years of her ministry teaching in schools, mostly in the upper grades in Philadelphia and the suburbs. But she slowly came to realize that […]
On fairway or hardwood, Wood’s Walsh scores
By Joe PawlikowskiSpecial to the CS&T When Jack Walsh Sr. arrived from work to the 18th green at Blue Bell Country Club Oct. 6, he received a quick smile from his son, Jack Jr. Little did he know his son, a junior at Archbishop Wood High School in Warminster, was putting to win the inspanidual […]
Catholic League soccer: As playoffs approach, it’s a six-team race
By John KnebelsSpecial to The CS&T In early September, many coaches and players declared that the Catholic League Red spanision was the strongest collection of elite soccer teams in the entire state of Pennsylvania. When taking into account the many terrific leagues throughout the state, that was quite a statement. Now with the regular season […]
Safe water, from St. Anthony to Sierra Leone
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer AMBLER – This past Lent, St. Anthony of Padua Parish in Ambler, Montgomery County, raised more than $9,000 for the purchase and distribution of Lifestraw portable personal water purifiers for the poor of Sierra Leone. The parish was formally thanked in late September at a Mass at St. Anthony […]
At motherhouse in Fox Chase: Medical Mission Sisters celebrate 70 years
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T It’s been 70 years since Cardinal Dennis Dougherty, a former missionary bishop, invited Mother Anna Dengel to establish a motherhouse for her infant congregation, the Medical Mission Sisters, in Philadelphia. As a laywoman and a medical doctor, Austrian-born Mother Dengel had spent four years ministering to sick women and […]
Wilmington Bishop calls bankruptcy ‘best path’
By Joseph Ryan and Jim Grant Catholic News Service WILMINGTON, Del. – The “painful decision” to have the Diocese of Wilmington file for bankruptcy is “the best path to achieve healing, reconciliation and fair compensation for all the victims of child sexual abuse by clergy of our diocese,” Bishop W. Francis Malooly said Oct. 19. […]
At St. Andrew in Newtown, more than 250 gather for weekly formation
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to the CS&T NEWTOWN – When Mai Pham first heard about “The Great Adventure: A Journey Through the Bible” she wasn’t one bit impressed. Pham, who is director of Adult Faith Formation at St. Andrew Parish, Newtown, Bucks County, just didn’t think a DVD-based Bible study program was a good fit for […]