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Phoenixville parishes cherish Polish, Slovak traditions
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T PHOENIXVILLE – In the early 20th century, when Phoenix Iron Works was the industrial heart of Phoenixville, in Chester County, workers came from all over to toil in the great mill. A fair number of them were from Central and Eastern Europe, especially Poland and neighboring Slovakia. Sacred Heart […]
St. Cecilia third-graders are phanatic about reading
By JIM GAUGERSpecial to The CS&T PHILADELPHIA – The Phillies celebrated their World Series Championship with a parade down Broad Street last October. The 700 students at St. Cecilia School in the Fox Chase section of Philadelphia got a chance to relive some of that excitement this past January. That’s because a third-grade class at […]
African Marketplace succeeds as parish fundraiser
By Arlene EdmondsSpecial to The CS&T PHILADELPHIA – Africa comes to St. Ignatius Parish every year. The African Marketplace, held on the lower level of the church, drew artisans and shoppers from West Philadelphia parishes, those who attend Catholic churches in the surrounding area and neighborhood folks who live in the Cobbs Creek community. Carol […]
Nativity parishioner brings blankets to homeless
By Nadia Maria SmithCS&T Staff Writer WARMINSTER – Organizing a fundraising drive or volunteering seems like a good idea but so often busy lives get in the way. Not for Carolyn Boscola, a part-time working mom of two little boys from Nativity of Our Lord Parish in Warminster. She was inspired to do a blanket […]
City dons green for St. Patrick’s Day parade
Click here to read the Homily of Cardinal Justin Rigali Mass for the Commemoration of Saint PatrickBy Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T PHILADELPHIA – It’s a funny thing about the Philadelphia St. Patrick’s Day Parade – every year the route seems to get shorter but the number of participants increases. This year’s parade, held on […]
From Irish to Latino, Philly force is changing
Conception Action Pack. By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T PHILADELPHIA – There was a time when virtually all Philadelphia police officers were Catholic. For example, during the planning stages of the National Sesquicentennial held in Philadelphia in 1926, the Archdiocese asked that all Catholic police be granted permission to participate in a huge field Mass […]
For Catholic police officers, faith is integral to work
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA – The Catholic presence at the Philadelphia Police Department is apparent. In recent months, this presence has been visible in an especially poignant way. All seven Philadelphia police officers to die in the line of duty since May 2006 were Catholic. So is Commissioner Charles Ramsey, who has […]
Consul General of Israel: ‘I think Pope Benedict is a great friend of the Jewish people’
A Q-and-A with Philadelphia’s Daniel Kutner Special web contentBy Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T PHILADELPHIA – Daniel Kutner, based in Philadelphia, is consul general of Israel for the Mid-Atlantic Region of the United States. He is the official representative of his country in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Delaware, Kentucky, West Virginia and Southern New Jersey. Born in […]
Lecture on Eastern Catholics at Ivy Hall
By Nadia Maria SmithCS&T Staff Writer Not many Roman Catholics know much about the 21 Eastern Catholic ritual churches the late Pope John Paul II called the second lung of the Church. Some may not know that although Eastern Catholics have different liturgical and cultural traditions, they are no less Catholic than members of the […]
Lenten practices differ for Byzantine Catholics
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T All Churches in full communion with the Holy See observe Lent, but not all observe it in exactly the same way as do Roman Catholics. For example, did you know that in the Byzantine Ukrainian Ritual Church they often bless not only palm on Palm Sunday but also pussy […]