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Four discernment houses promote community
By Nadia Maria SmithCS&T Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA – Thanks to the efforts of one young adult and a Capuchin priest, 35 young adults have found family-style fellowship and Catholic community in Philadelphia. David Sao, 24, a parishioner of St. John the Evangelist Parish, said he noticed how young adults were struggling with their faith and […]
Facing hunger in Egypt and Philadelphia
By Nadia Maria SmithCS&T Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA – Yvette Palmer recently returned from a trip to Egypt. The St. Cyprian parishioner explains that despite the hardships posed by the economic crisis here, people in developing countries are hurting even more. Which is why it’s important to keep a grateful heart and to contribute to programs […]
Cardinal Rigali celebrates Rite of Election liturgy
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T PHILADELPHIA – Over the weekend of Feb. 28-March 1, the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul was filled, not once, but three times, as Cardinal Justin Rigali presided at the annual Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion for catechumens and candidates from throughout the Archdiocese. “God […]
Retreat empowers young African-Americans
By Arlene EdmondsSpecial to The CS&T Kujenga is about building future leaders from the archdiocesan African-American Catholic community. The weekend event brings together 10th to 12th grade students who are already taking the lead in their parish or youth group and shows them how they can further fulfill their role. This year’s event will bring […]
Bishop Cistone blesses St. Joe’s Prep renovation
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA – Auxiliary Bishop Joseph R. Cistone blessed a new academic center and dining hall, central components of a $21 million renovation project at St. Joseph’s Preparatory School Saturday, Feb. 28, following a Mass he celebrated on campus at the former parish Church of the Gesu. A state-of-the-art academic […]
Phila. Vietnamese Catholics celebrate Tet
By Father Steven PerzanSpecial to The CS&T PHILADELPHIA – Good weather and brilliant sunshine brought record crowds to the St. Helena Community Tet Celebration at Cardinal Dougherty High School, Sunday, Feb. 8. Msgr. Joseph Trinh, pastor of St. Helena Church, said the initial purpose of the celebration was to reconnect the Vietnamese community to their […]
Levittown parish celebrates triplets’ baptism
By Laura WelchSpecial to The CS&T LEVITTOWN – When young couple Michael and Laura Virgilio joined Immaculate Conception B.V.M. Parish in Levittown almost five years ago, they were looking for a sense of community. What they found was a new family that supports them in ways they never imagined possible. Last November, Michael and Laura […]
Double the blessings for Newtown couple
By Jim GaugerSpecial to The CS&T For Joanne and Daniel Tarrant of Newtown, Christmas 2008 was extra special. They celebrated the birth of Jesus Christ with the adoption of twins in the East African nation of Uganda. Nya Mary Grace and John Paul Kato, 20 months old, now are members of the Tarrant family. The […]
‘Thank you’ 20,000 times
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA – Members of the Philadelphia Police Department received a special delivery on Thursday, Feb. 26. More than 20,000 cards and letters from Philadelphia Catholic school students were presented to Police Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey at police headquarters at Eighth and Race Streets, to be distributed to police officers […]
Altar server sees dream realized
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA – Thirteen-year-old George Paul “G.P.” Harmansky has always had an aspiration – to be an altar server at a Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul in Philadelphia. The parishioner of St. Aloysius in Pottstown fulfilled that aspiration Sunday, Feb. 22, as he assisted at […]