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Local swimmers react to Phelps controversy
Sports ColumnistJohn Knebels The now-infamous picture in “News of the World” magazine worth 1,000 words – and, as it will probably turn out, millions of dollars in lost revenue – showed Olympic champion swimmer Michael Phelps smoking marijuana from an oversized pipe, known in slang as a “bong,” during a party in South Carolina. At […]
Villa Maria dethrones defending league champs
By John KnebelsSpecial to The CS&T It’s the little things that often turn a runner-up into a champion. Take, for instance, last week’s Catholic Academies League basketball final at Gwynedd-Mercy College. As Mount St. Joseph tried desperately to cut into Villa Maria Academy’s lead down the stretch, the only strategy left for the Magic was […]
‘Fairy Godmothers’ help teens with prom expenses
By Arlene EdmondsSpecial to The CS&T With the country in a recession and graduation season just around the corner, many high school girls who are juniors and seniors need a helping hand to make prom day special. Expenses involved in attending a prom quickly add up. A prom dress, accessories, hair and nail styling, limousine […]
At St. Anastasia, music goes well with catechism
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T NEWTOWN SQUARE – At St. Anastasia Parish, Newtown Square, Edd Paffett, who teaches CCD through music, is considered something of a Pied Piper. “He has a gift with children and when he speaks they listen,” said Theresa Haggerty, the parish Director of Religious Education. “He passes on the faith […]
Assembly brings Harriet Tubman to life
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T FAIRLESS HILLS – Human slavery robbed its victims of their dignity, and Marie Louise Davis, a Bristol resident and descendant of Harriet Tubman, recounted just how at a Feb. 13 student assembly at Conwell-Egan High School. Dressed in period clothing and speaking in the dialect of her great-grandfather’s niece, […]
Dominican sister mugged, released from hospital
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T UPPER DARBY – No arrests have been made in the Feb. 2 mugging and robbery of an elderly nun outside her convent near St. Alice Church, Upper Darby, as The Catholic Standard & Times went to press. At about 3 p.m. on that day, Sister Margaret, 82, a Dominican […]
Quakertown group takes on local strip club
By Nadia Maria SmithCS&T Staff Writer The King’s Men and their supporters are rejoicing at the news that Coyotes Show Club in Quakertown is closing. The King’s Men, an anti-pornography Christian men’s outreach group based in the same town, has been routinely protesting the establishment since the adult entertainment business set up shop more than […]
Another Phila. police officer killed in the line of duty
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T PHILADELPHIA – Police Officer John Pawlowski, 25, killed in the line of duty Feb. 13, was memorialized at his home parish, St. Anselm on Dunks Ferry Road, on the evening of Feb. 16. His funeral Mass, celebrated by Cardinal Rigali, is scheduled to be held at the Cathedral Basilica […]
Parishes exceed campaign goals
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer From Southwest Philadelphia to Southampton, “Heritage of Faith – Vision of Hope” is strengthening bonds between pastors and parishioners for the benefit of future Catholics. St. Barnabas Parish in Southwest Philadelphia, one of 12 pilot parishes that conducted the campaign last September through December, has exceeded its pledge goal […]
Cardinal unveils historic effort
Visit Campaign web site $200 million endeavor aids charitable, educational and pastoral needsBy Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA – The Church of Philadelphia is conducting a capital and endowment campaign with a $200 million goal to support the charitable, educational and pastoral needs of the Archdiocese as it begins its third century as a […]