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New priest formed by a new life in Phila.
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T Duc Nguyen, a 1988 graduate of Bishop Shanahan High School in Downingtown, was ordained priest after a May 30 ceremony at Kansas City, Missouri’s Immaculate Conception Cathedral. It’s been a long journey. It started in Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam, continued in Malaysia, then in suburban Philadelphia […]
Riverso brothers help Neumann-Goretti win title
Sports ColumnistJohn Knebels In terms of personality, the Riverso brothers couldn’t be further apart. Michael is extremely laid back. He speaks methodically and answers questions with as few words as possible while getting his point across. His brother Dominic never met a practical joke in which he didn’t find humor. Ask him a serious question […]
Father Judge grad proves his mettle
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA – Turning pages in a textbook poses difficulty for Michael McDonnell, a graduate this year of Father Judge High School for Boys, who was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy at age 6. But that has not deterred Michael, who lost his ability to walk at age 12, from bearing […]
St. Philip Neri Parish acquires first-class relic of patron saint
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T PENNSBURG – May 26, the Feast of St. Philip Neri, is always special at St. Philip Neri Parish, Pennsburg, but this year it was especially so. On that evening Bishop Daniel E. Thomas officially blessed the parish’s new shrine to St. Philip, where a recently acquired first class relic […]
Cardinal Rigali ordains eight permanent deacons
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T PHILADELPHIA – The reading from Acts, chapter 6 at the May 30 Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul was most appropriate. “… So they chose Stephen, a man filled with faith and the Holy Spirit, also Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas and Nicholas of Antioch, […]
Cardinal Rigali to celebrate Mass, lead procession for 1st communicant children
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA – First communicants from the regional vicariates of Chester County, Delaware County and Philadelphia-South will participate in a Mass and outdoor Eucharistic procession on the Feast of Corpus Christi at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 14, at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul, 18th Street and the […]
Historic icon to be enthroned
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T An heirloom copy of the icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help will be enthroned in the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul by Cardinal Justin Rigali on June 13 at the 5:15 p.m. Vigil Mass. At the same time the Cardinal will bless four new or refurbished […]
For two blind Bonner students, graduation is bittersweet
By Arlene EdmondsSpecial to The CS&T DREXEL HILL – When Monsignor Bonner High School holds its graduation ceremony at Villanova University June 5 Matt Wallace and Matt Steven will be among the students. While both are college bound student-athletes – Wallace, a three-year swimmer for Bonner and Steven a St. Laurence CYO basketball player – […]
70 years ordained and still going strong
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T You might say Cardinal Dennis Dougherty was looking at a full deck in his cathedral on June 3, 1939. Fifty-two young men were presenting themselves for ordination. Time has taken its toll; now there is only one left, but he’s an ace. At age 95 and 70 years ordained, […]
Carroll girls claim ninth Catholic League crown
By John KnebelsSpecial to The CS&T You know a winning streak is really amazing when no one knows for sure what the exact number is. In the case of Archbishop Carroll High School girls’ lacrosse, the Patriots have now won 120 consecutive games against Catholic League competition spanning nine years. Or maybe it’s 121. “I […]