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Capital campaign launches
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA – Cardinal Justin Rigali called on all Catholics to join him in making a sacrificial commitment to a capital and endowment campaign to benefit the entire Archdiocese. “Our combined gift will make a lasting contribution to the future of the Church of Philadelphia,” the Cardinal said in announcing […]
Carroll surprises, beats Wood for championship
PCL girls’ basketball By John KnebelsSpecial to The CS&T At one point during the season, Cardinal O’Hara’s girls’ basketball team woke up one morning and was ranked first in the nation. A few miles away, Archbishop Carroll’s girls took notice but went about their business in workmanlike fashion. Then a few days later, O’Hara was […]
Neumann-Goretti proves its power as CL champs
PCL boys’ basketball Sports ColumnistJohn Knebels It had the potential to be considered an all-time classic, but key injuries have a tendency to detract from the overall attraction when two outstanding sports teams meet each other in a mega-important contest. Take, for instance, the Catholic League boys’ basketball championship Monday night at the jam-packed and […]
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 […]
‘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 […]