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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 […]
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 […]
Teacher gives 40 years to school she loves
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer HATBORO – When Mary Anne Henry reported to the third grade class of St. John Bosco School for her first teaching assignment 40 years ago, she played the part of confident teacher. “I remember walking down the hallway – I had my pink sleeveless dress on, and I thought […]
Phila. Catholic medical groups to sponsor chastity conference
By NADIA MARIA SMITHCS&T Staff Writer Do abstinence programs really work? That’s the topic that the Philadelphia Natural Family Planning Network, St. Mary’s Medical Center and the Philadelphia Catholic Medical Association’s sixth annual conference will tackle on Saturday, March 7, at Our Lady of Good Counsel’s Trinity Parish Center in South Hampton. The conference organizers […]
St. Christopher Parish hosts outreach training session
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T PHILADELPHIA – Pastoral teams from 21 parishes in Northeast Philadelphia, Bucks County and Montgomery County met Feb. 4 at St. Christopher Parish hall with representatives of the archdiocesan Office for the Formation of the Laity to learn more about the “Make Every Person Count” program. It calls for teams […]
BLOCS making a difference in urban education
By Arlene EdmondsSpecial to The CS&T PHILADELPHIA – Thirteen-year-old Kellie Holland of West Philadelphia is proud to be a Catholic student. The eighth grader at St. Ignatius of Loyola School in Wesr Philadelphia is an animated tour guide as she shows off her crafts hanging in Sister Carole Pollock’s contemporary art classroom or points to […]
Couple shares ways to strengthen marriage
By NADIA MARIA SMITHCS&T Staff Writer Fourteen years and three daughters into their marriage, Michael and Lisann Castagno, members of Visitation B.V.M. Parish in Trooper, are very much in love. And they help prepare prospective couples to find the same sustaining love and intimacy. The Castagnos have been archdiocesan Natural Family Planning instructors for the […]
Bucks Co. police officer remembered at Mass
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T PHILADELPHIA – For the sixth time in the past year-and-a-half, on Feb. 5 Philadelphia’s Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul was packed with rank upon rank of blue-clad law officers and other mourners for the funeral of a police officer who died in the line of duty. In this […]