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Local eighth grader readies for big role on stage
By Arlene EdmondsSpecial to the CS&T ARDMORE – Greta Bradbury of Ardmore will become the young Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis nightly starting tomorrow. The 14-year-old actress, who is an eighth grader at SS. Colman-John Neumann School in Bryn Mawr, will play the part in the Philadelphia Theatre Company’s “Grey Gardens.” The play will run in Center […]
Four Catholic schools fete veterans with service
By JIM GAUGERSpecial to the CS&T With the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan continuing, several schools in the Archdiocese have taken steps to remember the men and women in current and past struggles. School children have honored veterans through various means, including patriotic prayer and song programs, collecting gift bags, buying phone cards and sending […]
Neumann, Connelly awardees named
By Arlene EdmondsSpecial to The CS&T Eighth grade honor students have received the coveted Connelly Foundation and Neumann Scholars Program scholarships. The Josephine C. Connelly Achievement Awards were given to 105 students at Archbishop Ryan High School on May 11 and another 63 pupils at West Catholic High School on May 13. Among those receiving […]
New vicar will work with religious in Archdiocese
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T Msgr. Joseph J. Anderlonis, 64, whose appointment as Vicar for Consecrated Life for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia was effective May 11, will continue as pastor of St. George Parish, Philadelphia, a Lithuanian personal parish he has shepherded for almost 27 years. In his new duties he will represent the […]
Msgr. Duncan named vicar for Bucks County
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer Msgr. Joseph P. Duncan, 45, currently the pastor of Holy Cross Parish in Springfield, Delaware County, has been named regional vicar for Bucks County, effective July 6. “I am very humbled by the appointment,” Msgr. Duncan said. Msgr. Duncan has also been named pastor of St. Charles Borromeo Parish […]
Nine years after parish’s founding, ground is broken for 1,200-seat church
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer BUCKINGHAM – Nine years after the founding of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in bucolic Bucks County, ground was broken for a 1,200-seat church on a 30-acre site at the intersection of Route 413 and Cold Spring Creamery Road on what was once a field of soybeans and corn. […]
Cardinal Rigali ordains six priests
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA – Cardinal Justin Rigali ordained six priests for the Philadelphia Archdiocese Saturday, May 16, at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul. “It’s probably the happiest day of my life,” said Father John R. Weber, 27, whose home parish is SS. Philip and James Parish in Exton, […]
Bishop Cistone named Bishop of Saginaw, Michigan
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Bishop Cistone to head Saginaw Diocese
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Philadelphia Auxiliary Bishop Joseph R. Cistone as Bishop of the Diocese of Saginaw, Mich. Bishop Cistone, 60, will be installed the sixth bishop of the Diocese of Saginaw Tuesday, July 28, the fifth anniversary of his episcopal ordination. He succeeds Archbishop-designate Robert J. Carlson, […]
St. Isidore parishioner helps spread Hispanic devotion to Church
By JIM GAUGERSpecial to The CS&T Quakertown – Joselito Gonzalez is a project scientist at Merck and Co. in West Point. “I am basically a chemist,” he explained. “Our group supports chemical laboratories around the world, especially project investigation in Latin America.” Gonzalez, who was born in Puerto Rico, obtained his degree in chemistry at […]