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Priesthood Jubilarians
For complete profiles of all priesthood jubilarians, see this week’s print edition of the Catholic Standard & Times. Archbishop Emeritus Anthony Cardinal Bevilacqua: 60 years of priesthood began with a blessing Bishop Martin Lohmuller: 65 years of love, peace, fidelity to Church
Bishop Martin Lohmuller: 65 years of love, peace, fidelity to Church
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T Retired Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia Martin N. Lohmuller, who is celebrating his 65th year of ordination as a priest on June 3, has been a bishop for the last 39 years. As vicar general in curia under the late Cardinal John Krol, he was the Archbishop’s right hand, heavily […]
Archbishop Emeritus Anthony Cardinal Bevilacqua: 60 years of priesthood began with a blessing
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer “It’s hard to believe,” said Archbishop Emeritus Anthony Cardinal Bevilacqua. “Here I am, 60 years a priest. It went very fast – that’s because I enjoyed it.” Cardinal Bevilacqua, now 85, was ordained a priest for the New York Diocese of Brooklyn on June 11, 1949, six days before […]
Four elementary schools participate
in Global Warming Fair
By Arlene EdmondsSpecial to The CS&T DREXEL HILL – Eighth grade Catholic students are concerned about global warming. More than 40 students at St. Dorothy School in Drexel Hill showcased the uses of solar energy. Another group from St. Francis of Assisi School in Norristown explored general environmental topics, while their counterparts at Nativity B.V.M. […]
Archdiocesan program addresses child safety
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer In catechism classes and Catholic school classrooms across the Archdiocese, age-appropriate lessons about child abuse and its prevention are part of the curricula. “Personal safety training for children is mandated in Article 12 of the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People,” said Evelyn Brannan Tarpey, safe […]
Interreligious group gathers to discuss ethnicity, race
By Arlene EdmondsSpecial to The CS&T ST. DAVIDS – Whenever you bring together different religious traditions and world views, there are bound to be varying perspectives. This was the case when the Race and Ethnicity Dialogue Group held a panel discussion at Eastern University in St. Davids April 20. Msgr. Michael Carroll, director of the […]
Ordination of women in Philadelphia invalid, says Cardinal Rigali
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T In an April 24 statement Cardinal Justin Rigali denounced the invalid ceremony of the priestly ordination of a New Jersey woman at a Philadelphia synagogue on April 26. (See the entire statement at the end of this article). “It is most unfortunate that this pseudo-ordination has occurred within the […]
Catholic Charities kicks off annual appeal
CS&T Staff Report The 2009 Catholic Charities Appeal got a solemn and enthusiastic kickoff Monday, April 27. About 360 parish volunteers and their pastors joined Cardinal Justin Rigali as he led an evening Liturgy of the Word and Eucharistic Benediction at St. John the Evangelist Church in center city Philadelphia, followed by a short walk […]
Beloved Bishop McDevitt teacher dies at 64
By Arlene EdmondsSpecial to The CS&T WYNCOTE – The Bishop McDevitt High School family is mourning the loss of their longtime academic affairs vice principal Albert Achuff. Many of the school’s staff, faculty and students attended his funeral Mass at St. Frances Cabrini Church in Fairless Hills on Saturday, April 18. Achuff, 64, was buried […]
Cardinal Rigali blesses Daylesford’s new abbot
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer PAOLI – Cardinal Justin Rigali has conferred an abbatial blessing upon the new abbot of Daylesford Abbey, Norbertine Abbot Richard J. Antonucci. The blessing was administered Saturday, April 18 – the day after the abbot’s 64th birthday – at the Church of the Assumption at Daylesford Abbey in Paoli. […]