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O’Hara girls humbly defend PCL title
By John Knebels The talk on the street was that Cardinal O’Hara’s girls cross-country team was about to have its four-year title streak severed. But that talk was trampled – both figuratively and literally – in last week’s cross-country championship at the famed Belmont Plateau. Behind two runners who placed in the top four, and […]
Expansion projects reflect church growth
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer LIMERICK – The new $13 million education center of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Parish recently dedicated by Auxiliary Bishop Daniel E. Thomas is one of several parish expansion projects in Montgomery County and other suburban areas in the Archdiocese. The 24,000-square-foot building at 256 Swamp Pike was built on […]
Mass to air in Spanish
Telemundo, Archdiocese collaborate for weekly televised broadcastBy NADIA MARIA SMITHCS&T Staff Writer The Office for Hispanic Catholics, along with Telemundo WWSI-TV 62 – Digital 49, has announced that the airing of the first televised Spanish-language Sunday Mass in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia will take place Sunday, Nov. 2 at 6:30 a.m. at the Cathedral Basilica […]
Local Catholic is lay delegate at beatification
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T The beatification of Zelie and Louis Martin has special significance to Philadelphia, because the Archdiocese has a long tradition of devotion to their distinguished daughter, St. Therese of Lisieux. The late Cardinal Dennis Dougherty (1865-1951) prayed often to her and was a prime supporter for her cause for canonization. […]
Hi-tech connection keeps student close to class
By Bill CarrollSpecial to The CS&T When I received the e-mail describing the situation and the parents’ request, I experienced conflicting emotions. On the one hand, I was told that a third-grade girl, Casey Flanagan, was ill and would miss the first five weeks of school because of treatments in Boston for her cancer. Of […]
Twins making Merion fans smile
By John KnebelsSpecial to The CS&T Meet a couple of identical twins and sooner or later, the question needs to be asked: Have you ever taken advantage of your indistinguishable looks by playing a trick on someone? “I remember when we were in kindergarten and I think it was April Fools Day,” said Shelbey Manthorpe, […]
Cardinal Rigali leads Holy Hour for peace in city
By NADIA MARIA SMITHCS&T Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA – Hundreds of people quietly slipped in and out of churches all across Philadelphia on Oct. 8 during the hour of prayer that Cardinal Justin Rigali called for at the funeral of Sgt. Patrick McDonald two weeks ago. The Cardinal chose to spend that hour at Christ the […]
Little Flower senior sees her future in education
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T Nicole McGarry, a senior at Little Flower High School, knows exactly what she wants to do after college. She wants to be a high school teacher. The eldest of the four children of Debra and Michael McGarry, she is a 2004 graduate of St. Martin of Tours School in […]
Mothers cope with sons’ killings
By Arlene EdmondsSpecial to The CS&T Faith and fellowship help Catholic women who have lost a loved one to the escalating violence in Philadelphia. Just ask Nadestra Morales, a member of La Milagrosa, the city’s Latino “mother church” located at 19th and Spring Garden Streets. The chapel is not readily noticeable in the Northern Liberties […]
Bishops call for faithful citizenship, respect for life
October is Respect Life Month – a special time each year when we prayerfully reflect on how each person at every stage of life deserves dignity and respect, and when we remind ourselves of the need to protect the most vulnerable among us. It is also a time when we must pause to give thanks […]