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Meeting at North Catholic explores options
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T If they can pull it off – and it’s by no means certain – Philadelphia may be in for an innovative form of niche Catholic secondary education that has proved highly successful in 24 cities around the country. And the alumni of Northeast Catholic High School will have scored […]
Cardinal urges Catholics to sign declaration
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer Cardinal Justin Rigali is asking all Catholics of the Archdiocese to join him in signing the “Manhattan Declaration: A Call of Christian Conscience,” an unprecedented national document that unites the voices of Catholics with other Christians to give witness to the sanctity of human life in all stages and […]
A lifetime devoted to catechesis
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer HILLTOWN – Catechist. Director of Parish Religious Education for the Philadelphia Archdiocese. President of the Archdiocesan DRE Association. Coordinator of Assessment in the Office of the Catechism of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Award honoree. Marie C. Scanlon, 71, has held many catechetical titles, […]
Changes coming next year in Catholic League
John KnebelsSpecial to The CS&T When the 2010-11 academic year begins, the Philadelphia Catholic League will sport a significantly different look. For purists who have implored a return to a single league champion, they will get their wish in every sport except football. For progressives who have thoroughly enjoyed the PCL’s exposure to the Pennsylvania […]
Hamels visits St. Max to promote healthy habits
By Joanna ArmandiCS&T Sports Editor WEST CHESTER – Spring training is a little over a month away, but Phillies fever has spread early at St. Maximilian Kolbe School in West Chester thanks to eighth-grader Bernadette Tankle. Tankle, 14, had the winning essay in the “I Pitch for Dairy” contest sponsored by the Phillies, the Mid-Atlantic […]
Two decades as a ‘seminary mother’
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer WYNNEWOOD – A wife and mother of five grown daughters, the executive secretary of the Archdiocese’s Vocation Office for the Diocesan Priesthood at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary always believed she would have a son. God works in mysterious ways. “I always wanted a little boy,” said Lucille Nazzario, 68, […]
Catholic League boys basketball: Last year’s favorites are back again
John KnebelsSpecial to The CS&T Replete with talented players and a unified proud tradition, the Catholic League once again finds itself among the area’s high school basketball elite. After playing an average of five non-league games – some of them taking place during Christmas holiday tournaments – both the Red and Blue spanisions have commenced […]
Former Anglican nun now in full communion
By Sister Kathleen Leary, S.S.J.Special to The CS&T Most people celebrate Jan. 1 as the beginning of their new year. For Sister Elaine Swan, A.S.S.P., a new year began Sept. 3. On that date, Sister Elaine and eight other All Saints Sisters of the Poor, whose (Anglican) Provincial House is in Catonsville, Md., came into […]
Archdiocesan DVD focuses on local vocation stories
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer The night before young Federico Britto reported to St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood to conduct the interview portion of his application to become a seminarian, he asked his father if he would drive him there. That was when the family and friends of now-Msgr. Britto, pastor of St. […]
Is your child considering a vocation?
‘Encourage them’ says mother of seminarian, nun
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T What are the odds, in this day and age, that in a family of three children, one would enter the convent and another the seminary? Toni (McGuire) Preston knew her daughter Sarah was considering the convent and her son, Tim, was considering the priesthood and she was fine with […]