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St. Anastasia student thanked for tsunami aid
By NADIA MARIA SMITHCS&T Staff Writer NEWTOWN SQUARE – Allie Zito was excited to return to school as a seventh grader last week, in part because she heard some news from the people of Banda Ache, Indonesia, one of the areas hardest hit in the 2006 tsunami that devastated Southeast Asia. While a third grader […]
Poor box at SS. Peter and Paul hits million milestone
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer EAST GOSHEN – Week in and week out, parishioners of all ages at SS. Peter and Paul Parish thoughtfully slip cash – and occasionally checks – into the church’s five poor boxes. On Sunday, Aug. 31, their charitable acts of kindness topped more than $1 million for the 18 […]
Msgr. Bonner snaps 24-game losing streak
By John Knebels UPPER DARBY – Refrain from saying things like “It’s about time.” Don’t mention that the margin was only one point. In fact, unless you have something positive to say about Monsignor Bonner’s 7-6 non-league victory over Interboro on Friday night, don’t say anything at all. “Sweet,” said Bonner senior quarterback/wide receiver Brendan […]
Superintendent speaks at her alma maters
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA – The archdiocesan superintendent of schools was the only girl who, in June 1966, wore knee socks to her graduation from St. Athanasius School in the West Oak Lane section of the city. Last week, in a visit to her alma mater, now known as St. Athanasius-Immaculate Conception […]
Bishop Bevard Ordained in St. Thomas
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS – Msgr. Herbert A. Bevard, a convert to Catholicism and a former pastor of St. Athanasius Parish in the West Oak Lane section of Philadelphia, was ordained a bishop and installed as the fifth ordinary of the Diocese of St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands […]
First ‘Fair Trade Town’ in nation holds festival
By NADIA MARIA SMITHCS&T Staff Writer MEDIA – Although the fair trade movement has existed in the United States for nearly 70 years, Media became what an industry group called the first “Fair Trade Town” in the United States two years ago. Now the town is giving Catholics an opportunity to learn more about fair […]
New Vincentian provincial is Phila. native
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA – Vincentian Father Michael J. Carroll, a Philadelphia native and former student chaplain at Archbishop Wood Catholic High School for Boys in Warminster, was recently elected provincial superior of the order’s eastern province. “I’m happy to be provincial,” Father Carroll said. The Congregation of the Mission, more commonly […]
High school football begins: Week 1 roundup
By John Knebels That sound you heard throughout the area this past weekend was Catholic League football teams opening their respective seasons against non-league opponents. Each of the 17 teams participated, and the end result was a composite 8-9 record, although two of those losses occurred in Catholic vs. Catholic contests. In what is typical […]
Closing Mass at former St. Peter’s marks new beginning
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer POTTSTOWN – Sophie Voyner, 103, and Dr. Stanley Nowacki, 99, were among a packed congregation who bid farewell to the former St. Peter Church at the Aug. 31 closing Mass of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta’s Pottstown site. “It was very difficult to see it close – it felt like […]
Daughters of St. Paul offer talks on their patron
By NADIA MARIA SMITHCS&T Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA – What better group to make St. Paul known than the Daughters of St. Paul?Not only are they one of five religious communities that along with three lay institutes and a religious institute founded for diocesan priests are known as the Pauline Family, but also their specific mission […]