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Shaping clay into accolades

By George GregorySpecial to the CS&T MALVERN – When Malvern Preparatory School senior Kevin Bogan started high school, he never imagined having three of his own creations in a nationally renowned ceramics exhibit. But God moves in mysterious ways as Bogan has learned during his secondary education. Three of his pieces will be displayed at […]

St. Max girls take CYO basketball state title

By John KnebelsSpecial to The CS&T They won the regional championship, the Philadelphia archdiocesan championship and the state championship. However, according to assistant coach Caitlin Pearson, the girls who comprised the Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) basketball team at West Chester’s St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish accomplished a lot more than just winning medals the past few […]

Parishes pledge to knock on 1,000 doors

By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T PHILADELPHIA – It was just friendly, low-key evangelization. On Saturday, April 4, the eve of Holy Week, volunteers from seven parishes in Northwest Philadelphia’s Cluster 18 were spreading the Good News to their neighbors, telling them of upcoming liturgies and events at their church during the most sacred week […]

Local nun in the running for Time’s 100 list

By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T PHILADELPHIA – You wouldn’t expect to see a Philadelphia nun who works with the homeless on a list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Mercy Sister Mary Scullion, co-founder and executive director of Project H.O.M.E., has been named a finalist in Time magazine’s 2009 annual most […]

Annual pilgrimage to National Shrine to include firefighters, police, youth

By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T Approximately 2,000 pilgrims from all over the Archdiocese are expected to board buses on Saturday, May 2, for the biennial pilgrimage to “America’s Church,” the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. “We are inviting everyone to participate through their parish,” said Father Zachary […]

Cross rises atop new high school

By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer UPPER PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP – The completion of steel framing for the future Pope John Paul II High School on April 2 – the fourth anniversary of the pontiff’s death – marked a major milestone in the construction of the $65 million- state-of-the-art archdiocesan secondary school in central Montgomery County. […]

Capital campaign hits benchmark on Palm Sunday

By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA – The archdiocesan capital and endowment campaign, “Heritage of Faith – Vision of Hope” surpassed $50 million on Palm Sunday weekend, April 4-5. At press time, $50,532,946 toward the $200 million goal had been raised in gifts and pledges through parish campaigns and leadership gifts. Cardinal Justin Rigali […]

Breaking News

CS&T online exclusive: The following story will be published in the coming April 9 issue of the Catholic Standard & Times, newspaper of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. World of influencePhiladelphia’s Sister Mary Scullion on Time magazine’s ‘100 most influential people’ list By Lou BaldwinSpecial to the CS&T PHILADELPHIA – You wouldn’t expect to see a […]

Sister Helen Prejean speaks at Villanova, LaSalle

By John KnebelsSpecial to The CS&T VILLANOVA – A crowded fieldhouse. A party of five. A one-on-one interview. Oprah Winfrey. Larry King Live. 60 Minutes. The check-out clerk at the neighborhood supermarket. No matter where she finds herself, and no matter whom she finds herself with, Sister Helen Prejean, C.S.J., is ready, willing and able […]

Cancer survivor received ‘mini-miracle’

By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T PENNDEL – “God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform,” William Cowper wrote more than two centuries ago. If one has what is diagnosed as a terminal illness and after prayer it disappears, it’s more than reasonable to assume the miraculous. Now, if one has been diagnosed […]