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Archdiocesan totals for collections for Haiti relief
The Philadelphia Archdiocese has raised more than $1.7 million through parish collections to aid earthquake relief efforts in Haiti. In addition, Catholic schools across the Archdiocese have raised nearly $151,000. All funds donated by parishioners and Catholic schools will be remitted to Catholic Relief Services, the official Catholic international, humanitarian, relief and development agency in […]
Kenyans at St. Katherine’s
Philadelphia parish reflects global church with Mass in Swahili for immigrant Catholics By Colleen Boyle SharpSpecial to The CS&T PHILADELPHIA – More than 200 Kenyan Catholics gathered at St. Katherine of Siena Church in Philadelphia April 11 to celebrate a Mass in Swahili. The groups, which represented Kenyan communities living in the United States from […]
Sacred environmentalism
A Catholic perspective on Earth Day, 40 years afterIn a reflection on the 40th anniversary of the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970, Father John Ames traces the spiritual roots of environmentalism back to the Biblical stories of Genesis. He also points out the distinctions of secular and sacred concepts of care for the […]
Town hall meeting seeks to restore EITC funding
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T PHILADELPHIA – It’s the classic good news-bad news scenario. The good news is Pennsylvania’s Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC), which funds educational scholarships, has been expanded by increasing the ceiling for family income from $50,000 to $60,000. Eligibility has also been widened to include special education and summer programs, […]
CRS Afghanistan reps visit Merion Mercy, Cabrini College
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer RADNOR – After 30 years of war and repressive rule of the Taliban, today only 28 percent of the people in Afghanistan can read and write, 18 percent of whom are women and girls, according to Catholic Relief Services (CRS), the official overseas relief and development agency of the […]
Little things matter a lot
Claire McCloskey died suddenly April 20, after the Catholic Standard & Times went to press. Her viewing will be at St. Cecilia Church, 535 Rhawn St., Saturday, April 24 at 9:30 a.m. Her funeral Mass will follow at 10:30 a.m. By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T PHILADELPHIA – Sometimes it’s just the little things that […]
Apolo Ohno inspires local students to be healthy
PHILADELPHIA – Apolo Anton Ohno, the winningest U.S. winter Olympian in history, spoke to students from La Salle Academy, St. Malachy and St. Laurentius schools April 14 at St. Michael Parish Hall. But Ohno was not there to talk about his great accomplishments; he was there to inspire students to live healthy lives and follow […]
After surgery, Malvern Prep coach back on track
John KnebelsSports Columnist Imagine cutting away a meatball from a plate of spaghetti without touching or moving any of the noodles. Now imagine the meatball is a tumor and the spaghetti is your carotid artery. Before Mike Koenig underwent surgery at Jefferson Hospital this past March, that’s precisely the task that awaited surgeons. Needing to […]
Joyful DiJulia lives a life of courage
By John KnebelsSpecial to The CS&T HAVERTOWN – Chris DiJulia was born with cerebral palsy. He relies on a wheelchair to get around. Eating food and drinking liquids can be an adventure, and his speech is significantly slurred. Other than that, the 40-year-old parishioner of St. Denis in Havertown is just like anyone else. Well, […]
Many look to join ranks of Carroll’s elite players
John KnebelsSports Columnist Last year was supposed to be the one in which history would be made. As Archbishop Carroll’s girls’ lacrosse team plowed through most of its schedule with relative ease, Archbishop Wood lurked nearby with a look of disdain. The veteran Vikings wanted to be the first Catholic League team in nine seasons […]