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Pope’s visit to U.K.
Highlights from Pope Benedict XVI’s speech to Queen Elizabeth II at Holyroodhouse Palace
Holy Child Academy receives grant
DREXEL HILL – Holy Child Academy received a $5,000 grant from the Ethel Sergeant Clark Smith Memorial Fund to support its continued field house renovations. The grant money will be used to purchase and install new bleachers. As an anchor in the Upper Darby community, the field house is one of the most utilized areas […]
Devon Prep students hold school supplies drive
DEVON – Throughout the summer Devon Prep’s Christian Action Program collected over 4,300 school supplies for St. Elizabeth’s Community Center in North Philadelphia. The items, such as notebooks, pencils, crayons, pens, folders and backpacks, helped nearly 200 needy families.
New faculty Join Holy Child Academy
Drexel Hill – Holy Child Academy welcomed two new faculty members this fall, first grade teacher Nancy Menno and reading teacher Lauren Gallagher. Menno most recently she taught at St. James School in Elkins Park, which closed in June. Gallagher most recently worked in the Upper Darby School District.“We’ve experienced a lot of change at […]
Devon Prep Students return to campus changes
DEVON – When Devon Preparatory School students arrived on campus for the first day of school on Sept. 1, they were greeted by new faculty members and saw campus construction. Father James J. Shea, Sch.P., headmaster, served as the principal celebrant for opening day Mass and welcomed new faculty including: class of 1994 alumnus Mark […]
St. Luke goes ‘back to school’ for the 90th time
GLENSIDE – St. Luke the Evangelist School in Glenside opens its doors this fall for the 90th year Sept. 8. It welcomed 35 new kindergartners and 15 new students in grades one through eight, bringing enrollment to 340 students, the highest in the last several years. Sister William Adele, S.S.J., the principal, said that the […]
Holy Child Academy hosts religious education lecture series
DREXEL HILL – Holy Child Academy will host the second and third sessions of its three-part adult religious education series in October and February 2011. Father Stephen D. Thorne, director of the archdiocesan Office for Black Catholics, will lead “The Liturgy of the Word” Oct. 20 and “The Liturgy of the Eucharist” Feb. 28, 2011, […]
Octoberfest remembers Bucks County vets
DOYLESTOWN – The second annual Octoberfest hosted by Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish in Doylestown, will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 9, in the gymnasium. Special attention will go to parishioners serving in the military. At any time Our Lady of Mount Carmel has more than 30 active military members. […]
Bishop Senior to join Gov. Rendell for Sept. 11 interfaith service
Bishop Timothy C. Senior, auxiliary bishop of Philadelphia, will represent Cardinal Justin Rigali at an interreligious service Saturday, Sept. 11 at 6 p.m. in Philadelphia to commemorate the anniversary of September 11, 2001. Participants at the service will pray for peace and healing, particularly in light of the possible Quran burning in Florida. Governor Ed […]
Msgr. Thomas J. Scanlon dies at 79
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer Msgr. Thomas J. Scanlon, a former pastor of Resurrection of Our Lord Parish in Northeast Philadelphia and a former rector of St. Joseph’s-in-the-Hills Malvern Retreat House in Malvern, died Monday, Aug. 30, 2010 at St. Mary Manor in Lansdale, where he had been a retired priest in residence. He […]