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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 […]
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 […]
Price is right for Malvern Prep’s high-scoring offense
By John KnebelsSpecial to The CS&T When the Philadelphia Eagles wide receivers were playing bombs away with the St. Louis Rams on Sunday, they might have been trying to imitate Malvern Prep senior Joe Price. Two days earlier, Price had been the recipient of two long touchdown passes from senior quarterback Billy Conners. When the […]
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 […]
Far Northern lights
Snowmobiling across 46 parishes and 410,000 square miles? Winters at minus 65 degrees? No problem at all for four intrepidreligious from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia who are helping spread the faith in the Alaska-Yukon Delta.By Lou Baldwin Special to The CS&T FAIRBANKS – The Diocese of Fairbanks (also known as the Diocese of Northern Alaska) […]
Father Groeschel to open conference at Seminary
By NADIA MARIA SMITH CS&T Staff Writer Franciscan Friar of the Renewal Father Benedict Groeschel will be speaking at the Catholics United for the Faith’s annual conference on Saturday, Sept. 20 at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood. Father Groeschel, one of the founding members of his order, and director of the Office for Spiritual […]