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Phila. Vietnamese Catholics celebrate Tet
By Father Steven PerzanSpecial to The CS&T PHILADELPHIA – Good weather and brilliant sunshine brought record crowds to the St. Helena Community Tet Celebration at Cardinal Dougherty High School, Sunday, Feb. 8. Msgr. Joseph Trinh, pastor of St. Helena Church, said the initial purpose of the celebration was to reconnect the Vietnamese community to their […]
Levittown parish celebrates triplets’ baptism
By Laura WelchSpecial to The CS&T LEVITTOWN – When young couple Michael and Laura Virgilio joined Immaculate Conception B.V.M. Parish in Levittown almost five years ago, they were looking for a sense of community. What they found was a new family that supports them in ways they never imagined possible. Last November, Michael and Laura […]
Double the blessings for Newtown couple
By Jim GaugerSpecial to The CS&T For Joanne and Daniel Tarrant of Newtown, Christmas 2008 was extra special. They celebrated the birth of Jesus Christ with the adoption of twins in the East African nation of Uganda. Nya Mary Grace and John Paul Kato, 20 months old, now are members of the Tarrant family. The […]
‘Thank you’ 20,000 times
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA – Members of the Philadelphia Police Department received a special delivery on Thursday, Feb. 26. More than 20,000 cards and letters from Philadelphia Catholic school students were presented to Police Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey at police headquarters at Eighth and Race Streets, to be distributed to police officers […]
Altar server sees dream realized
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA – Thirteen-year-old George Paul “G.P.” Harmansky has always had an aspiration – to be an altar server at a Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul in Philadelphia. The parishioner of St. Aloysius in Pottstown fulfilled that aspiration Sunday, Feb. 22, as he assisted at […]
Carroll surprises, beats Wood for championship
PCL girls’ basketball By John KnebelsSpecial to The CS&T At one point during the season, Cardinal O’Hara’s girls’ basketball team woke up one morning and was ranked first in the nation. A few miles away, Archbishop Carroll’s girls took notice but went about their business in workmanlike fashion. Then a few days later, O’Hara was […]
Neumann-Goretti proves its power as CL champs
PCL boys’ basketball Sports ColumnistJohn Knebels It had the potential to be considered an all-time classic, but key injuries have a tendency to detract from the overall attraction when two outstanding sports teams meet each other in a mega-important contest. Take, for instance, the Catholic League boys’ basketball championship Monday night at the jam-packed and […]
North gives students a leg up on tech job skills
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T In today’s dismal economy, any program that gives young people entering the job market a competitive edge can be a real asset. Northeast Catholic High School’s Microsoft Academy does just that. The academy, an accredited school within a school, is in its second year of operation, and at this […]
St. Pius X Parish offers marriage program
By Nadia Maria SmithCS&T Staff Writer BROOMALL – Ascension Press has teamed up with St. Pius X Parish to pilot a new marriage enrichment program. The two-day program will be held the weekend of March 13-14 at St. Pius X. Renowned author and speaker Christopher West will talk about the late Pope John Paul II’s […]
Roman receives $425K donation
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T PHILADELPHIA – James G. McSherry, who died in 2006, had two great loves in life – Roman Catholic High School, from which he graduated in 1940, and St. Stephen Parish, where he was raised. St. Stephen closed in 1993, and it couldn’t be helped; his high school is another […]