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Football playoffs roundup: West makes a run for state title
By Joseph PawlikowskiSpecial to The CS&T Last weekend, four Catholic League games produced two new champions and set new city, school and inspanidual records. The Catholic League Class AAAA held its semifinals Saturday, Nov. 8, featuring teams from the former Catholic League red spanision. La Salle College High School defeated its bitter rival, St. Joseph’s […]
Sister devoted 22 years to religious dialogue
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer After serving for 22 years as the assistant director of the archdiocesan Office for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, Sister Josephine Kase, I.H.M., is now serving the Church in upstate Pennsylvania at the I.H.M. House of Prayer in Nesquehoning, Diocese of Allentown. “I am grateful to the Archdiocese for the […]
Phillies Phans Rejoice
By John KnebelsSpecial to The CS&T The moment will forever be frozen in the minds of long-suffering Philadelphia Phillies fans. Make that previously long-suffering Philadelphia Phillies fans. Pitcher Brad Lidge strikes out overmatched and befuddled slugger Eric Hinske, leaps in the air, drops to his knees, spreads his arms and looks to the heavens. Catcher […]
Pope, Cardinal Rigali call for prayers to end persecution
By Nadia Maria SmithCS&T Staff Writer Pope Benedict XVI has called for an end to Christian persecutions. The appeal came after anti-Christian violence broke out in India and Iraq, where thousands have been displaced. “The sacredness of every human life must be respected and every attack on human life condemned,” the Pope said. He expressed […]
Jesuit priest speaks about violence in India at St. Joe’s U.
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T Philadelphia – Mahatma Gandhi would be horrified. In India, the land of the 20th century’s foremost witness for nonviolence, anti-Christian riots continue, according to Jesuit Father Tony Uvary, a professor at the Xavier Institute of Management in Jamshedpur. Father Uvary, visiting Philadelphia, gave a presentation on the situation at […]
Rededication of shrine also marks saint’s birthday
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T BENSALEM – St. Katharine Drexel’s birthday came early this year – on Nov. 1 – instead of Nov. 26, the real date of her nativity. But this is the 150th anniversary of her birth, an occasion for a special celebration. Cardinal Justin Rigali visited St. Elizabeth’s Convent, the Bensalem […]
Church growth, challenges foreseen
Priests hear long-range projections with call for vocationsBy Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer BROOMALL – At the same time priests of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia are studying Catholic demographic projections for the future, they are also beginning a major prayer initiative. Cardinal Justin Rigali is calling on all priests to pray every day for their […]
Ragdolls defend title with 2 minutes left in game
By John KnebelsSpecial to The CS&T PHILADELPHIA – Christina Zambito wondered if there was something wrong with the game clock. Well, not really. Deep down, she knew the final two minutes of the Catholic League girls’ soccer championship was winding down in true form. But it sure didn’t seem that way. “They had to be […]
North prevails over solid La Salle goaltending
Sports ColumnistJohn Knebels PHILADELPHIA – It might be time to buy a new trophy case. For the 22nd time, North Catholic High School captured the Catholic League boys soccer championship last week by edging La Salle, 1-0. The win also sent the Falcons (16-1-3 overall) into the District 12 championship against George Washington a couple […]
Happily seeing red
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA – Father Sean P. Bransfield is arguably one of the most ardent Phillies fans among the Philadelphia Archdiocese’s priests. The day after his beloved baseball team captured the World Series crown, he was beaming. “It was one of the happiest nights of my life,” he said of the […]