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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 […]
St. William starts fund for Pakistani victims
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA – A collection is being taken up at St. William Parish in Northeast Philadelphia for Pakistani Catholics of the Philadelphia Archdiocese whose families have been personally affected by the flood in Pakistan. The parish has a large number of Pakistani Catholics, many of whose relatives continue to suffer […]
St. Athanasius-Immaculate Conception goes paperless
Green is the way to go these days, and if schools aren’t doing it how else will kids learn to get with the program? At St. Athanasius-Immaculate Conception School in Northwest Philadelphia, more and more material is available electronically, cutting down on paper and reproduction and processing costs.{{more}} “We’ve always put the school calendar and […]
Visitation Parish takes over governance of Cardinal Bevilacqua Center
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T PHILADELPHIA – The Cardinal Bevilacqua Community Center in the Kensington section of Philadelphia is under new management. Formerly administered by archdiocesan Catholic Social Services (CSS), as of July 1 it was turned over to nearby Visitation B.V.M. Parish. “This is a unique opportunity for CSS to collaborate with a […]
Church focuses on missal
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA – The Philadelphia Archdiocese is launching a comprehensive, yearlong parish-based plan of preparation to receive the new English translation of the Roman Missal. Catholics in the United States will begin using the third typical edition of the long-awaited missal at English language Masses in the United States the […]
Cardinal Rigali, USCCB leaders condemn plans to burn Quran
By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) – The chairmen of three committees of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops have joined in condemnation of plans by a small Florida Pentecostal church to burn the Quran on Sept. 11. “All acts of intolerance aimed at a religious community should find no place in our world, let […]
Sacred Heart student selected for leadership program
BRYN MAWR – Rosemary Affatato, a senior at The Country Day School of the Sacred Heart in Bryn Mawr, was selected to participate in the Economics for Leaders program conducted at the College of William and Mary in July. Rosemary was one of 32 students from around the country who was accepted into the Foundation […]