News
Local Catholics report on historic presidential inauguration
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer WASHINGTON – A contingent of Catholics from across the Archdiocese made history by attending the inaugural ceremonies of U.S. President Barack Obama Tuesday, Jan. 20, in the nation’s capital. According to news reports, a crowd estimated at 2 million gathered for the inauguration of the nation’s 44th president outside […]
Cardinal Rigali urges action against FOCA
By Nadia Maria SmithCS&T Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA – The Archdiocese of Philadelphia will be joining other dioceses across the nation in the fight against the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA), a bill that goes beyond the legalized abortion defined in Roe v. Wade by creating a “fundamental right” to legalized abortion and preventing local, state […]
Catholic Schools Week
Special ed students inspired to do their bestSt. Hubert creates space for art to inspirePrincipal of St. Luke School receives national awardYoung writer sees fiction published in national magazineDedication makes West Oak Lane school specialSt. Anastasia takes on Day of ServiceOur Lady of Grace rallies community for shut-insNew head coach maintains Roman’s basketball legacyRetreat helps […]
Knocking on every door to evangelize
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T DOWNINGTOWN – Talk about a busman’s holiday. Nancy Sanchez, who is director of Religious Education at St. Hugh of Cluny Parish in Philadelphia, is part of a neighborhood visitation committee in her home parish, St. Joseph, Downingtown. It started five or six years ago when Bishop Joseph McFadden was […]
Mount St. Joe’s flawless season sets hopes for second state hoops title
By John KnebelsSpecial to The CS&T FLOURTOWN – After Mount St. Joseph Academy’s basketball team celebrated last year’s PIAA Class AAA state championship, the talk among the so-called experts was that the Magic would probably struggle through a rebuilding process since five of their top seven players, including three spanision I standouts, were about to […]
Swim coach reflects on the pool’s lifelong bonds
Sports ColumnistJohn Knebels Jerry McCaffrey doesn’t speak in riddles. So when the 19-year Father Judge swimming coach asks his athletes if they would rather win a race with a poor time or finish sixth while simultaneously smashing their own personal record, he isn’t presenting them with a parable. “Swimming is one of the more unique […]
Vatican official to speak at Chestnut Hill College
By Arlene EdmondsSpecial to The CS&T PHILADELPHIA – It is important for the Catholic community to offer hospitality to all, especially those who take up temporary residence in the Delaware Valley. Among those who this applies to are college students, including those from abroad, and all migrants and immigrants. Yet many may be unaware of […]
St. Anastasia hosts variety show to help marriages
By Nadia Maria SmithCS&T Staff Writer NEWTOWN SQUARE — John and Marie Kelly of St. Anastasia Parish in Newtown Square are coordinators for a variety show that seeks to do something out of the ordinary — shore up marriages. The variety show, scheduled to start at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 24, at St. Anastasia, […]
Schools participate in Day of Service
By Arlene EdmondsSpecial to The CS&T Our Mother of Sorrows and St. Ignatius of Loyola Schools in West Philadelphia will make Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day “a day on” instead of “a day off” on Monday, Jan. 19. They will be among the many schools in the Archdiocese that will be participating in the […]
Interfaith leaders ask Phila. gun shops to help reduce gun violence
By Nadia Maria SmithCS&T Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA – Local religious leaders are asking gun shop owners statewide to adopt a “code of conduct” that they believe will help reduce gun violence in Philadelphia and beyond. Msgr. Michael Carroll, director of the archdiocesan Office for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, who has been working on behalf of […]