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World Series tickets raise $11,000 for Drexel Neumann Academy
By Jim GaugerSpecial to The CS&T The Phillies’ return to the World Series this fall has touched many lives. The Major League Baseball team is considered a Philadelphia treasure. Almost a public utility. The fans are the real owners. Their passion has often been cited by the players as a main reason for the team’s […]
Priest committees explore future pastoral needs
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer In October and November 2008, clergy across the Archdiocese convened in each of the six vicariates to study the forecast for the need for priests in parish ministry through 2020 as they examined demographic projections of clergy and registered Catholics. Cardinal Justin Rigali called for the meetings to gain […]
New cemetery opens in Chester Co.
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer WEST BRANDYWINE – All Souls Cemetery, Chester County’s first diocesan cemetery, was officially blessed and dedicated by Cardinal Justin Rigali at 2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 2 – appropriately, All Souls Day, the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed. Beneath a cloud-scattered sky stood a 40-foot stately granite cross, which […]
Bishops make strong push on health reform
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer and Catholic News Service PHILADELPHIA – As the debate and decisions on national health care reform reach critical stages, Cardinal Justin Rigali is counting on the clergy of the Philadelphia Archdiocese to assist him in “a most urgent and important national Catholic effort” to prevent reform from being derailed […]
Doing God’s work as a ‘fisher of women’
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T Jesus deputized His apostles as “fishers of men.” Sister of the Holy Family of Nazareth Michele Vincent Fisher thinks of herself as a “fisher of women.” She’s the national vocations director for her congregation and brings obvious joy to her ministry, loving every minute of it. Sister Michele, who […]
Prendergast wins field hockey championship in double overtime
ASTON – Archbishop Prendergast junior Brooke Stretch’s goal 12:07 into a sudden-death, second overtime period lifted Prendie to a 1-0 victory over Cardinal O’Hara in the Catholic League field hockey championship Nov. 2 at Neumann University. The Pandas, who on Nov. 7 are scheduled to face Philadelphia Public League playoff winner Northeast High in the […]
O’Hara takes back PCL volleyball title
John KnebelsSpecial to The CS&T When she entered the gymnasium at Cabrini College Nov. 1, Steph Johnson immediately began feeling a little bit uncomfortable. One year earlier, she and her teammates from Cardinal O’Hara High School had lost the Catholic League volleyball championship to Archbishop Wood on the same court. It wasn’t only the losing […]
Sharing others’ sorrow is privilege
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer CHELTENHAM – Annette Foley, the bereavement ministry coordinator at Presentation B.V.M. Parish in Cheltenham, contemplates the crucifixion as she consoles those who are grieving. “As a Catholic, I look at the crucifixion and the promises of Jesus,” she said. “I know that what He suffered for us was not […]
Lansdale Catholic’s sights set on CL Championship
John KnebelsSpecial to The CS&T Watch Megan Poiesz with the ball. Now watch the ball find the back of the net. Time and again, two things happen when attending a Lansdale Catholic girls’ soccer game. One, the Crusaders win. The other, Poiesz scores a goal. Or two. Or three. “It takes a lot more than […]
Catholic Academies’ rivals battle in pre-playoff squeaker
John KnebelsSpecial to The CS&T BENSALEM – All year long, Villa Joseph Marie deep down felt that it was the best team in the rugged Catholic Academies League. Then again, the Jems felt that way last year, too, but it didn’t prevent them from losing to Villa Maria Academy in the championship. On Friday night […]