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Poor box at SS. Peter and Paul hits million milestone
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer EAST GOSHEN – Week in and week out, parishioners of all ages at SS. Peter and Paul Parish thoughtfully slip cash – and occasionally checks – into the church’s five poor boxes. On Sunday, Aug. 31, their charitable acts of kindness topped more than $1 million for the 18 […]
Superintendent speaks at her alma maters
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA – The archdiocesan superintendent of schools was the only girl who, in June 1966, wore knee socks to her graduation from St. Athanasius School in the West Oak Lane section of the city. Last week, in a visit to her alma mater, now known as St. Athanasius-Immaculate Conception […]
Bishop Bevard Ordained in St. Thomas
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS – Msgr. Herbert A. Bevard, a convert to Catholicism and a former pastor of St. Athanasius Parish in the West Oak Lane section of Philadelphia, was ordained a bishop and installed as the fifth ordinary of the Diocese of St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands […]
Msgr. Bonner snaps 24-game losing streak
By John Knebels UPPER DARBY – Refrain from saying things like “It’s about time.” Don’t mention that the margin was only one point. In fact, unless you have something positive to say about Monsignor Bonner’s 7-6 non-league victory over Interboro on Friday night, don’t say anything at all. “Sweet,” said Bonner senior quarterback/wide receiver Brendan […]
Price is right for Malvern Prep’s high-scoring offense
By John KnebelsSpecial to The CS&T When the Philadelphia Eagles wide receivers were playing bombs away with the St. Louis Rams on Sunday, they might have been trying to imitate Malvern Prep senior Joe Price. Two days earlier, Price had been the recipient of two long touchdown passes from senior quarterback Billy Conners. When the […]
St. Anastasia student thanked for tsunami aid
By NADIA MARIA SMITHCS&T Staff Writer NEWTOWN SQUARE – Allie Zito was excited to return to school as a seventh grader last week, in part because she heard some news from the people of Banda Ache, Indonesia, one of the areas hardest hit in the 2006 tsunami that devastated Southeast Asia. While a third grader […]
Father Groeschel to open conference at Seminary
By NADIA MARIA SMITH CS&T Staff Writer Franciscan Friar of the Renewal Father Benedict Groeschel will be speaking at the Catholics United for the Faith’s annual conference on Saturday, Sept. 20 at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood. Father Groeschel, one of the founding members of his order, and director of the Office for Spiritual […]
Closing Mass at former St. Peter’s marks new beginning
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer POTTSTOWN – Sophie Voyner, 103, and Dr. Stanley Nowacki, 99, were among a packed congregation who bid farewell to the former St. Peter Church at the Aug. 31 closing Mass of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta’s Pottstown site. “It was very difficult to see it close – it felt like […]
Daughters of St. Paul offer talks on their patron
By NADIA MARIA SMITHCS&T Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA – What better group to make St. Paul known than the Daughters of St. Paul?Not only are they one of five religious communities that along with three lay institutes and a religious institute founded for diocesan priests are known as the Pauline Family, but also their specific mission […]
Far Northern lights
Snowmobiling across 46 parishes and 410,000 square miles? Winters at minus 65 degrees? No problem at all for four intrepidreligious from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia who are helping spread the faith in the Alaska-Yukon Delta.By Lou Baldwin Special to The CS&T FAIRBANKS – The Diocese of Fairbanks (also known as the Diocese of Northern Alaska) […]