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‘Thank you’ 20,000 times
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA – Members of the Philadelphia Police Department received a special delivery on Thursday, Feb. 26. More than 20,000 cards and letters from Philadelphia Catholic school students were presented to Police Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey at police headquarters at Eighth and Race Streets, to be distributed to police officers […]
Altar server sees dream realized
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA – Thirteen-year-old George Paul “G.P.” Harmansky has always had an aspiration – to be an altar server at a Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul in Philadelphia. The parishioner of St. Aloysius in Pottstown fulfilled that aspiration Sunday, Feb. 22, as he assisted at […]
Carroll surprises, beats Wood for championship
PCL girls’ basketball By John KnebelsSpecial to The CS&T At one point during the season, Cardinal O’Hara’s girls’ basketball team woke up one morning and was ranked first in the nation. A few miles away, Archbishop Carroll’s girls took notice but went about their business in workmanlike fashion. Then a few days later, O’Hara was […]
Neumann-Goretti proves its power as CL champs
PCL boys’ basketball Sports ColumnistJohn Knebels It had the potential to be considered an all-time classic, but key injuries have a tendency to detract from the overall attraction when two outstanding sports teams meet each other in a mega-important contest. Take, for instance, the Catholic League boys’ basketball championship Monday night at the jam-packed and […]
North gives students a leg up on tech job skills
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T In today’s dismal economy, any program that gives young people entering the job market a competitive edge can be a real asset. Northeast Catholic High School’s Microsoft Academy does just that. The academy, an accredited school within a school, is in its second year of operation, and at this […]
St. Pius X Parish offers marriage program
By Nadia Maria SmithCS&T Staff Writer BROOMALL – Ascension Press has teamed up with St. Pius X Parish to pilot a new marriage enrichment program. The two-day program will be held the weekend of March 13-14 at St. Pius X. Renowned author and speaker Christopher West will talk about the late Pope John Paul II’s […]
Roman receives $425K donation
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T PHILADELPHIA – James G. McSherry, who died in 2006, had two great loves in life – Roman Catholic High School, from which he graduated in 1940, and St. Stephen Parish, where he was raised. St. Stephen closed in 1993, and it couldn’t be helped; his high school is another […]
Bishop Welsh, former seminary rector, dies at 87
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T Bishop Thomas J. Welsh, 87, retired Bishop of the Diocese of Allentown and a former Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia, died Feb. 19. Bishop Welsh was also the founding bishop of the Diocese of Arlington and a former rector of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood. Cardinal Justin Rigali will […]
At St. Cyprian Parish: Cardinal Rigali presents recollections of his service to Church in Africa
By Arlene EdmondsSpecial to The CS&T PHILADELPHIA – Cardinal Justin Rigali shared his first-hand experiences traveling through the African continent at a celebration in honor of Black History Month Sunday, Feb. 22 at St. Cyprian Parish in West Philadelphia. A standing-room-only crowd came to hear Cardinal Rigali’s address at the event sponsored by the archdiocesan […]
Community gathers for funeral
of Officer Pawlowski
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA – Philadelphia Police Officer John Pawlowski was laid to rest Friday, Feb. 20, following a funeral Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul. Pawlowski, 25, a five-year veteran of the police department died in the line of duty Friday, Feb. 13. A member of St. […]