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Historic icon to be enthroned
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T An heirloom copy of the icon of Our Lady of Perpetual Help will be enthroned in the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul by Cardinal Justin Rigali on June 13 at the 5:15 p.m. Vigil Mass. At the same time the Cardinal will bless four new or refurbished […]
For two blind Bonner students, graduation is bittersweet
By Arlene EdmondsSpecial to The CS&T DREXEL HILL – When Monsignor Bonner High School holds its graduation ceremony at Villanova University June 5 Matt Wallace and Matt Steven will be among the students. While both are college bound student-athletes – Wallace, a three-year swimmer for Bonner and Steven a St. Laurence CYO basketball player – […]
70 years ordained and still going strong
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T You might say Cardinal Dennis Dougherty was looking at a full deck in his cathedral on June 3, 1939. Fifty-two young men were presenting themselves for ordination. Time has taken its toll; now there is only one left, but he’s an ace. At age 95 and 70 years ordained, […]
Carroll girls claim ninth Catholic League crown
By John KnebelsSpecial to The CS&T You know a winning streak is really amazing when no one knows for sure what the exact number is. In the case of Archbishop Carroll High School girls’ lacrosse, the Patriots have now won 120 consecutive games against Catholic League competition spanning nine years. Or maybe it’s 121. “I […]
La Salle edges St. Joe’s Prep for lacrosse title
By John KnebelsSpecial to The CS&T It could be argued that St. Joseph’s Prep entered last week’s Catholic League lacrosse championship against La Salle College High School with a major psychological advantage. This, despite the fact that La Salle was the five-time defending champion, was heavily favored and had defeated the Prep by 10 goals […]
Local Catholics help build village in Nicaragua
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T NICARAGUA – One hundred and sixty houses built, another 240 mostly paid for and in the planning stages. Throw in a couple of health clinics and community centers, a radio studio, sheep corrals, water supplies and goodness knows what else. Msgr. Francis X. Schmidt, pastor emeritus of St. Augustine […]
Five receive certificates from Cardinal Rigali
By Arlene EdmondsSpecial to The CS&T WYNNEWOOD – There are five more faithful Catholics ready to serve African-American parishes in the Philadelphia Archdiocese. These 2009 recipients of the Ministry to African-American Catholics (MAAC) certificate from St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood received their diplomas recently. All spoke of their unique spiritual journeys when they were […]
Birthright center opens in Coatesville
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T COATESVILLE – Now there are six. That’s the number of Birthright chapters within the Archdiocese of Philadelphia dedicated to assisting women with unplanned pregnancies. The latest location, at 529 E. Lincoln Highway, Coatesville, which was formally dedicated and blessed on May 2, joins the two existing chapters in Philadelphia […]
Serra clubs honor new archdiocesan priests
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T PHILADELPHIA – In keeping with a long-standing tradition, on May 19 Philadelphia’s six newly ordained priests, Fathers Jonathan J. Dalin, Anthony Rossi, Jeffrey M. Rott, Richard J. Smith, Michael G. Speziale and John Weber concelebrated Mass at St. John the Evangelist Church in Center City, then were guests of […]
Former president of Archbishop Ryan H. S. sentenced to state prison
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA – Franciscan Friar Father Charles Newman, the former president of Archbishop Ryan High School in Northeast Philadelphia, has been sentenced to three to six years in state prison, followed by 10 years probation, for the theft of approximately $900,000 from the school and the Franciscan Order of Friars […]