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Phila. Catholic medical groups to sponsor chastity conference
By NADIA MARIA SMITHCS&T Staff Writer Do abstinence programs really work? That’s the topic that the Philadelphia Natural Family Planning Network, St. Mary’s Medical Center and the Philadelphia Catholic Medical Association’s sixth annual conference will tackle on Saturday, March 7, at Our Lady of Good Counsel’s Trinity Parish Center in South Hampton. The conference organizers […]
St. Christopher Parish hosts outreach training session
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T PHILADELPHIA – Pastoral teams from 21 parishes in Northeast Philadelphia, Bucks County and Montgomery County met Feb. 4 at St. Christopher Parish hall with representatives of the archdiocesan Office for the Formation of the Laity to learn more about the “Make Every Person Count” program. It calls for teams […]
BLOCS making a difference in urban education
By Arlene EdmondsSpecial to The CS&T PHILADELPHIA – Thirteen-year-old Kellie Holland of West Philadelphia is proud to be a Catholic student. The eighth grader at St. Ignatius of Loyola School in Wesr Philadelphia is an animated tour guide as she shows off her crafts hanging in Sister Carole Pollock’s contemporary art classroom or points to […]
Couple shares ways to strengthen marriage
By NADIA MARIA SMITHCS&T Staff Writer Fourteen years and three daughters into their marriage, Michael and Lisann Castagno, members of Visitation B.V.M. Parish in Trooper, are very much in love. And they help prepare prospective couples to find the same sustaining love and intimacy. The Castagnos have been archdiocesan Natural Family Planning instructors for the […]
Bucks Co. police officer remembered at Mass
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T PHILADELPHIA – For the sixth time in the past year-and-a-half, on Feb. 5 Philadelphia’s Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul was packed with rank upon rank of blue-clad law officers and other mourners for the funeral of a police officer who died in the line of duty. In this […]
Pope repudiates Holocaust denial
For updates on this story, click here to go to the Catholic News Service By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI and German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke to each other on the telephone about the recent controversy surrounding a traditionalist bishop who has denied the Holocaust. “It was a cordial […]
Passion for justice drives local lawyer
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T Names can be deceiving. Robert S. Nix has no northern European ancestry that he is aware of. His family is solidly of Mexican heritage and he is Mexican-American, born in Austin, Texas, with roots in the border town of Laredo. His family came east when his dad enrolled at […]
Athlete, musician explores talents
By John KnebelsSpecial to The CS&T If swallowing your anger and frustration for the good of the team is considered a worthwhile challenge, then give Kyle DiGiacobbe a high five. In the first-round loss to Boyertown in the PIAA District 12 wrestling tournament, the La Salle senior was defeating his opponent at heavyweight when, after […]
O’Hara’s indoor track teams take PCL titles
By John KnebelsSpecial to The CS&T Cardinal O’Hara’s returning runners remembered the feeling. Suffice to say, it wasn’t pleasant. “We had a bad taste in our mouths,” said O’Hara senior Joe Sacchetti. “We definitely didn’t want to go through that again.” Sacchetti was referring to last year’s Catholic League indoor track and field championship in […]
Producer celebrates 1,000th televised Mass
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T One thousand Masses and counting. On Dec. 28, the Feast of the Holy Child, early risers who tuned in WPVI Channel 6 would have seen Cardinal Justin Rigali celebrating Sunday morning Mass. The Mass, produced by the archdiocesan Office for Communications, has been a public service tradition at Channel […]