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Swim coach reflects on the pool’s lifelong bonds
Sports ColumnistJohn Knebels Jerry McCaffrey doesn’t speak in riddles. So when the 19-year Father Judge swimming coach asks his athletes if they would rather win a race with a poor time or finish sixth while simultaneously smashing their own personal record, he isn’t presenting them with a parable. “Swimming is one of the more unique […]
Vatican official to speak at Chestnut Hill College
By Arlene EdmondsSpecial to The CS&T PHILADELPHIA – It is important for the Catholic community to offer hospitality to all, especially those who take up temporary residence in the Delaware Valley. Among those who this applies to are college students, including those from abroad, and all migrants and immigrants. Yet many may be unaware of […]
St. Anastasia hosts variety show to help marriages
By Nadia Maria SmithCS&T Staff Writer NEWTOWN SQUARE — John and Marie Kelly of St. Anastasia Parish in Newtown Square are coordinators for a variety show that seeks to do something out of the ordinary — shore up marriages. The variety show, scheduled to start at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 24, at St. Anastasia, […]
Schools participate in Day of Service
By Arlene EdmondsSpecial to The CS&T Our Mother of Sorrows and St. Ignatius of Loyola Schools in West Philadelphia will make Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day “a day on” instead of “a day off” on Monday, Jan. 19. They will be among the many schools in the Archdiocese that will be participating in the […]
Interfaith leaders ask Phila. gun shops to help reduce gun violence
By Nadia Maria SmithCS&T Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA – Local religious leaders are asking gun shop owners statewide to adopt a “code of conduct” that they believe will help reduce gun violence in Philadelphia and beyond. Msgr. Michael Carroll, director of the archdiocesan Office for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, who has been working on behalf of […]
Leading promoter of Catholic education dies
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T Paul M. Henkels, 84, one of the founding proponents of school choice in Pennsylvania, died on Thursday, Jan. 8, after a long battle with cancer. A co-founder and chairman of the REACH Alliance and REACH Foundation, Henkels worked tirelessly to help improve the educational opportunities available to students across […]
One prayer, many voices
All parishes hold Holy Hours to pray for religious vocationsBy Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T BROOMALL – In a Holy Hour replicated in every parish in the Archdiocese, several hundred of the faithful gathered with Cardinal Justin Rigali on the evening of Jan. 12 for Eucharistic Adoration at St. Pius X Church, Broomall, to pray […]
Helping others to hear God’s call
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T The best promoters of vocations to the priesthood aren’t mothers or fathers or teachers, but priests themselves. They can be the positive role models for the men who are considering the most important decision in their entire life. Almost as critical, because they’ve been through the discernment process, priests […]
PCL Girls basketball mid-season review
By John KnebelsSpecial to The CS&T Through Jan. 5, every girls’ basketball team in the Catholic League has garnered at least one win and seven have overall winning records. But while the collective competition is definitely impressive, there is clearly a disparity of the haves and have nots. But then again, that seems to be […]
CYO cross-country: Camaraderie at its best
By John KnebelsSpecial to The CS&T The early favorite for the 2009 “quote of the year” comes from Mary Ellen Malloy. A 1975 graduate of Cardinal O’Hara High School and the long-time CYO cross-country coordinator for the Archdiocese was discussing her favorite sport and how it is particularly unique in that you don’t have to […]