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Miraculous Medal Shrine novena starts Nov. 17
By Nadia Maria SmithCS&T Staff Writer More than 10,000 people are expected to attend the Miraculous Medal Shrine for the annual novena service leading up to the Feast of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal on Nov. 26. For nine days, Nov. 17 through Nov. 25, the shrine will have six to nine novena services […]
A chat with the new Chair of Moral Theology
By CHRISTIE L. CHICOINECS&T STAFF WRITER Redemptorist Father Dennis J. Billy is the new Cardinal Krol Chair of Moral Theology at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood. A native of New York, Father Billy, 55, was ordained a priest in 1980. For more than 20 years, he was professor of the history of moral theology […]
The young and the gifted
Four African-American students of Catholic schools honored for academic achievementsBy Arlene EdmondsSpecial to The CS&T PHILADELPHIA — The first Msgr. John Mitchell Memorial Scholarship Fund banquet was a success. Held at the Hilton Hotel Nov. 2 and featuring keynote speaker Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Atlanta, four Mitchell Scholars received $2,000 scholarships toward their high school […]
Charities Appeal up by 10% for 2008
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T PHILADELPHIA – The 2008 archdiocesan Catholic Charities Appeal, held last spring, raised $9.2 million. It was more than 10 percent higher than the previous year’s appeal, which raised $8.3 million, according to figures released by the Archdiocesan Office for Development. “We were very pleased with the increase and sincerely […]
Happily seeing red
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA – Father Sean P. Bransfield is arguably one of the most ardent Phillies fans among the Philadelphia Archdiocese’s priests. The day after his beloved baseball team captured the World Series crown, he was beaming. “It was one of the happiest nights of my life,” he said of the […]
Ragdolls defend title with 2 minutes left in game
By John KnebelsSpecial to The CS&T PHILADELPHIA – Christina Zambito wondered if there was something wrong with the game clock. Well, not really. Deep down, she knew the final two minutes of the Catholic League girls’ soccer championship was winding down in true form. But it sure didn’t seem that way. “They had to be […]
Phillies Phans Rejoice
By John KnebelsSpecial to The CS&T The moment will forever be frozen in the minds of long-suffering Philadelphia Phillies fans. Make that previously long-suffering Philadelphia Phillies fans. Pitcher Brad Lidge strikes out overmatched and befuddled slugger Eric Hinske, leaps in the air, drops to his knees, spreads his arms and looks to the heavens. Catcher […]
Pope, Cardinal Rigali call for prayers to end persecution
By Nadia Maria SmithCS&T Staff Writer Pope Benedict XVI has called for an end to Christian persecutions. The appeal came after anti-Christian violence broke out in India and Iraq, where thousands have been displaced. “The sacredness of every human life must be respected and every attack on human life condemned,” the Pope said. He expressed […]
Jesuit priest speaks about violence in India at St. Joe’s U.
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T Philadelphia – Mahatma Gandhi would be horrified. In India, the land of the 20th century’s foremost witness for nonviolence, anti-Christian riots continue, according to Jesuit Father Tony Uvary, a professor at the Xavier Institute of Management in Jamshedpur. Father Uvary, visiting Philadelphia, gave a presentation on the situation at […]
Rededication of shrine also marks saint’s birthday
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T BENSALEM – St. Katharine Drexel’s birthday came early this year – on Nov. 1 – instead of Nov. 26, the real date of her nativity. But this is the 150th anniversary of her birth, an occasion for a special celebration. Cardinal Justin Rigali visited St. Elizabeth’s Convent, the Bensalem […]