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A mission to evangelize ‘young Churches’ worldwide
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T World Mission Sunday on Oct. 19 takes on special meaning in this Year of St. Paul, the first and ultimate missionary to the Gentiles. “St. Paul had understood well that only in Christ can humanity find redemption and hope,” Pope Benedict XVI said in his World Mission Sunday message. […]
Cardinal Rigali leads Holy Hour for peace in city
By NADIA MARIA SMITHCS&T Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA – Hundreds of people quietly slipped in and out of churches all across Philadelphia on Oct. 8 during the hour of prayer that Cardinal Justin Rigali called for at the funeral of Sgt. Patrick McDonald two weeks ago. The Cardinal chose to spend that hour at Christ the […]
Mothers cope with sons’ killings
By Arlene EdmondsSpecial to The CS&T Faith and fellowship help Catholic women who have lost a loved one to the escalating violence in Philadelphia. Just ask Nadestra Morales, a member of La Milagrosa, the city’s Latino “mother church” located at 19th and Spring Garden Streets. The chapel is not readily noticeable in the Northern Liberties […]
Bishops call for faithful citizenship, respect for life
October is Respect Life Month – a special time each year when we prayerfully reflect on how each person at every stage of life deserves dignity and respect, and when we remind ourselves of the need to protect the most vulnerable among us. It is also a time when we must pause to give thanks […]
La Salle golf team advances to states
By John Knebels La Salle College High School’s golf team and the Philadelphia Phillies may end up having something in common.While the Phillies have been winning games thanks to contributions from some lesser-known players, the Explorers were faring well similarly in the Catholic League championship at Blue Bell Country Club. The Explorers did their part […]
Little Flower senior sees her future in education
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T Nicole McGarry, a senior at Little Flower High School, knows exactly what she wants to do after college. She wants to be a high school teacher. The eldest of the four children of Debra and Michael McGarry, she is a 2004 graduate of St. Martin of Tours School in […]
Foundress of Society of Holy Child Jesus honored with Mass
By John T. GillespieSpecial to The CS&T Philadelphia-born Cornelia Connelly, a wife and mother who overcame family tragedy and personal adversity to found a worldwide Roman Catholic teaching order, is the focus of a year-long celebration on the 200th anniversary of her birth. “There was no such thing as a purely secular subject for Cornelia […]
Philadelphia priest appointed director of U.S. Bishops’ secretariat for evangelization, catechesis
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T WASHINGTON – Father J. Brian Bransfield, 41, a priest of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, has been appointed executive director of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Secretariat for Evangelization and Catechesis, it was announced Sept. 24. Father Bransfield’s appointment is effective in late spring. He has been […]
Priests discuss multi-cultural challenge of next 40 years
By NADIA MARIA SMITHCS&T Staff Writer The landscape of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia will become increasingly multicultural over the next 40 years and the Church isn’t wasting time in preparing priests to better minister in this new cultural climate. More than 400 priests participated in a series of one-day workshops titled “The Missionary Component of […]
Respect life Mass draws faithful to Cathedral
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T PHILADELPHIA – Sunday, Oct. 5, was Respect Life Sunday, and in his Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul, Cardinal Justin Rigali preached on the many facets of pro-life issue. “The bright-eyed smile of a newborn child and the pain-filled face of someone who is dying […]