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A year of expansion
* A new daily Mass chapel was blessed at St. Martin of Tours Church, Philadelphia, in January. * The Archdiocese announced that it intends to build two new high schools. Pope John Paul II High School in Upper Providence Township, Montgomery County, which is projected to be completed by 2010, and the new Lansdale Regional […]
2008 in review
CS&T Staff report A look back at any year of happenings in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia reveals remarkable events, but 2008 was exceptional. Heading the list of highlights was the Bicentennial of the Church in Philadelphia. Two hundred years have passed since the founding of the Diocese, and the Archdiocese hosted a number of bicentennial […]
St. Vincent de Paul council in desperate need of donations
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T PHILADELPHIA – Consider this an SOS. This past November, Philadelphia’s Archdiocesan Council of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul experienced a 40 percent drop in donations from the previous November, according to Carey Gibbons Roberts, executive director of the city’s oldest lay organization dedicated exclusively to serving people […]
The joy of serving the poor, the parish
By Nadia Maria SmithCS&T Staff Writer Anthony Willoughby, a recent Catholic convert and the Food Services manager at St. John’s Hospice in Philadelphia, says he loves his job because it gives him the opportunity to live out his Catholic faith every day. Willoughby came to St. John’s Hospice in 2002 from a background in corporate […]
West Catholic suffers heartbreaker in 2OT
By John KnebelsSpecial to The CS&T HERSHEY – All those thousands of yards, and it came down to a few inches. If West Catholic High School’s high-flying, thrill-a-minute football team struggles to accept its deflating 35-34, double-overtime loss to Wilmington in last Saturday afternoon’s AA state championship game at Hersheypark Stadium, perhaps the Burrs can […]
Archbishop Wood’s season ends in state final
By Joseph PawlikowskiSpecial to The CS&T Archbishop Wood High School’s football team manhandled opponents all year with its size and running game. Last Friday in the state final, Thomas Jefferson gave them a taste of their own medicine. Amidst freezing conditions at Hersheypark Stadium, Jefferson’s Jaguars won 34-7, making fewer mistakes than the Vikings, who […]
Local men’s group focuses on fighting pornography
By NADIA MARIA SMITHCS&T Staff Writer QUAKERTOWN – The average boy sees his first pornographic magazine or video when he is somewhere between 7 and 11 years old. Pornography has become a multi-billion dollar industry in the United States, affecting millions of people, starting with those boys. “Sadly the state that we are in – […]
Three students baptized at B.V.M. Church in Darby
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer DARBY – Christmas, by way of baptism, came early for three students at Blessed Virgin Mary School. Deidre Council, an eighth-grader, and third-graders Khye Machado and Italia Wright were baptized Dec. 5 during the school’s first Friday Mass at B.V.M. Church. In addition, Deidre received the sacrament of reconciliation […]
Auxiliary Bishop visits Norris Square senior center
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T PHILADELPHIA – The menu was strictly comfort food for a Latino palate – arroz con gandules, pollo guisado con papas, pan and biscocho. That is rice with pigeon peas, stewed chicken with potatoes, bread and shortbread. This was the luncheon served to more than 100 senior citizens at Norris […]
Cardinal hosts annual Christmas Party for Children
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T Lions, tigers and bears. No, it wasn’t the Wizard of Oz because there was a ringmaster, a whole company of clowns, seemingly hundreds of singers and musicians, Santa Claus and Cardinal Justin Rigali. This was the 53rd annual Cardinal’s Christmas Party for Children held Dec. 16 at the Sheraton […]