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For 50 years, Oratorian priest ‘an instrument of God’s love’ in Phila.
Father Georges Theirs, who co-founded the Oratory of St. Philip Neri at St. Francis Xavier Parish in the city's Fairmount section, has helped model St. John Newman's motto, "Heart Speaks unto Heart."
Parish takes May procession to the streets for Mother’s Day
The pastor and Knights of Columbus council at St. John Fisher Parish in Boothwyn led a motorized procession with a statue of the Blessed Mother, flowers and hymns through six towns in Delaware County.
Join this week’s novena to St. Rita of Cascia online
The National Shrine of St. Rita of Cascia in South Philadelphia invites all to join the solemn novena from Wednesday, May 13 through Thursday, May 21 via the website or social media.
Babies get a boost with donated diapers, formula
Two local organizations purchased $3,000 of infant supplies for archdiocesan Catholic Social Services' Northeast Philadelphia outreach, which is making sure families "have what they need to get through the pandemic."
In a first, St. Charles Seminary holds Concursus graduation online
Archbishop Perez encouraged the seminarian and lay graduates of the seminary May 13. The rector announced major changes to the seminary's administration. See our full list of degree recipients and awardees.
As parishes reopen, anxieties mix with spiritual needs
The churches will look the same but social-distancing changes will cause some parishioners to be anxious or resentful, depending on how one views the measures advised by officials, says a Catholic counselor.
Britain says churches can’t open until July 4; UK bishops not happy
Prime Minister Boris Johnson's blueprint to ease the national lockdown says places of worship in England and Wales will be closed even to private prayer for at least another seven weeks.
Court examines if religious schools exempt from discrimination laws
In oral arguments May 11, the Supreme Court examined, and seemed divided about, laws governing church and state in its look at two California Catholic schoolteacher firings and a "ministerial exception."
Father Paul Obrimski dies at 81; served in two Phila. parishes
The Philadelphia native was ordained in 1970 for the Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown, served in the Archdiocese of Baltimore and became a priest of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia in 2008.
Msgr. Joseph McGeown, pastor and educator, dies at 80
The West Philadelphia native was ordained in 1965 and taught at Cardinal O’Hara and Archbishop Wood high schools followed by stints as principal at Lansdale Catholic and Cardinal Dougherty.