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Sister Daniel O’Connor, an S.S.J. nun for 71 years, dies at 90
The former Margaret Mary O'Connor, a product of Transfiguration Parish and West Catholic Girls High School, was a Sister of St. Joseph serving in the Philadelphia Archdiocese and Baltimore, Camden and Trenton.
St. Joseph Sister Eileen Haggerty dies at 83
The former Sister James Naomi graduated from Little Flower High School and entered religious life in 1956, ministering in the Philadelphia Archdiocese plus Allentown and Camden.
Solar robots, slime top afterschool program’s Christmas list
Archdiocesan Out of School Time sites have launched an Amazon Smile Campaign asking donors for much-needed materials that will provide science education for hundreds of at-risk youth.
Franciscan sister dies at 99, was longtime nurse, teacher
Sister Ann Joseph Hartman was a professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 78 years during which she was a nurse, supervisor and caregiver, as well as a teacher in several dioceses.
Longtime teacher Sister Patricia Krage, I.H.M., dies at 83
The Sister Servant of the Immaculate Heart of Mary taught at several Catholic elementary schools plus business education in Catholic high schools in the archdiocese.
Prayer service at holidays consoles those grieving loss of loved ones
The loss of a loved one, whether it was recent or decades ago, is often felt more acutely during the celebrations of the holiday season.
Sister Kathleen Tobin dies at 102, was Franciscan for 78 years
Born in Ireland, she entered the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia in 1938 and served for more than a half-century in the schools and parishes of the Diocese of Trenton.
News coverage clouding view of Vatican finances, authors say
Recent media coverage that points to potential financial misdealing at the Vatican is creating misperceptions about corruption and fails to explain how the world of finance works, say writers in a University of Notre Dame journal.
Pope meets new arrivals in Rome, says helping migrants is moral duty
Before blessing a large resin cross constructed around a used orange life vest, Pope Francis insisted human beings have a "binding" moral obligation to save those whose lives are threatened, including the lives of migrants and refugees.
Set aside indifference, fear in order to build peace, pope tells diplomats
The pope's comments came Dec. 19 in a speech to six new ambassadors to the Vatican who were presenting their letters of credential to the pope. The new ambassadors represented Kenya, Niger, Mali, Latvia, Andorra and Seychelles.