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Theology on Tap: Role and Vocation of Women
The young adults of St. Thomas of Villanova Parish will host a talk on women with St. Charles Borromeo Seminary Professor Kelly Anderson on Thursday, Jan. 31.
Marriage Encounter hosts weekend retreat in Doylestown
The Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend, starting Feb. 8, helps couples learn a new communication technique and rediscover their hopes and dreams for their marriage.
First Friday devotion, veneration of St. John Vianney’s heart
Join the St. Charles Borromeo Seminary community Friday, Feb. 1 for an evening of prayer, music and fellowship in the presence of the incorrupt heart of St. John Vianney, patron of diocesan priests.
Come and See Retreat with the Mercedarian Friars
The weekend visit allows individuals who have been discerning a religious vocation as a priest or brother to experience the Mercedarian community in Philadelphia first hand.
Candlemas Eve with Philadelphia Chapter Order of Malta
Join us to bid a final farewell to Christmastide on the eve of Candlemas.
Panama mosque offers free water to World Youth Day pilgrims
While hundreds of vendors sold water to the thirsty, the Muslim community at the oldest mosque in Panama City gave it away for free near a banner that said, "Welcome Pilgrim Friends."
It’s an extraordinary year to be a missionary, without leaving home
Throughout the global church and in the Philadelphia Archdiocese, Catholics can join in the church's missionary activity to spread the Gospel this year through prayer, education and personal conversion.
Keep God’s love alive, pope tells young people at World Youth Day
Young men and women in the church can bring the joy of the Gospel to the world by showing that God's love extends to all people and excludes no one, Pope Francis said.
Archbishop Wester: ‘Catholic’ groups on ‘pro-choice’ ad not affiliated with church
Archbishop Wester said in his statement that the archdiocese and New Mexico's two other dioceses, Gallup and Las Cruces, "adamantly uphold" church teaching on the sanctity of human life from conception to natural death.
Notre Dame to cover historic Columbus murals; images seen as ‘demeaning’
Holy Cross Father John I. Jenkins, president of the university, has determined the historic murals depicting Columbus' arrival in the New World will be covered, saying he feels today those images marginalize certain groups.