Our Lady of Calvary hosts basketball tournament

PHILADELPHIA – Our Lady of Calvary Parish sponsored a girls basketball tournament last month, which raised over $500 for Frank Kelly, a parishioner with ALS. Along with Our Lady of Calvary, teams from various grade schools participated in the varsity bracket, including St. Dominic, St. Cecelia and St. Christopher, Philadelphia; Ancillae-Assumpta Academy, Wyncote; Nativity of […]

Notre Dame’s basketball team collects canned goods

The basketball team from Academy of Notre Dame De Namur in Villanova made an assist off the court last month as the girls collected canned goods at two home games to donate to the St. Katharine Drexel Parish Evangelization Center in Chester.The team delivered an additional 10 bags of food Jan. 5.

Father Gardner to celebrate TV Mass this week

Father Thomas J. Gardner, a parochial vicar of St. Christopher Parish in Northeast Philadelphia, ordained in 2010, will serve as celebrant and homilist of the weekly television Mass broadcast at 5:30 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 16, on WPVI-TV Channel 6.National Vocation Awareness Week began Jan. 9 and runs through Jan. 15.

SS. Peter and Paul School receives Middle States accreditation

WEST CHESTER – SS. Peter and Paul Elementary School in West Chester received a certificate of accreditation from the Middle States Commission on Elementary Schools Dec. 1.Middle States accreditation signifies the educational community of SS. Peter and Paul has engaged in a rigorous process of developing self-knowledge; has hosted an evaluation team of independently appointed […]

Devon Prep donates over 5,000 food items to St. Elizabeth’s Community Center

DEVON – Devon Prep’s Christian Action Program (CAP) recently sponsored its annual Harvest TIDE Food Drive to benefit St. Elizabeth’s Community Center in North Philadelphia. The members of CAP worked tirelessly this year to ensure at least 100 families would have food for Thanksgiving and beyond. The sixth through 12th grades collected over 5,300 food […]

St. Joseph/St. Robert students collect coats

WARRINGTON – Students at St. Joseph/St. Robert School in Warrington recently collected over 75 slightly used winter coats for needy adults and children in the area.

Three from St. Denis Parish become Eagle Scouts

HAVERTOWN – St. Denis Boy Scout Troop no. 144 awarded three boy scouts with the organization’s highest honor Dec. 4. William Doyle, John Gavin and Sam Stocker, all members of St. Denis Parish, earned the Eagle Scout ranking. Scout Master Tim Ay presented the awards to the new Eagles Scouts during the ceremony, at which […]

Nativity of Our Lord students hold toy drive for Operation Santa Claus

Do you have a Christmas story from the Depression?

Readers who grew up during the Great Depression are asked to submit, in 300 words or less, their most cherished recollections of Christmases past.Growing up during the Great Depression, what is your most cherished Christmastime memory, what year was it and how old were you?What were your favorite family traditions at Christmastime?When did your family […]