Profile
A Philly guy through and through, this judge keeps Catholic principles at his core
Federal Judge Jerry McHugh never moved from his childhood neighborhood in St. Francis de Sales Parish, West Philadelphia. He also has never wavered from his conviction to help ex-cons and the poor.
New leader of global Christian Brothers is native Philadelphian
Brother Robert Schieler, F.S.C., grew up in West Philadelphia and taught in schools in the archdiocese before his election last month as the superior general of the order of religious men founded by St. John Baptist de La Salle.
Walking life’s journey with the poor
Bethany Welch has won a national award for her work with poor residents of multi-ethnic South Philadelphia, but that’s not a surprise considering her devout Catholic faith. The surprise is in how far she has come in her spiritual journey and her thinking about poverty.
La Salle president steps down from top post but not from classroom
Brother Michael McGinniss retired as president from the university last month, leaving it in good health. He will still teach as he has for 44 years, and he’ll think about how to make college affordable for families.
The calling, the denial, and how the rosary led to priesthood
Deacon Bob Gross heard God calling him to be a priest. So he prayed the rosary as a way to quiet the interior voice, but instead it calmed him and helped him accept the call. Learn Gross’s story in this fifth of six profiles on the men to be ordained priests May 17.
Path to priesthood began with, ‘Could you be a priest?’
That one question by a pastor led amicable and athletic Sean English from Drexel Hill to Lehigh University to St. Charles Seminary – and to ordination as a priest in just two weeks. See our fourth in a series on the men to be ordained priests May 17.
Confession led man to seminary, and now to cusp of priesthood
In the third of a series of profiles of the six men to be ordained priests for the archdiocese on May 17, meet Deacon Christopher Moriconi, a classically trained organist who, after a nine-month career discernment with his brother, received the sacrament of penance and knew he wanted to be a priest.
Hearing God’s call in a whisper, and other ways
In the second of a series of profiles of the six men to be ordained priests for the archdiocese on May 17, Deacon Charles Ravert recounts the steps that led him from Mercy Vocational High School and a possible career as a nurse, through a discernment of doubts and finally to the seminary.
Mind of a scholar, heart of a priest
As Deacon David Waters prepares for his priestly ordination next month, friends recall his keen intellect and debating skill, and deep love of the Eucharist, even as a teenager at Downingtown East High School. See the first in our series of profiles of the six young men to be ordained priests for the archdiocese on May 17.
A friend to all men, great and common
Bob Sims, devout Catholic family man, received the Sourin Award April 10, the Catholic Philos' highest honor. Sims has served on Catholic organizations, advised cardinals, met popes, befriended priests -- and positively influenced other people too numerous to count.