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Respect Life Month begins with rally in Philadelphia
Witnessing to the value of all human life, Catholics and others of good will gathered for a respect life rally and march Sunday, Sept. 25 through center city Philadelphia.
AbbeyFest offers up music and prayer in day-long event
The annual festival at Daylesford Abbey in Paoli drew thousands of teenagers, young adults and parents from across the Archdiocese of Philadelphia for some of the biggest names in Christian pop music Sept. 24, ending at night with benediction.
Vincentians mark 200th anniversary serving in America
Priests, bishops and seminarians of the Congregation of the Mission celebrated a Mass with religious and lay faithful at the Miraculous Medal Shrine Sept. 24.
Revival preaches ‘Can’t Nobody Do Me Like Jesus’
The two-day revival at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul brought Black Catholics to their feet in praise, and in deep reflection and prayer, Sept. 26-27.
Catholic students help stop hunger, learn about needy people in Africa
About 115 Catholic school students and school administrators prepared bags of food in the Helping Hands activity of Catholic Relief Services Sept. 21 at Archbishop Wood High School.
Across the Aisles: Mass for St. Teresa at St. Patrick’s, Norristown
St. Patrick Parish in Norristown hosted a Mass Sept. 20 in thanksgiving for St. Teresa of Calcutta, the founder of the Missionaries of Charity, whose sisters staff a convent adjacent to the church.
Chris Stefanick offers up energetic Reboot! Live! talk
The popular youth evangelist brought his upbeat program of music, video and energetic discussion to St. Martin of Tours church, New Hope, last week.
A nation turns its eyes to St. Joe’s Prep / Archbishop Wood tilt
The Prep topped Wood, 43-24, in a game televised by ESPNU. The two powerhouses squared off in a game with playoff implications, and one that football fans are still discussing a week later.
St. Alphonsus Parish hosts talk by Catholic evangelist Matthew Kelly
The prolific author and popular speaker addressed hundreds of people at two full churches last weekend in the archdiocese: St. John the Evangelist in Morrisville and St. Alphonsus in Maple Glen.
Seminarians, permanent deacon candidates receive mininstry of lector
Bishop Michael Fitzgerald conferred the ministry for proclaiming Scripture at liturgies upon upon eight seminarians studying for the Philadelphia Archdiocese and 10 men in formation for the diaconate.