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Catholic educators honored at Mass in cathedral

Auxiliary Bishop Michael Fitzgerald celebrated Mass with a ceremony for 248 catechists marking their anniversaries of five, 10, 15, 20, 25 or 30 years of service in parish programs Jan. 17. See our photo gallery.

Mother’s Home: A loving place for life

See our photo gallery on the Darby-based a residence where women in crisis pregnancy can live before and after their baby's birth.

Unaccompanied in a new land, but no longer alone

Ten young men who are settling in the United States after fleeing their homelands alone enjoyed a meal and a show of support at their new home in Bensalem. See our photo gallery.

Hundreds gather for St. John Neumann Mass

On the saint's feast day, worshipers prayed at the tomb of the saint at St. Peter the Apostle Church. See our photo gallery for scenes from the Mass on Tuesday, Jan. 5.

Blessed Trinity School hosts Christmas party

The students, families and staff of the Northeast Philadelphia school gathered for a live Nativity pageant and party to follow in the school gym, with all enjoying games and a visit from Santa Claus. See our photo gallery.

From pre-K to 8th grade, an immersion in water studies

St. Patrick School's students learned about water through their classes in six different disciplines, involving the entire school for two months this fall. See our photo gallery.

Catholic parishioners serve meals and make friends at Coventry Christian Church

Members of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Parish, Limerick, volunteered Dec. 14 at God's Kitchen, a soup kitchen run in the school of a Protestant church in Pottstown, helping to feed the poor and homeless members of the community. See our photo gallery.

Hundreds of kids come aboard for special Christmas party

Some 500 young people, representing 16,000 who receive services from over a dozen Catholic Social Services's programs throughout the year, came together for a "Polar Express"-themed party hosted by Archbishop Charles Chaput. See our photo gallery.

Pope John Paul II High School hosts annual Christmas party for first graders

More than 350 first-grade students from local Catholic elementary schools were treated to a Christmas party hosted at Pope John Paul II High School in Royersford.

Mercy Vocational High School opens Year of Mercy at St. Martin de Porres Church

Mercy Vocational High School kicked off the Year of Mercy with a Mass at St. Martin de Porres Church on Dec. 8, the feast of the Immaculate Conception. The Mass was concelebrated by Father Stephen Thorne, pastor of St. Martin de Porres, and Franciscan Father Richard Owens, alumnus of Mercy Vocational.