Photo features
Volunteers ready to go for World Meeting
Some of the 10,000 volunteers helping at World Meeting of Families' events this week picked up their brightly colored T-shirts and got ready to work, after getting to know one another. See our photo gallery.
AbbeyFest rocks the crowd, offers praise to the Lord
The second annual Abbey Faith and Music Fest drew hundreds of youths Sept. 19 to Daylesford Abbey in Paoli for a day and night of high-energy music plus a moving benediction of the Blessed Sacrament by candlelight.
Sisters get busy making 100,000 Communion hosts
The Monastery of the Poor Clares in Langhorne is abuzz with work to bake 100,000 hosts for holy Communion at the papal Mass Sept. 27. See the process through our rare access into the cloister.
Preparations on Ben Franklin Parkway hit high gear
Construction of the stage for the papal events and other work is proceeding on the parkway as Pope Francis' arrival in Philadelphia nears. See our photo gallery.
‘Community Table’ event feeds and challenges its attendees
Philadelphia's leaders and community members, some of whom suffer food insecurity, gathered for a dinner to raise awareness of the needs of the poor and to reflect Pope Francis' concern for them.
St. Katharine Drexel School opens with Mass, blessing of families
The first Mass of the school year at St. Katharine Drexel School in Holland was a family affair, a theme prompted by the upcoming World Meeting of Families and the visit to Philadelphia by Pope Francis.
Papal banners readied for city’s streets
A series of banners touting the visit of Pope Francis to Philadelphia and the World Meeting of Families began to be installed at 550 locations in center city Sept. 14.
Stages for papal events show striking designs and backgrounds
See our photo gallery of renderings for stages for the papal address at Independence Hall plus the Festival of Families and papal Mass on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway.
Bowes family receives big news of papal meeting
The St. Christopher parishioners reacted with complete surprise as they learned that among all the families in Philadelphia, they will be welcoming Pope Francis to the city.
Across the Aisles: St. John Chrysostom Church
Persons with disabilities and their loved ones and caregivers are welcomed to a monthly Mass at St. John Parish, in Wallingford. See our photo gallery of the recent Mass Sept. 6.