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St. Hubert High School celebrates anniversary of school remaining open

Hundreds of students, faculty, alumnae,  family and friends of St. Hubert High School for Girls celebrated the one year anniversary of the school remaining open on Sunday February 24, 2013.  The group gathered at the intersection of Cottman and Frankford Avenues and walked to the front steps of the school where they sung the school’s Alma […]

Readings for the holy Mass – Third Sunday of Lent

Read or listen to the readings before Mass with the resources below from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, using the New American Bible, Revised Edition. Third Sunday of Lent Read Msgr. Joseph Prior’s commentary on the readings for this Sunday’s Mass. See the Mass readings for Sunday, March 3, 2013   See the readings for today’s Mass Listen to the daily readings in audio

Confirmation Schedule listed by parish

Subject to change Annunciation B.V.M., Havertown, Thursday, December 5 at 4 p.m., Most Reverend Daniel E. Thomas Assumption B.V.M., West Grove, Thursday, November 14 at 4 p.m., Most Reverend Robert P. Maginnis Christ the King, Philadelphia, Thursday, October 24 at 4 p.m., Most Reverend Daniel E. Thomas Corpus Christi, Lansdale, Saturday, October 26 at 10 […]

Win theater tickets while helping CatholicPhilly.com spread the good news

You can win a pair of tickets to The Irish Rovers on Friday, March 8 at 7:30 or “Jesus Christ Superstar” on Saturday, March 30 at 7:30, both at the Keswick Theatre in Glenside by inviting 5 people to sign up for our FREE weekly e-newsletter. Here is how to do it: 1. Send us an email message […]

Best friends say eight-mile walk to attend march a ‘holy pilgrimage’

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Among the thousands of people gathered in Washington Jan. 25 for the annual March for Life were two best friends from Christendom College, Paul Wilson and John Schofield, who had walked eight miles from St. Mary's Church in Alexandria, Va., on a "holy pilgrimage." Others found their way on long bus trips from every corner of the country to mark the anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion in the United States.

Urbi et Orbi Message

“In this Year of Faith, I express my Christmas greetings and good wishes in these words taken from one of the Psalms: ‘Truth shall spring out of the earth'”, said the Holy Father in his message. “Today these prophetic words have been fulfilled! In Jesus, born in Bethlehem of the Virgin Mary, kindness and truth […]

Ron Clancy explains his Christmas music collections

BEST LOVED CHRISTMAS CAROLS – “The title speaks for itself. EWTN has been selling it for the past nine years and each year it still airs a 2004 interview with me about this collection The art is magnificent, the choral arrangements fantastic.” SACRED CHRISTMAS MUSIC – “I really loved this collection because it covers 2,000 […]

Girl’s soccer semi-finals

Lansdale Catholic beat Archbishop Wood in girl's soccer on Wednesday October 24. They will face Archbishop Ryan who beat Saint Hubert the same day. The championship game will be held on October 31 at 5:30 at Archbishop Ryan. (Photos by Sarah Webb)

PPA 650 (Old City / Lower North Philadelphia)

Auxiliary Bishop Timothy C. Senior Father Joseph J. Kelley Pat Clancy, Facilitator St. Agnes-St. John Nepomucene, Philadelphia Holy Name of Jesus, Philadelphia Old St. Joseph’s, Philadelphia St. Laurentius, Philadelphia Old St. Mary’s, Philadelphia St. Michael, Philadelphia St. Peter the Apostle, Philadelphia

PPA 600 (West Philadelphia)

Auxiliary Bishop Timothy C. Senior Father John F. Babowitch Evelyn Tarpey, Facilitator St. Barbara, Philadelphia St. Callistus, Philadelphia St. Donato, Philadelphia St. Ignatius of Loyola, Philadelphia Our Lady of Lourdes, Philadelphia Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament, Philadelphia Our Mother of Sorrows, Philadelphia St. Rose of Lima, Philadelphia St. Cyprian (PPA 610), Philadelphia