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Guest Columnist St. Therese of Lisieux in our own time By Msgr. Francis X. Meehan Homily Sent forth as special witnesses of a loving Christ Homily of Cardinal Justin Rigali Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord in the Temple Twelfth World Day for Consecrated Life Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul Saturday, February 2, 2008 Homily Catholic teachers are ‘lights of hope’ for children Homily of Cardinal Justin Rigali Mass for Catholic Elementary Educators Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul January 31, 2008 Hispanic Catholics Carta
de Cuaresma 2008 del Cardenal Rigali Mass
for Virgin of Suyapa: A first for Honduran Catholics in Philadelphia Sports In Academies league, tough opponent always waits If Villa Joseph Marie’s basketball team seems to be having some problems with its collective equilibrium, have some compassion. Profile: A first for local Catholic elementary education “Are you going to be the first woman president in the White House?” That was the question a third-grader asked Patricia A. Miniszak, principal of St. Mary Magdalen School in Media, when it was announced that she will become the school’s first president this fall. |
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Pardon & Peace In what Cardinal Justin Rigali has described as “a great crusade of mercy and forgiveness,” every church in the Archdiocese will make the sacrament of reconciliation available every Wednesday evening during Lent. Four decades later, a hero’s burial U.S. Army Cpl. Michael J. Crescenz, a native son of the Philadelphia Archdiocese who died a hero’s death in combat in Vietnam at age 19, will soon receive a resting place of high honor — Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Tickets limited for Papal Mass at Yankee Stadium The New York Archdiocese will provide 3,000 tickets to the Philadelphia Archdiocese for the April 20 Papal Mass at Yankee Stadium — not nearly enough to accommodate more than 12,000 individuals who have already requested tickets, according to archdiocesan officials. Mass
touts Catholic athletes Its genesis was in tragedy. Carlton Kenty, a standout player on the St. Thomas More High School Catholic League championship basketball team with college and bright future ahead, was killed in an automobile accident the September after his graduation. Merger
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St. Francis de Sales Most Blessed Sacrament Parish closes its doors The parishes of Most Blessed Sacrament (MBS), founded in 1901, and St. Francis De Sales, founded in 1890, have merged at the St. Francis de Sales site, 47th Street and Springfield Avenue. The distance between the two Southwest Philadelphia churches is nine blocks. Young adult retreat The secret to holiness: Mary More than 40 young adults gathered at the peaceful, woodsy Malvern Retreat House on the weekend of Jan. 20 to develop a closer relationship with Jesus through His mother.
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Glory be to God in ‘Dappled Things’ What do you get when you bring together a group of Ivy League Catholic grads? Dappled Things, a new literary magazine that features the works of creative young adult Catholics — as well as some big name Catholic contributors. Local
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