Press Releases

Catholic Social Services’ Bucks County Family Service Center Partners With United Way Of Bucks County For 9th Annual “Stuff The Bus” Campaign

August 8th, 2019

This campaign aims to provide local children and youth in need with backpacks and school supplies for the start of the new academic year.

Catholic Housing And Community Services Of The Archdiocese Of Philadelphia Partners With Nutritional Development Services To Create Community Garden For Seniors

August 7th, 2019

Senior residents from Catholic Housing and Community Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s (CHCS) Saint John Neumann Place II (SJNPII) recently received a boost thanks to new 80-square-foot community garden.

Catholic Housing And Community Services Of The Archdiocese Of Philadelphia’s Nativity B.V.M. Place To Host Senior Citizen Health And Wellness Fair

August 6th, 2019

Nativity B.V.M. Place, an affordable housing development for seniors in the Port Richmond neighborhood of Philadelphia, operated by Catholic Housing and Community Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia (CHCS) will host a health and wellness fair for all senior residents.

Seminarians From Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary To Begin 150 Mile Vocations Awareness Bike Tour Throughout The Archdiocese Of Philadelphia

August 5th, 2019

In an effort to create awareness about Heed the Call and vocations to the Priesthood, seminarians from Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary have launched Biking for Vocations. Heed the Call is the Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s Office for Vocations to the Diocesan Priesthood.

Archbishop Chaput’s Weekly Column: Gilroy, El Paso, Dayton — and Columbine

August 5th, 2019

Exactly 20 years ago, in U.S. Senate testimony just weeks after the Columbine High School massacre, I offered these thoughts:

Archbishop Chaput’s Weekly Column: The Death Penalty, Again

August 2nd, 2019

More than half of surveyed Americans now support the death penalty for murder and similar crimes.  This is a modest increase from an all-time low recorded in 2016.  But numbers alone don’t determine the moral content of actions by individuals or governments.  Right and wrong exist whether popular opinion approves or not. In late July […]

Catholic Housing And Community Services To Distribute 3,000 Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP) Vouchers To Help Senior Citizens In Philadelphia

July 31st, 2019

Catholic Housing and Community Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia (CHCS) will distribute nearly 3,000 Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP) produce vouchers to income eligible seniors throughout the City of Philadelphia.