Saint Gabriel’s Out-of-School-Time Program (OST) will host a potluck dinner and paint night for young students and their families.

As part of the inaugural “Sharing Hope, Filling Hearts” initiative, homeless men and women served by Catholic Social Services’ housing and lunch programs will prepare 550 stockings for homeless and at-risk youth attending the 63rd Annual Archbishop’s Benefit for Children.

Dr. Nathan Knutson Appointed as the Lucille M. Francesco Chair in Sacred Music Most Reverend Timothy C. Senior, Rector of Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary, today announced the creation of the Lucille M. Francesco Chair in Sacred Music and the appointment of Dr. Nathan Knutson as the first holder of the chair.  The chair was recently […]

Senior citizens in need of assistance obtaining food this Advent season will get a boost thanks to a partnership between two agencies of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Nutritional Development Services and Catholic Housing and Community Services.

Our Lady of Guadalupe is patroness of the Americas, unborn children, and the New Evangelization.

Our Lady of the Holy Souls Church, Saint Stanislaus Kostka Church, and Saint Leo Church will no longer serve as worship sites of Our Lady of Hope Parish, Saint Joseph Parish, and Our Lady of Consolation Parish, respectively, and will no longer be designated as Roman Catholic churches. Contextual Background Our Lady of the Holy Souls […]

“I extend to all of you my prayerful best wishes, as well as the neighborly greetings of your Philadelphia area Catholic sisters and brothers.”

Dear friends,  This weekend we observe the First Sunday of Advent, which marks the start of a new Church year.  I’ve written and spoken about the significance of Advent many times.  But this year an articulate lay voice seems most appropriate to fill my column space.  George Weigel is the biographer of St. John Paul […]

Young students from the Saint Gabriel’s Out-of-School-Time Program will prepare a traditional Thanksgiving Feast for their families.

This week we rightly focus on the joy of another Thanksgiving Day with well-deserved time for family and friends.  But we also celebrate the Solemnity of Christ the King this weekend, marking the close of another Church year.  It’s a good time to ask two simple questions: What sort of king is Jesus Christ, and what does his kingship mean for us?