Ms. Lizanne F. Hagedorn will succeed Ms. Lorraine Knight, who is retiring June 30, 2017 after 33 years of service to the Secretariat of Catholic Human Services.

Saint Francis Villa, a ministry of Catholic Health Care Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, received a “garden grant” from Nutritional Development Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s Community Foods Program.

The Archdiocese of Philadelphia is sponsoring an eleven day pilgrimage to the Holy Land. It will be led by Reverend G. Dennis Gill, Director of the Office for Divine Worship and Rector of the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, and feature stops at several towns and shrines throughout Israel.

The Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s Catholic Charities Appeal has partnered with the Philadelphia Phillies for the fifth consecutive year to host a night of family fun at Citizens Bank Park.

The modern world makes it hard to believe in the devil. But it treats Jesus Christ the same way. And that’s the point. Medieval theologians understood this quite well.