Monsignor Daniel Kutys, Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s Moderator of the Curia, will be the main celebrant during a Liturgy of the Word preceding the 38th Annual Academic Honors Convocation at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul. This event honors graduating seniors from 33 Archdiocesan and private Catholic high schools for their academic excellence. Thursday, May 18, 2017 6:15 p.m. (Procession) 6:30 p.m. (Liturgy of the Word) Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul 18th Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway Philadelphia, PA 19103 The students, who are ranked in the top 3% of their senior class, will be honored for their academic success and dedication to their studies. This year 155 students are included in the elite group according to their cumulative ranking at the end of the first semester of their senior year.

We live in a time of towering ironies.  Here’s a big one. For the ancient Greeks, one of the worst sins possible, and a constant theme in their drama, was hubris – the sin of overweening pride.  They understood that pride creates a peculiar form of mental illness.  People who denied the gods, or ignored […]

Men and women who attend Day Programs at The Communities of Don Guanella and Divine Providence will honor the Blessed Mother at a special Mass celebrating the 100th anniversary of the apparitions to three shepherd children in Fatima, Portugal.

The Archdiocese of Philadelphia will join with all Catholic dioceses and eparchies in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in this special dedication At their recent Provincial Meeting on May 1, 2017, the Bishops of Pennsylvania voted to approve a recommendation that each Catholic diocese and eparchy in the Commonwealth be dedicated to the Blessed Mother. What […]

Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque Church, Essington (Delaware County), will no longer serve as a worship site of Saint Gabriel Parish, Norwood (Delaware County), and will close as a Roman Catholic Church.

The visit of Pope Francis to Egypt last week (April 28-29) was an act of personal courage. It also testified powerfully to his desire for religious tolerance. His visit reminds us of two things. The first – the need for mutual respect among people who seek God — is obvious. The second is rather different, but no less important.

Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary is pleased to announce that the Reverend Thomas F. Dailey, O.S.F.S., will formally become full-time holder of the Cardinal Foley Chair of Homiletics and Social Communications effective July 1, 2017.

Catholic Health Care Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia will host an application day for Saint John Neumann Place II, its newest senior housing community located in South Philadelphia.