On behalf of the Office of Catholic Education and Faith in the Future, Sister Maureen McDermott, IHM, PhD, Superintendent for Secondary Schools, has announced the inaugural honorees of the 2016 Archdiocese of Philadelphia “Fall Sports Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll,” which recognizes the achievements of high school student-athletes of the 17 Archdiocesan high schools who have earned first or second academic honors in the first quarter marking period while competing in fall sports including: field hockey, soccer, golf, cross country, girls’ tennis, football, and girls’ volleyball.

La Navidad es la segunda fiesta grande entre las tres celebraciones que tiene el Año Cristiano siendo número uno la Pascua de la Resurrección y el tercero la Fiesta de Pentecostés.

Christmas ranks second among the three greatest feasts of the Christian year, the first being Easter, the third being Pentecost. No one knows the time of year when Jesus was actually born.

Schedule of Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Masses

Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap. has approved the relegation of the Saint Augustine Church building, the Saint Therese of the Child Jesus Church building, the Saint Madeleine Sophie Church building and the original Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church building to profane but not sordid use.

Goya Foods, the largest Hispanic-owned food company in the United States, will donate 5,000 pounds of food to Nutritional Development Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.

Nine Archdiocesan high schools and two private Catholic high schools cap off participation in the Second Annual Archdiocesan “Kids Helping Kids” Christmas Outreach program