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What is your hope for 2009?
I hope business picks up and companies hire more workers.
I hope government does more to protect human life.
I hope more people take climate change seriously.
I hope the Eagles advance in the playoffs and win the Super Bowl.
I hope people become more loving and respectful of others.
I hope it's better than 2008.
Witnessing for peace

Cardinal Rigali to lead Dr. King prayer service

By Nadia Maria Smith
CS&T Staff Writer


After a year of increases in murders and attacks on Philadelphia police officers, the 26th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Interfaith Prayer Service seems all the more crucial.

The prayer service will begin at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 18, at Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Church located at 63rd and Callowhill Streets in West Philadelphia. Cardinal Justin Rigali will preside and offer a reflection on the Gospel message witnessed in the life of Dr. King. [read more]
St. Vincent de Paul council in desperate need of donations

By Lou Baldwin
Special to The CS&T


PHILADELPHIA — Consider this an SOS.

This past November, Philadelphia’s Archdiocesan Council of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul experienced a 40 percent drop in donations from the previous November, according to Carey Gibbons Roberts, executive director of the city’s oldest lay organization dedicated exclusively to serving people in need. [read more]
2008 in review

CS&T Staff report

A look back at any year of happenings in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia reveals remarkable events, but 2008 was exceptional.

Heading the list of highlights was the Bicentennial of the Church in Philadelphia. Two hundred years have passed since the founding of the Diocese, and the Archdiocese hosted a number of bicentennial events which culminated with a Mass at Villanova University. Approximately 5,000 of the faithful of the Archdiocese were present at the Mass for which Cardinal Rigali was the main celebrant and homilist. He was joined by numerous priests, bishops, archbishops and cardinals — many with roots in the Philadelphia Archdiocese — from around the country. There was even a birthday cake at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul, and the ringing of bells at all the churches in the Archdiocese on the actual anniversary date, April 8. [read more]
The world within the Philadelphia Church

Christians in the Archdiocese prayed for peace in Pakistan Jan. 3 following the assassination of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. In December, they would pray again after deadly terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India.

Reflecting the ethnic diversity of the Archdiocese, Honduran Catholics filled Visitation B.V.M. Church in Philadelphia to commemorate the feast of Our Lady of Suyapa, patroness of Honduras. [read more]

A year of expansion

• A new daily Mass chapel was blessed at St. Martin of Tours Church, Philadelphia, in January.

• The Archdiocese announced that it intends to build two new high schools. Pope John Paul II High School in Upper Providence Township, Montgomery County, which is projected to be completed by 2010, and the new Lansdale Regional Catholic High School to be completed in Hilltown, Bucks County, by 2012. [read more]

Archdiocesan schools partner with Please Touch Museum

By Lou Baldwin
Special to The CS&T


PHILADELPHIA — It crosses everyone’s mind now and again. Wouldn’t it be fun to be a kid again, at least just for a little bit?

A group of early childhood educators from the Office for Catholic Education and the parochial schools got to do just that on Dec. 11. They visited Philadelphia’s Please Touch Museum in its brand new home in Fairmount Park’s Memorial Hall. They got to ride the old Woodside Park Carousel, visited Alice’s Wonderland, had a story read to them, played bus driver and of course learned all about the museum’s programs for children pre-K through grade two. [read more]
Operation Santa Claus delivers 10,000 toys by Christmas

By Arlene Edmonds
Special to The CS&T


Shannon Griesser was Santa Claus on New Year’s Eve. In the North Pole tradition, she was distributing toys to needy children. Rather than coming down the chimney and sneaking cookies and milk, the 17-year-old hand delivered wrapped toys to dozens of youngsters. The smiling faces were of North Philadelphia and Fishtown children — courtesy of the 41st Annual Operation Santa Claus, an initiative of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s Office for Youth and Young Adults. [readmore]

 more . . . News
18.DEC.08 Cardinal hosts annual Christmas Party for Children
18.DEC.08 Auxiliary Bishop visits Norris Square senior center
18.DEC.08 Three students baptized at B.V.M. Church in Darby
18.DEC.08 Local men’s group focuses on fighting pornography
11.DEC.08 Reaching for the stars
11.DEC.08 Day to day in space
11.DEC.08 Auxiliary Bishop to bless crèche at Independence Mall
11.DEC.08 Penn undergrads mentor students in parish schools
11.DEC.08 Teens receive pro-life ‘befriender’ training
04.DEC.08 Oldest U.S. Marine honored at St. Francis Country House
04.DEC.08 Volunteer elves prepare for Operation Santa Claus
04.DEC.08 Fair trade products make Christmas shopping meaningful
04.DEC.08 Church’s sign vandalized on Thanksgiving
04.DEC.08 Annual Haitian Mass celebrated at St. Joe’s U
04.DEC.08 St. James High School alumni fund scholarships
27.NOV.08 Another hero goes home
27.NOV.08 Day of Sanctification renews priests’ commitments
27.NOV.08 Cardinal to celebrate Bless the Baby Jesus Advent Prayer Service

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