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Pope to institute formal ‘ministry of catechist’. The formal ministry of the Catholic Church will be detailed in a new papal letter coming May 11. Some 3 million catechists teach and lead COME HOME TO MASS IN PERSON, ARCHBISHOP IMPLORES CATHOLICS Imploring Catholics of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia to return to the celebration of Mass in person, Archbishop Nelson J. Perez launched a major initiative for that purpose on Pentecost Sunday WATCH THE ORDINATION OF NEW PRIESTS SATURDAY MORNINGCLICK TO VIEW Everyone is invited to participate prayerfully from home as two new priests for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia are ordained this Saturday, May 15. The Mass will livestream beginning at 10 a.m. CLERGY ASSIGNMENT CHANGES NOTED IN ARCHDIOCESE Clergy assignment changes noted in archdiocese. Posted May 15, 2021. Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez, Archbishop of Philadelphia, announces the following appointments effective June 21, ARCHBISHOP LAUNCHES ‘NOTHING COMPARES TO BEING THERE Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez. Archbishop Nelson Perez issued the following letter to all the faithful of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia on the feast of Pentecost, May 23. The formal letter maybe
CONGRATULATIONS TO PRIEST JUBILARIANS, NEW PRIESTS OF 2021 Congratulations to priest jubilarians, new priests of 2021. Posted May 13, 2021. Priests of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia are celebrating 25th, 50th and other significant anniversaries of their CHANGES TO CLERGY OFFICE, NEW COMMITTEE, OFFER PRIESTS A new vicar and assistant vicar for clergy, plus the newly formed Committee for Priestly Life and Ministry, will allow the Philadelphia Archdiocese to care for active and retired priests CATHOLIC LEAGUE STANDINGS, PLAYOFF MATCHUPS BEFORE ORDINATION AS DEACONS, 9 MEN DECLARE OATH OF Posted May 4, 2021 . Nine men who will be ordained permanent deacons for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia next month made a profession SOUTH PHILA. PARISH DEDICATES SHRINE TO ADDICTION RECOVERY A South Philadelphia parish has just dedicated a shrine to a former alcoholic now on the path to sainthood. Some 160 faithful gathered May 2 at St. Gabriel in the city’s Grays Ferry sectionCATHOLIC PHILLY
Pope to institute formal ‘ministry of catechist’. The formal ministry of the Catholic Church will be detailed in a new papal letter coming May 11. Some 3 million catechists teach and lead COME HOME TO MASS IN PERSON, ARCHBISHOP IMPLORES CATHOLICS Imploring Catholics of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia to return to the celebration of Mass in person, Archbishop Nelson J. Perez launched a major initiative for that purpose on Pentecost Sunday WATCH THE ORDINATION OF NEW PRIESTS SATURDAY MORNINGCLICK TO VIEW Everyone is invited to participate prayerfully from home as two new priests for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia are ordained this Saturday, May 15. The Mass will livestream beginning at 10 a.m. CLERGY ASSIGNMENT CHANGES NOTED IN ARCHDIOCESE Clergy assignment changes noted in archdiocese. Posted May 15, 2021. Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez, Archbishop of Philadelphia, announces the following appointments effective June 21, ARCHBISHOP LAUNCHES ‘NOTHING COMPARES TO BEING THERE Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez. Archbishop Nelson Perez issued the following letter to all the faithful of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia on the feast of Pentecost, May 23. The formal letter maybe
CONGRATULATIONS TO PRIEST JUBILARIANS, NEW PRIESTS OF 2021 Congratulations to priest jubilarians, new priests of 2021. Posted May 13, 2021. Priests of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia are celebrating 25th, 50th and other significant anniversaries of their CHANGES TO CLERGY OFFICE, NEW COMMITTEE, OFFER PRIESTS A new vicar and assistant vicar for clergy, plus the newly formed Committee for Priestly Life and Ministry, will allow the Philadelphia Archdiocese to care for active and retired priests CATHOLIC LEAGUE STANDINGS, PLAYOFF MATCHUPS BEFORE ORDINATION AS DEACONS, 9 MEN DECLARE OATH OF Posted May 4, 2021 . Nine men who will be ordained permanent deacons for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia next month made a profession SOUTH PHILA. PARISH DEDICATES SHRINE TO ADDICTION RECOVERY A South Philadelphia parish has just dedicated a shrine to a former alcoholic now on the path to sainthood. Some 160 faithful gathered May 2 at St. Gabriel in the city’s Grays Ferry section PLANTED BY GOD, SEED OF FAITH GROWS STRONG DAY BY DAY 1 day ago · The Eagle and the Child is a pub in Oxford, England. It is located near the famous university. A small group of professors of literature and philosophy started meeting here in 1933. They would READINGS OF THE HOLY MASS 1 day ago · Posted June 11, 2021 . Read, watch or listen to the readings before Mass with the resources below: The Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. See the Mass WEBINAR EXPLORES RITUALS AS ENTRY TO THE HOLY 1 day ago · Cranaleith Spiritual Center will host a June 19 webinar on “Rituals: Our Entry into the Holy” with Sister of Mercy Maria DiBello and Bernadette Rudolph. The session, which runs from 9:30 a.m MONASTERY HOSTS LATIN MASS FOR SACRED HEART FEAST 1 day ago · Mass in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, also known as the Latin Mass, will be celebrated on the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus at 7 CRANALEITH HOSTS ONLINE SESSION ON PRAYER, IMAGINATION 1 day ago · Cranaleith Spiritual Center in Northeast Philadelphia will host a session on prayer, imagination and Scripture June 16 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Author, storyteller and Sister of NAVIGATING A POST-PANDEMIC WORLD AS A NONPROFIT Navigating a post-pandemic world as a nonprofit. After a full year living with the effects of a pandemic, things are slowly beginning to return to normal. But for many industries, such as the BISHOP SHANAHAN SENIORS MARK GRADUATION AT MASS WITH 1 day ago · Father John Donia, center, spends a moment after the Mass with Bishop Shanahan seniors. Father Donia was recently named principal of the high school after WOUNDED BY LOVE, THE SACRED HEART POURS FORTH LIFE 1 day ago · Torn by sin, set aflame by desire, Christ's heart overflows with healing for even the most embittered and estranged among us, writes Gina Christian. HISPANIC YOUNG ADULTS WELCOME ARCHBISHOP PEREZ TO RETREAT 1 day ago · The June 5 retreat was held at St. Ann Church in Bristol, and included staff from the archdiocesan offices for Hispanic ministry and for youth and young adults, along with clergy in ministryto
LEARN THE WHOLE STORY, GOOD AND BAD, OF RACE IN AMERICA 1 day ago · Two historical events -- Juneteenth and the Tulsa massacre -- were unknown to Greg Erlandson growing up. But those stories and new ones of bravery, of wrongs overcome and successachieved, make us
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Local News. Bishops Dinner brings everyone to table for joy, ‘sacred’ fellowship. On June 2, Archbishop Nelson Pérez shared favorite Philly foods with more than 100 diners at St. John's Hospice, part of a new Catholic Social Services series that's connecting the church's shepherds with some of the most marginalized members of theirflock.
COME HOME TO MASS IN PERSON, ARCHBISHOP IMPLORES CATHOLICS Imploring Catholics of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia to return to the celebration of Mass in person, Archbishop Nelson J. Perez launched a major initiative for that purpose on Pentecost Sunday ARCHDIOCESAN PARISHES SEE GUIDELINES TO LIFT COVID As health officials relax pandemic protocols, suburban parishes can resume Masses without roping off pews or recommending face masks as CLERGY ASSIGNMENT CHANGES NOTED IN ARCHDIOCESE Reverend Monsignor Kenneth P. McAteer, Saint Ephrem Parish, Bensalem. Monsignor McAteer is retiring and will reside at Saint Martha Parish, Philadelphia Reverend Monsignor Robert C. CHANGES TO CLERGY OFFICE, NEW COMMITTEE, OFFER PRIESTS A new vicar and assistant vicar for clergy, plus the newly formed Committee for Priestly Life and Ministry, will allow the Philadelphia Archdiocese to care for active and retired priestsCATHOLIC PHILLY
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Local News. Bishops Dinner brings everyone to table for joy, ‘sacred’ fellowship. On June 2, Archbishop Nelson Pérez shared favorite Philly foods with more than 100 diners at St. John's Hospice, part of a new Catholic Social Services series that's connecting the church's shepherds with some of the most marginalized members of theirflock.
COME HOME TO MASS IN PERSON, ARCHBISHOP IMPLORES CATHOLICS Imploring Catholics of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia to return to the celebration of Mass in person, Archbishop Nelson J. Perez launched a major initiative for that purpose on Pentecost Sunday ARCHDIOCESAN PARISHES SEE GUIDELINES TO LIFT COVID As health officials relax pandemic protocols, suburban parishes can resume Masses without roping off pews or recommending face masks as CLERGY ASSIGNMENT CHANGES NOTED IN ARCHDIOCESE Reverend Monsignor Kenneth P. McAteer, Saint Ephrem Parish, Bensalem. Monsignor McAteer is retiring and will reside at Saint Martha Parish, Philadelphia Reverend Monsignor Robert C. CHANGES TO CLERGY OFFICE, NEW COMMITTEE, OFFER PRIESTS A new vicar and assistant vicar for clergy, plus the newly formed Committee for Priestly Life and Ministry, will allow the Philadelphia Archdiocese to care for active and retired priests WATCH THE ORDINATION OF NEW PRIESTS SATURDAY MORNINGCLICK TO VIEW Everyone is invited to participate prayerfully from home as two new priests for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia are ordained this Saturday, May 15. The Mass will livestream beginning at 10 a.m. ARCHBISHOP LAUNCHES ‘NOTHING COMPARES TO BEING THERE Archbishop Nelson Perez issued the following pastoral letter to all the faithful of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia on the feast of Pentecost, May 23. The formal letter may be found here. The CONGRATULATIONS TO PRIEST JUBILARIANS, NEW PRIESTS OF 2021 Posted May 13, 2021 . Priests of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia are celebrating 25th, 50th and other significant anniversaries of their ordination to the priesthood this year. IS IT WRONG TO GO SHOPPING ON SUNDAY? Answering the question of a reader who is sensitive to keeping holy the Lord's day, Father Ken Doyle says it depends on the person and thekind of shopping.
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Local News. Bishops Dinner brings everyone to table for joy, ‘sacred’ fellowship. On June 2, Archbishop Nelson Pérez shared favorite Philly foods with more than 100 diners at St. John's Hospice, part of a new Catholic Social Services series that's connecting the church's shepherds with some of the most marginalized members of theirflock.
PLANTED BY GOD, SEED OF FAITH GROWS STRONG DAY BY DAY 14 hours ago · The Eagle and the Child is a pub in Oxford, England. It is located near the famous university. A small group of professors of literature and philosophy started HISPANIC YOUNG ADULTS WELCOME ARCHBISHOP PEREZ TO RETREAT 12 hours ago · The June 5 retreat was held at St. Ann Church in Bristol, and included staff from the archdiocesan offices for Hispanic ministry and for youth and young adults, along with clergy in ministryto
BISHOP SHANAHAN SENIORS MARK GRADUATION AT MASS WITH 12 hours ago · Father John Donia, center, spends a moment after the Mass with Bishop Shanahan seniors. Father Donia was recently named principal of the high school after several years serving as its campusminister.
BEHOLD THIS HEART, AND LIFT UP YOUR OWN 13 hours ago · In the first episode of his new podcast series “Lift Up Your Heart,” Oblate Father Thomas Dailey of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood WOUNDED BY LOVE, THE SACRED HEART POURS FORTH LIFE 12 hours ago · Torn by sin, set aflame by desire, Christ's heart overflows with healing for even the most embittered and estranged among us, writes Gina Christian. READINGS OF THE HOLY MASS 14 hours ago · Posted June 11, 2021 . Read, watch or listen to the readings before Mass with the resources below: The Eleventh Sunday inOrdinary Time. See
LEARN THE WHOLE STORY, GOOD AND BAD, OF RACE IN AMERICA 11 hours ago · Two historical events -- Juneteenth and the Tulsa massacre -- were unknown to Greg Erlandson growing up. But those stories and new ones of bravery, of wrongs overcome and successachieved, make us
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Local News. Catholic high school graduations set across region. See the baccalaureate Masses and commencement ceremonies planned for each of the 17 high schools of COME HOME TO MASS IN PERSON, ARCHBISHOP IMPLORES CATHOLICS Imploring Catholics of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia to return to the celebration of Mass in person, Archbishop Nelson J. Perez launched a major initiative for that purpose on Pentecost Sunday WATCH THE ORDINATION OF NEW PRIESTS SATURDAY MORNINGCLICK TO VIEW Everyone is invited to participate prayerfully from home as two new priests for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia are ordained this Saturday, May 15. The Mass will livestream beginning at 10 a.m. ARCHBISHOP LAUNCHES ‘NOTHING COMPARES TO BEING THERE Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez. Archbishop Nelson Perez issued the following letter to all the faithful of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia on the feast of Pentecost, May 23. The formal letter maybe
CATHOLIC LEAGUE STANDINGS, PLAYOFF MATCHUPS CLERGY ASSIGNMENT CHANGES NOTED IN ARCHDIOCESE Clergy assignment changes noted in archdiocese. Posted May 15, 2021. Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez, Archbishop of Philadelphia, announces the following appointments effective June 21, CHANGES TO CLERGY OFFICE, NEW COMMITTEE, OFFER PRIESTS A new vicar and assistant vicar for clergy, plus the newly formed Committee for Priestly Life and Ministry, will allow the Philadelphia Archdiocese to care for active and retired priests CONGRATULATIONS TO PRIEST JUBILARIANS, NEW PRIESTS OF 2021 Congratulations to priest jubilarians, new priests of 2021. Posted May 13, 2021. Priests of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia are celebrating 25th, 50th and other significant anniversaries of their VILLA ST. JOSEPH LEADER BRINGS LIFE OF SERVICE TO RETIRED By Lou Baldwin • Posted September 17, 2020 . Claudia Populaire is the new director of priest retirement services and administrator of Villa St. Joseph, the SENIOR CARE MINISTRIES MUST BE REBUILT AFTER PANDEMIC OF If anyone needs evidence that a weekly, hourly visit from a friendly volunteer makes a big difference in others’ lives, the effect of the pandemic on homebound ministries to seniors is proofCATHOLIC PHILLY
Local News. Catholic high school graduations set across region. See the baccalaureate Masses and commencement ceremonies planned for each of the 17 high schools of COME HOME TO MASS IN PERSON, ARCHBISHOP IMPLORES CATHOLICS Imploring Catholics of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia to return to the celebration of Mass in person, Archbishop Nelson J. Perez launched a major initiative for that purpose on Pentecost Sunday WATCH THE ORDINATION OF NEW PRIESTS SATURDAY MORNINGCLICK TO VIEW Everyone is invited to participate prayerfully from home as two new priests for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia are ordained this Saturday, May 15. The Mass will livestream beginning at 10 a.m. ARCHBISHOP LAUNCHES ‘NOTHING COMPARES TO BEING THERE Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez. Archbishop Nelson Perez issued the following letter to all the faithful of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia on the feast of Pentecost, May 23. The formal letter maybe
CATHOLIC LEAGUE STANDINGS, PLAYOFF MATCHUPS CLERGY ASSIGNMENT CHANGES NOTED IN ARCHDIOCESE Clergy assignment changes noted in archdiocese. Posted May 15, 2021. Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez, Archbishop of Philadelphia, announces the following appointments effective June 21, CHANGES TO CLERGY OFFICE, NEW COMMITTEE, OFFER PRIESTS A new vicar and assistant vicar for clergy, plus the newly formed Committee for Priestly Life and Ministry, will allow the Philadelphia Archdiocese to care for active and retired priests CONGRATULATIONS TO PRIEST JUBILARIANS, NEW PRIESTS OF 2021 Congratulations to priest jubilarians, new priests of 2021. Posted May 13, 2021. Priests of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia are celebrating 25th, 50th and other significant anniversaries of their VILLA ST. JOSEPH LEADER BRINGS LIFE OF SERVICE TO RETIRED By Lou Baldwin • Posted September 17, 2020 . Claudia Populaire is the new director of priest retirement services and administrator of Villa St. Joseph, the SENIOR CARE MINISTRIES MUST BE REBUILT AFTER PANDEMIC OF If anyone needs evidence that a weekly, hourly visit from a friendly volunteer makes a big difference in others’ lives, the effect of the pandemic on homebound ministries to seniors is proof ARCHDIOCESAN PARISHES SEE GUIDELINES TO LIFT COVID Following state guidelines, archdiocesan parishes in the suburban counties of Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery will be “free to lift all building sanitation, social distancing and CATHOLIC GROUP URGES BIDEN TO RAISE COVID-19 VACCINE 20 hours ago · The group urged Biden and the leaders of the other G7 countries — Canada, Japan, Germany, France, Italy and the United Kingdom — to “support a FIND HARMONY BETWEEN DAILY PRAYER AND DEMANDS OF LIFE 20 hours ago · By Carol Glatz • Catholic News Service • Posted June 9, 2021 . VATICAN CITY (CNS) — People need to find harmony between prayer and the demands of everyday life, Pope Francis said. CHURCH MUST LEARN TO LISTEN TO FAMILIES, POPE SAYS 20 hours ago · To reach out to families, the Catholic Church must listen to their concerns rather than doling out theoretical solutions to life's harsh realities, Pope PATH TO JESUS WINDS THROUGH A STRAWBERRY PATCH June is a month full of Gia Myers' favorite things, including homegrown strawberries, devotion to the Sacred Heart and a post-pandemic lifestyle that is quieter and slower, allowing her tofind
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The desert of Lent reveals God’s footprints Take time for silent prayer in a noisy world A spectacular Lenten failure Ashes we cannot see should start a revolution this Lent Archbishop Perez’s pastoral message on the season of Lent There’s ‘something about the ashes,’ says Archbishop PerezLent 2020 •
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Catholics begin Lent with the sign of the cross on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016 at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul, Philadelphia. (Photo by Sarah Webb) By Gina Christian • Posted February 25, 2020 As they receive ashes and give up sweets, many Catholics risk missing the whole point of the Lenten season – either turning it into a self-improvement challenge, or looking for loopholes in the church’s requirements for fasting and abstinence. Neither approach is correct, said Father Dennis Gill, director of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s Office for Divine Worship and rector of the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul. “I think the problem behind the Lenten rut is that Catholics don’t understand what Lent is all about,” said Father Gill. For one thing, he said, it’s not a personal quest. “Lent belongs to the whole church, which hears the invitation to repent and believe in the Gospel,” he said. “We each do our part as a member of the church, to help build it up by this corporate act of penance during Lent.” The communal dimension of Lent was evident from its earliest days,said Father Gill.
“It has its origin with the unbaptized preparing for their baptism at the Easter Vigil,” he said. As catechumens readied themselves to be received into the church, he said, “those who were already baptized would be inspired … to see how they may have put aside or tarnished their own baptism.” Through personal penance and conversion, the baptized journeyed with catechumens to the Easter Vigil, where the former renewed their baptismal promises as new members embraced theirs for the first time. Father Gill said that such solidarity can be recaptured “if we have an understanding that Lent is about each of us together reforming our lives and being about conversion, so that we would all enter into the Easter mysteries, ready for the new life given to us by Christ.” One way to make Lent less lonely (and more on-target) is to share in specific disciplines such as fasting. “In our own rectory, we decided among the four priests that on Wednesdays we’ll have an additional fast day,” said Father Gill. Although one simple meal, two smaller ones and no snacks might seem insufficient for busy priests in the middle of their week, Father Gill said “there’s strength in doing it together.” “We encourage each other; we recognize that we’re weak together, and we can become stronger together,” he said. In general, fasting is also a practice that most Catholics could undertake with a bit more vigor and rigor, he said. “We’ve gotten too soft about everything,” said Father Gill, pointing out that many faithful have interpreted the “minimal obligation” specified by the U.S. bishops as “the onlyobligation.”
Father Gill cited the paschal fast as an example. Often unfamiliar to Catholics, the paschal fast extends from Good Friday until the Easter Vigil in honor of Christ’s passion, enabling the faithful “to share more fully and celebrate more readily his resurrection,” according to the U.S. bishops. The paschal fast marks a shift from penance to expectation, saidFather Gill.
“It’s the origin of our Communion fast, which is the fast of preparing for divine food,” he said. Almsgiving and prayer are equally central to Lenten preparation, and while a given individual’s Lenten journey may emphasize one discipline in particular, the key is to simply “keep Lent,” saidFather Gill.
“It’s so easy to find ourselves in situations where we put Lent aside,” he said. “But we have a great opportunity to witness to others when we keep Lent with others and in the presence of others.” A “Lent well spent” is one “where I have been unable to uncover deep within myself sinful defects … and present them to the mercy of the Lord,” said Father Gill. After 40 diligent days, he added, the goal is to “arrive at the celebration of the Easter Triduum … ready to receive the Risen Lord and live from the Risen Lord in a more full and complete way as aChristian.”
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