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Leisure: Let there be humor In an industry in which comedians range from profane to downright mean-spirited, Warner Bros. Television’s “Thou Shalt Laugh” is a breath of fresh air for those who like to laugh “with” not “at” other people. Profile: Blue Army: ‘The pledge is between you and Mary and God’ Joe Borek describes himself as a kid from North Philly who could have gone bad because of the company he was keeping at one time in his life. |
This Week's Issue The Word Became Flesh Cardinal Rigali's weekly column. Read it here. Designer joins CS&T contest team The stakes just got higher in The Catholic Standard & Times’ modest fashion design contest for students. Tiny hands, big heart As 6-year-old Grace McLaughlin blew out the candles on her Barbie-themed birthday cake in January, she was making wishes come true for less fortunate Catholic school children in the Archdiocese. Making good marriages better Msgr. Tom Scanlon, retired, hadn’t a clue when he walked in the door of the parish hall of St. Isaac Jogues in Wayne on Jan. 27 Catholic schools: Keeping faith in mind Did you know that archdiocesan Catholic high school students consistently score above the national average on the SAT tests? Or that archdiocesan eighth graders score 10 points over the average on the TerraNova tests, and the high schools students score 15 percent over average? St. Matthew’s Msgr. McGroarty named pastor of year The line to his confessional is always the longest. Passing out report cards, he rallies students to keep up their good work. He allows school dances, and he’s happy to pick up a basketball and join in a game of hoops. And if any mechanical problem pops up on parish grounds, he turns into ‘Monsignor Fix-It.’ Covenant House: Offering a haven and a fresh start The Mass on Jan. 24 was celebrated in the communal dining room of Covenant House in Germantown for a congregation that was hardly run of the mill. Aviation program aims to send test scores soaring Up in the sky or down on the ground, who knew math could be so much fun? Catholic Underground comes to Philadelphia The Catholic Underground is coming to Philadelphia... |
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