Author: Paul Wirth

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Four choirs, along with many accompanying instruments such as flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and keyboards, will be featured at the Marian Eucharistic Concert scheduled for 3 p.m. May 15 at the Cathedral of St. Catharine of Siena.

The Catholic Foundation of Eastern Pennsylvania, an independent charitable organization that benefits Catholic organizations, recently hit a growth milestone by opening its 100th endowment fund.

Thanks to the generosity of Catholics throughout the Diocese’s five counties, non-profit agencies and parish charitable groups will get help funding such things as hospice and medical care, food for the hungry, clothing, shelter, counseling, and aid for disadvantaged families.

For 26 years, I’d been soothed at bedtime by a New York lullaby of wailing sirens, al fresco revelry, screeching elevated trains and an occasional beer bottle hitting the pavement. I didn’t want to hear cricket song; I wanted to hear illegal fireworks blasting lids off metal trash cans.

“The question I get asked most often is “What does femininity mean?” says Ann Burns, founder of The Feminine Project.

Holy Thursday marks the end of the Lenten Season, and the Church celebrates a triple anniversary: the Institution of the Holy Eucharist, the Institution of the Ministerial Priesthood, and the Commandment to love one another as Christ has first loved us.

The Bishop asked priests of the Diocese to be welcoming of all people, and to be pastoral to all, but noted that a priest’s accompaniment must lead all people to the Truth, even if it may be difficult for them to hear.