Archives for September 2017

Information from ANTHEM Regarding October Events for Youth and Young Adults

ANTHEM will host a weekend of events to kick off the month of October in an effort to engage young people with their Catholic faith throughout the five-counties of the Archdiocese.

The weekend will open with an Oktoberfest celebration. Special guests include: Archbishop Chaput, Ike Ndolo, and Polkadelphia.

Friday, October 6, 2017

7:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.

Frankford Hall

1210 Frankford Ave

Philadelphia, PA 19125

The event is open to adults 21 and over and tickets are available for $25.00. For additional information on this event or to purchase tickets, please visit here.

Please note events listed below are geared specifically toward different age groups.

ANTHEM October Weekend Kickoff schedule:

Youth Night with Ike Ndolo 

Saturday, October 7, 2017 at 6:45 p.m.

Location: Saint Raymond of Peñafort Parish, 1350 East Vernon Road, Philadelphia, PA 19119

This event is open to all high school youth. It will feature an evening of praise, adoration, and live music by contemporary Christian artist, Ike Ndolo. Megan Mastroianni, Associate Director of ANTHEM, will be the featured speaker.

Queen Takeover: Consecration Mass to Our Lady 

Sunday, October 8, 2017 at 6:30 p.m

Location: Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, 18th Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19103

Archbishop Charles J. Chaput O.F.M. Cap. will be the principal celebrant and homilist at this Mass, which will dedicate the youth and young adults of the

Archdiocese of Philadelphia to the Blessed Mother.

Ike Ndolo, along with renowned vocalist Bobby Hill, who performed on stage for Pope Francis during the Festival of Families during the Holy Father’s visit to Philadelphia in September 2015, will lead the music.

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In his most recent column Archbishop Chaput writes, “On Tuesday, August 29, a group of prominent evangelical scholars and pastors -including respected public voices like Russell Moore – issued the ‘Nashville Statement.’ It’s worth reading in the original, rather than reading about it. Nothing in the document is shocking or belligerent. On the contrary: In its preamble and 14 articles, the text simply reaffirms historic biblical beliefs about marriage, chastity and the nature of human sexuality. Critics might question its timing or structure or wording. Some evangelicals have done so. In a normal time, though, the Statement would be a non-story.

But we don’t live in a ‘normal’ time. We live in the midst of a culture war. A methodical effort is now playing out in the mass media to recast biblical truths as a form of ‘hate,’ to reshape public opinion away from those biblical truths, and to silence anyone who stays faithful to Christian teaching on matters of sexual behavior, sexual identity, family and marriage. The message is simple: Conform to the new herd dogmas or enjoy the consequences. Which explains the river of public contempt that was quickly poured out on the Nashville Statement.”

You can read the complete column by visiting www.CatholicPhilly.com. A Spanish translation of this column will be provided to you as soon as possible.

On behalf of Mr. Christopher Mominey, Chief Operating Officer and Secretary for Catholic Education, I extend an invitation to help kick off the 2017-2018 academic year at the official back-to-school event and pep rally on Monday, September 11th at 10:00 a.m. on the steps of the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul.

Students from our Catholic elementary schools, high schools, and schools of special education will line the steps of the Cathedral to help celebrate the beginning of the 234th school year in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.

Bishop Michael J. Fitzgerald will join Mr. Mominey to welcome students from the 119 parish and regional elementary schools, 17 high schools and 4 schools of special education back to school.

The event will feature the Bishop Shanahan High SchoolAcapella Group singing “The Star Spangled Banner” and the Saint Francis de Sales School Choir performing “Let There Be Peace on Earth.”

The pep rally will also include members of the Conwell-Egan Catholic High School Cheerleading Team and theCardinal O’Hara High School Marching Band and Color Guard. In addition, mascots from Archdiocesan high schools will complete in a friendly mascot race!

The event will be streamed live from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia Schools website atwww.aopcatholicschools.org.

You are welcome to attend in person or participate via Livestream. A copy of the prayer that will be said in unison that morning is attached for you .