Angie McManimon speaks about Legacy of Life

Saturday, September 23, 2023, was Cassock Day at Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary. Congratulations, prayers and best wishes to Brendan Tufo and the other young men who received their cassocks.

Today is Priesthood Sunday, a day set aside annually to reaffirm the priesthood of Jesus Christ and its central place in the life of the Church and to honor priests, without whom the Holy Sacraments could not be conferred.

To mark this annual event, the Vocation Office for the Diocesan Priesthood commissioned a film featuring Jim Wahlberg, keynote speaker from this year’s Man Up Philly conference. The brother of Mark Wahlberg, Jim is a film producer and writer who was profoundly influenced by the priestly ministry of a prison chaplain and an encounter with Mother Teresa. During this film, Jim shares his extreme gratitude for the gift of the priesthood in his life.

Click here to hear the incredible story of Jim’s journey of faith and the way that God moved in his life.

On this Priesthood Sunday, we encourage and invite you to thank the many priests in your life who have been a part of your faith journey.

Audrey Wilson provides the Weekly Message!

Saint Frances Cabrini Parish invites you to join us in our Parish Center to participate virtually in the Archdiocesan Eucharistic Congress on Saturday, September 30th, from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

PLEASE CLICK HERE TO REGISTER!

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The Archdiocese of Philadelphia is pleased to announce that Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez has appointed Reverend Timothy Tarnacki, O.S.P.P.E. as the Director of the Office for Ministry with Young Adults (OMYA). He succeeds Mr. Matthew Davis, who served in this post since November 2020.

In making this appointment, Archbishop Pérez said, “The Archdiocese of Philadelphia is home to a vibrant and passionate young adult community. Over the past several years, the Office for Ministry with Young Adults has worked with great zeal to build a spiritual formation program that engages young men and women from various backgrounds as they work to develop an authentic relationship with Christ.”

I ask the people of our local Church to join me in prayerfully congratulating Father Tarnacki as he prepares to assume his new role. I know that he will help young adults encounter the transformative love of Jesus and inspire them to live a joyful life as a missionary disciple.” The OMYA is part of the Office for Faith Formation for Youth and Young Adults. It was established by Archbishop Pérez in July 2020 to engage and accompany young adults as missionary disciples of Jesus Christ. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) broadly defines young adults as people aged 19-39 who are single, married, divorced, widowed, in college, working,  unemployed, incarcerated, or in military service. CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE…

Monsignor discusses our need for a better understanding of the Eucharist.

The Office for Catholic Education is offering a new program, the Collaborative Scholarship Testing Process, so families of children attending both Catholic and public grade schools can discover how their child can earn academic scholarships to attend one of the 15 Archdiocesan High Schools at no cost for the family.

Students in 8^th grade will have the opportunity to sit for one (1) standardized test (HSPT) and have their scores sent to up to three (3) of the 15 Archdiocesan High Schools of their choice for potential consideration of academic scholarship opportunities.

Students currently enrolled in any one of the 102 Archdiocese of Philadelphia elementary schools or the 14 Independence Mission Schools, will be administered the Collaborative Testing Process in their school building between the testing period of Monday, September 25th and Friday, September 28th. Pre-registration for the Collaborative Scholarship Testing Process for AOP and IMS students will not be necessary as these students will provide appropriate information during the testing process.

All 8^th grade students attending any Public, Charter, Independent, Private, Online, or Home School settings will also have the opportunity to take part in the Collaborative Scholarship Testing Process. All of the 15 Archdiocese of Philadelphia high schools will be offering local testing at their school locations on various dates in the beginning of October where Public, Charter, Independent, Private, Online, or Home School students can sit for testing Families coming from schools in these categories will be required to pre-register for the Collaborative Scholarship Testing Process using the registration link below.

To learn more about the Collaborative Scholarship Testing Process, please visit aopcatholicschools.org….