Most school lunch programs aren’t very health-conscious. Things such as chicken nuggets, frozen pizza and hot dogs are typical daily menu items in a high school lunchroom. The Vetri Foundation wanted to change this and […]
In a country without universal health care where the prices of insurance and coverage are constantly on the rise, it’s getting hard to be someone living uninsured. In Philadelphia, 15 percent of adults go without […]
Over the past year, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia has combined parishes in various Philadelphia communities. Earlier this month, the archdiocese announced Saint Donato’s Catholic Church, in Overbrook, would merge with another Catholic church in the […]
T-shirts, hot dogs, crafts and cannoli vendors lined the streets outside the stonewalls and stained glass windows of Annunciation B.V.M. Church for the eighth annual St. Pio Festival on the last weekend in September. Music […]
For more than 80 years, the Sacred Heart Home for Incurable Cancer has housed cancer patients on the corner of Park and Hunting Park avenues in North Philadelphia. Sister Marie Edward serves as director of […]
https://vimeo.com/21932093] Do you want to stand two feet away from a piece of cloth that Mary, the mother of Jesus, supposedly touched? If you answered in the affirmative, then you might want to visit the […]
“How many people can say that they work at a place where miracles happen?” said Florence Dellisanti, a buyer for The Shrine of the Miraculous Medal’s gift shop, located at 500 East Chelten Ave. Dellisanti […]
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