by The Josephites | Jun 18, 2020 | Feature Stories, Josephite News
Jack Dorsey, co-founder and CEO of Twitter and Square, has awarded St. Augustine High School in New Orleans a $1.5 million gift through Dorsey’s #StartSmall initiative. Dorsey’s gift marks the largest one-time donation ever made to the school. The gift highlights a...
by The Josephites | Jun 18, 2020 | Feature Stories, Josephite News
Story and photos by Beth Donze, Clarion Herald Two Thursdays a month – come rain or shine – a tenacious group of parishioners from Our Lady of Grace Church in Reserve performs what is arguably the most fundamental corporal work of mercy: feeding the hungry. “If...
by The Josephites | May 31, 2020 | Feature Stories, Josephite News
Father Frank M. Hull, SSJ, was born in Philadelphia in 1923 and is a graduate of St. Thomas More High School there. He served with the Army Air Corps during World War II and in 1948 began his preparations to be a Josephite priest at Epiphany Apostolic College in...
by The Josephites | May 27, 2020 | Feature Stories, Featured, Josephite News
New Josephite welcomed by virtual congregation Pandemic doesn’t stop ordination By Emily Alster As Father Fred Kaddu was ordained a Josephite priest May 23, just ten people were physically present at St. Peter Claver and St. Pius V church in Baltimore to witness the...
by The Josephites | May 19, 2020 | Feature Stories, Featured
By Ralph E. Moore Jr. (AFRO.com) There are no African Americans recognized as saints officially by the Catholic Church. During the global pandemic we are enduring it might seem odd to focus on anything other than it. But Baltimore City because of its other public...
by The Josephites | May 19, 2020 | Feature Stories, General
By Gina Christian • Posted May 15, 2020 (CatholicPhilly.com) Several archdiocesan pastors have echoed a recent call by the U.S. bishops to examine COVID-19’s disproportionate impact on African Americans. Archbishop Nelson Perez, chairman of the bishops’ Committee on...