Vatican II

...oked forward to the results of the council with hope for a better tomorrow. Wolf, “The Middle Way,” December 9, 1966 After Vatican II, there was debate over how to implement its teachings. Here Wolf shows that the middle way is the best way. Wolf, ” It’ll Make Port,” June

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Editorial Cartoons

...rt F McGovern (1933-2011) Robert McGovern was an artist from Philadelphia, best known for his woodcarving. Much of his work is featured in Catholic churches around the city, including the altar at the Church of the Gesu and the Stations of the Cross at St. Peter’s Church in West Brandywine.

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Cardinal John P. Foley

Best known as the English language commentator for the Pope’s Midnight Christmas Mass and other major papal liturgies, Cardinal John Patrick Foley, Grand Master Emeritus of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem and former President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, died on Sunday, December 11,

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Mary Brackett Willcox and Catholicism in the Suburbs

...12/1896), 395 [3] Friends of Old St. Thomas. "Ivy Mills/Saint Thomas Guide Book." March 2012, 6, PH171 [4] Sister William Josephine Ludwick, "The Early History of St. Thomas the Apostle Church, Chester Heights, 1729-1900,” PH171 [5] Ciaudelli, Reverend Louis P. "St. Thomas the Apostle Parish, Ivy Mills, Chester Heights, Pennsylvania,

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