The Center City District on its website offers the following interesting statistics comparing Center City Philadelphia in 2019 (pre-pandemic) to the end of 2022: In 2022, overall pedestrian volume was 73% of what it was in 2019. In 2022, office […]

At our January parish council meeting, we reviewed our year to date (July 1-December 31) financial report. Here are some highlights of the six month comparison between the current fiscal year (2022-23) and last fiscal year (2021-22): Ordinary income (collections, […]

This Friday, February 3, is the feast of Saint Blaise. Saint Blaise is well known in some cultures because he is associated with the healing the throats. The actual story of his life and death are not completely documented. He […]

Christian Unity Octave I mentioned in my bulletin column last week that we are in the midst of the Christian Unity Octave. The Octave (January 18-25) is a lament that Christians who were supposed to be one church, one body, […]

Dr. Martin Luther King: On Monday, January 16, our nation marks the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King. Dr. King gave his life for the equality of all people, especially of African Americans whose history in the United States began […]