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Catholic Social Services’ Family Service Centers and Out-of-School Time Programs across the region are continuing to keep clients and children virtually engaged, connected, and supported amid the public health crisis facing our nation.

Catholic Social Services’ Out-Of-School Time Programs (OST), a ministry of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, recently participated in the 20th annual “Lights on After School” celebration.

More than 50 area youth saddled up for safety, and for a new school year, at an Aug. 2 “bike rodeo.” Now in its second year, the gathering gave kids at the Mayfair Out of School Time (OST) program in Northeast Philadelphia a chance to learn the rules of the road for two-wheeled transport.

Social media followers may have replaced pen pals, but one group of area students recently revived the age-old tradition of letter-writing. This summer, students at St. Helena’s Out of School Time (OST) program in Philadelphia’s Olney neighborhood put down their cell phones to correspond with members of a local senior club.

Two women religious from Vietnam have been working on their Philly accents this summer, while helping kids served by the Archdiocese.
Sister Linh Tran and Sister Luyen Pham have been staying at the convent of Holy Innocents Parish since early July, assisting at Catholic Social Services’ Out of School Time (OST) program there as part of a short-term mission.

A new generation of writers is emerging in a South Philadelphia neighborhood, and most of them are under 10 years old. St. Gabriel’s Out of School Time (OST) program, a ministry of archdiocesan Catholic Social Services (CSS), celebrated the completion of its year-long “Write Brain” literacy program with a May 3 children’s author event.

At the Archbishop’s Christmas Gala for Children held in Philadelphia Dec. 18, children served all year long by Catholic Social Services’ agencies gathered for a day of fun with a distinct Latin American flavor

Attending as guests of honor were young children from various schools, residential programs, out-of-school-time programs and refugee programs from throughout the archdiocese served by Catholic Social Services.