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El testimonio extraordinario de personas comunes: ¡Viva Cristo Rey!
Columna del Arzobispo Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap. 29 de Mayo del 2012 Al principio de esta semana celebramos Memorial Day. Para la mayoría de nosotros, este día feriado informalmente marca el comienzo del verano. En los próximos tres meses las familias tomarán sus vacaciones, el ritmo de vida disminuirá un poco y la gente […]
Merion Mercy Academy’s Varsity 4 wins nationals and heads to Henley
Merion Mercy Academy’s Varsity 4 won the Scholastic Rowing Association of America’s national championship for the second straight year, fighting off Mainland High of New Jersey by 2.5 seconds to win last Saturday on the Cooper River in Pennsauken, N.J. The Varsity 4 is composed of seniors Elissa Jensen and Emily Buongiorno, junior Giovanna Crozier-Fitzgerald, […]
‘For Greater Glory’ movie review
NEW YORK (CNS) — “Viva Cristo Rey!” “Long live Christ the King!” Such was the rallying cry of the Cristeros — devout Mexican Catholics driven into open, sometimes violent, opposition to their government during the1920s by its policy of persecution against the church. This pious exclamation also serves as the stirring refrain of the powerful […]
‘Offering of the Angels’ exhibition presented at Michener Museum in Doylestown
It has to be one of the greatest exhibitions of Renaissance and Baroque sacred art ever presented in the Philadelphia area, and it is a must see at the James A. Michener Museum in Doylestown, running through Aug. 12. “Offering of the Angels,” drawn from the collections at the famed Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy, […]
Test screening of ‘A Rose on Ninth Street’ will be held June 13
Joseph Ruggiero knows how to make his dreams come true. He wanted to write a book and he wrote it. “A Rose on Ninth Street,” published in 2002, follows the story of a South Philadelphia hoodlum and the young woman he loves — and whose father he’s out to murder. Happy but still hunting for […]
Neumann-Goretti squeaks by Bonner, 8-7, in semi-finals
When the All-Catholic baseball teams were announced, one might have thought there was a misprint. Or perhaps someone had simply pasted the same name twice in the same e-mail by mistake. Not so. Indeed, Neumann-Goretti junior Joe Kinee was named a first-teamer not once, but twice. He admitted that he expected to be selected as […]
Maziarz helps C-E win semi-final game
Blue collar. It’s not flashy, and it might sound sort of boring to those who prefer pomp and circumstance. But when it comes to athletics, few compliments rate higher than being compared to a worker who puts on a hardhat and gives an honest day’s work. “That’s definitely ‘Maz,’” said Conwell-Egan coach Sandy Hart. “Maz […]
Lady Patriots net 12th straight lacrosse title
What an amazing season it has been for two talented Philadelphia Catholic League lacrosse rivals, the Cardinal O’Hara Lady Lions and the Archbishop Carroll Lady Patriots. Over the past 12 years Archbishop Carroll has dominated in girls’ lacrosse. Carroll head coach Lorraine Beers took over the girls’ lacrosse program in 2000, and the team has […]
After slow start, La Salle tops the Prep, 8-7
It has been remarkable seasons for the St. Joseph’s Prep and La Salle College High School boys’ lacrosse teams. The two teams faced each other May 23 in the Philadelphia Catholic League championship game at Plymouth-Whitemarsh High School. La Salle edged St. Joseph’s Prep, 8-7, to take the league championship. It did not look all […]
Promoting peace and forgiveness
The Institute for Forgiveness and Reconciliation at Chestnut Hill College, which is headed by St. Joseph Sister Catherine Nerney, works “for the forgiveness of divisions within and among human persons and communities by providing forgiveness and reconciliation at every level of life.” All things considered, that is something very much needed in the Archdiocese of […]