Community Newsbriefs
Can you spell ‘competition?’
PHILADELPHIA – Students from LaSalle Academy, Mother of spanine Grace, Visitation B.V.M. and St. Laurentius schools competed in the ninth annual Great Fishtown Spelling Bee at Shissler Recreation Center Oct. 28. Students in grades three through eight from 11 public, private and Catholic schools participated in the event.
St. Patrick students visit Friends Home
KENNETT SQUARE – The and second and fourth grade classes at St. Patrick School walked to the Friends Home in Kennett Square Oct. 28 to play bingo with some of the residents who live there as a service to the community. Prizes were given to all the winners. Everyone enjoyed lemonade and a tasty treat. […]
Our Lady of Confidence holds Grandparents Day
WILLOW GROVE – Our Lady of Confidence Day School in Willow Grove sponsored Grandparents and Older Friends Day Oct. 20.The day began with the students entertaining their grandparents and older friends with songs and demonstrating their knowledge in social studies, geography and reading. All enjoyed treats, arts and crafts and being together.
Father JudgeTurkey Bowl tickets on sale
PHILADELPHIA – The holiday tradition continues this year as the Father Judge Crusaders take on the Railsplitters of Lincoln High School on Thanksgiving, Nov. 25, at 10 a.m. The game will take place at Lincoln Field, located at Rowland Avenue and Bleigh Street in Northeast Philadelphia. Tickets cost $5 and are on sale in the […]
St. Joseph-St. Robert girls win Villa Joseph Marie’s ‘Sciatholon’
WARRINGTON – St. Joseph-St. Robert School recently selected girls in seventh and eighth grades to participate in Villa Joseph Marie’s 21st annual Sciatholon. The seventh grade team finished first in the competition in the seventh grade spanision. The competition included a lab activity, science problem and jeopardy-style round of science questions.Participants included Kathryn DiFurio, Caitlyn […]
St. Bede commences annual penny drive
HOLLAND – The penny collections have begun in earnest at St. Bede School in Holland. For the fourth year, St. Bede’s students will be raising funds to help needy families in the area – and they’ll have a lot of fun doing it.According to Principal Margi Slomiany, “This event has become a meaningful Thanksgiving tradition […]
Devon Prep students raise nearly $25,000 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
DEVON – More than 130 Devon Prep upper school students stayed “Up for a Cause” recently to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.Devon Prep’s Christian Action Program (CAP) sponsored the event, a 12-hour night of fun and games beginning at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 4, and ending at 7 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 5. […]
St. Mary surgeon perform surgery for bladder cancer with less invasive technique
LANGHORNE – A urologist at St. Marcy Medical Center recently performed a radical cystectomy on a 75-year-old woman with bladder cancer using the daVinci Surgical System. While the robotic-assisted laparoscopic approach is not widely adopted for this complicated surgery, what is even more remarkable is that Dr. Ilia Zeltser also reconstructed the woman’s urinary tract […]
Oct. 23: Grief workshop at St. Thomas of Villanova, Rosemont
ROSEMONT – “To Comfort All Who Mourn: A Workshop for Parish Bereavement Ministry Teams” will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23, at the Chapel of St. Thomas of Villanova Parish in Rosemont.Mass will be celebrated prior to the workshop at 9 a.m. in the parish chapel.Geared to bereavement and grief […]
From Wayne to Wynnewood: Students from two schools come together
WYNNEWOOD – Students from St. Katharine of Siena School in Wayne visited their friends at St. Katherine Day School in Wynnewood Sept. 29 to share in an opening-year liturgy celebrated by Father Kevin Gallagher, director of vocations at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary.