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Boys basketball: Nonleague play
By John KnebelsSports Columnist When the Catholic League boys’ basketball season is about to get under way, it’s common for some teams to feel very good about their chances because of how they have performed against non-league competition. If that is the case, then Bishop McDevitt (8-1), La Salle (7-1), Father Judge (7-1), Conwell-Egan (6-2), […]
Love for hoops matched by love for school
By John KnebelsSports Columnist Some athletes aspire to be a star. Some couldn’t care less. Consider Little Flower junior Jen Purcell more of the latter. A third year starter as a guard and forward on a Sentinels team that has reached the Catholic League playoffs the past two seasons, Purcell has always been a no-frills […]
Life-long city man promotes vocations from inner city
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T Royal E. (Gene) Brown believes in commitment. Although he is a vice president of treasury services for Independence Blue Cross, where he has been employed for 34 years, and could live anywhere he wants, he’s still committed to his South Philadelphia neighborhood of birth and St. Charles Borromeo Parish. […]
Mass obligations for Christmas, Saturday, Dec. 25
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer Christmas Day, Dec. 25, falls on a Saturday this year. Catholics fulfill the holy day of obligation for Christmas, the commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ, at Christmas Eve vigil Masses (no earlier than 4 p.m.) and at any Masses celebrated on Christmas Day. Christmas is a holy […]
Local author adapts Narnia book to play
Web ExclusiveBy Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T As the third installment of C.S. Lewis’s children’s series “The Chronicles of Narnia, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader” hits theaters, it is worth mentioning that the first volume published, “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” was acted on the stage in 1985, 20 years before that […]
Narnia: ‘The Voyage of the Dawn Treader’
By Bill DonaghyCatholic Currents Narnia … the very word holds a power over countless readers. With it comes a thirst for adventure, a return to youth, and a longing to peer over the world’s edge into “Aslan’s Country.” Now with the release of the third film based on the Narnia series, “The Voyage of the […]
Cardinal Rigali creates advisory cabinet
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T The nearly completed archdiocesan Capital Campaign has successfully garnered more than $200 million in gifts and pledges to assist the Archdiocese into the future in its various ministries. In addition to much-needed funding it has served to increase awareness of these ministries and galvanize community leaders to become more […]
‘Whose birthday is it anyway?’
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T Face it, the idea that Advent is not just a time to serially light four pretty candles but a season of prayer and preparation is foreign to a good many people. At West Philadelphia Catholic High School, where 85 percent of the student population is not Catholic, it is […]
Midnight Mass celebrated across Archdiocese
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer Midnight Mass at Christmas is a cherished tradition of the Catholic Church. In the Philadelphia Archdiocese, Midnight Mass is definitely not a practice of the past. Numerous parishes celebrate Mass at Midnight on Dec. 25. “Traditionally, the Church celebrated the Solemnity of the Nativity of our Lord with Masses […]
La Salle falls to North Allegheny in AAAA state final
Five turnovers. No matter how good a football team is, it can’t get away with that many mistakes. Proving that they are indeed human, La Salle gave away five possessions and fell to North Allegheny 21-0, in the PIAA Class AAAA championship Saturday at Hersheypark Stadium. The loss severed the defending state champions’ 12-game winning […]