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Teacher takes strides to provide tuition assistance
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T When Tom O’Leary decides to run a marathon, he goes an extra mile. Make that extra miles. On Sunday, April 10, O’Leary, a religion teacher at Archbishop Ryan High School, ran 40 miles solo, 14 miles longer than the standard marathon, weaving his way in and out of the […]
Zolk chooses University of North Carolina
John KnebelsSports Columnist You could write a book about the countless great baseball players that have graced the Catholic League with their amazing talents. Name the first five or 10 who come to mind, and prepare to offend the next five or 10 who didn’t. This spring is about a quarter of the way finished, […]
Catholic artist passes: Robert McGovern carved a lifetime of religious artwork
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T Robert F. McGovern, 78, a professor emeritus of the University of the Arts, especially noted for his religious artwork, died April 13. So vast a number of McGovern’s woodcarvings, sculptures, wood and linoleum cuts, paintings and watercolors adorn churches, institutions and major museums in the Philadelphia Archdiocese and across […]
Baking bread at St. Agnes School
WEST CHESTER — Thanks to a grant received from the King Arthur Flour Company, St.Agnes students attended a Life Skills assembly on April 12 and learned how to bake bread — from scratch. According to the Vermont-based company, which has delivered their Life Skills Bread Breaking Program to 120,000 other school students elsewhere, baking is […]
Fulfilling needs beyond food
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T When Sister Barbara Tickner, I.H.M., who is now 75, was age 18 and deciding which religious congregation she would enter, it was a no-brainer. Born and raised in Manayunk, the daughter of Alice and Francis Tickner, she attended St. John the Baptist School, as did her sisters, Marie and […]
Palestinian and Israeli men speak of peace
By Jim GaugerSpecial to The CS&T PHILADELPHIA – There were a handful of people sitting in the Bellarmine Hall classroom at St. Joseph’s University on a rainy April day. Outside, students, some dressed for the bad weather and others distressingly not, were hurrying to appointed rounds through the heavy rain. Busy, busy, busy. Inside Room […]
Investigator sees her Catholicism as asset
By John GillespieSpecial to The CS&T A week ago Friday former child sexual abuse prosecutor Gina Maisto Smith was in Virginia, lecturing to more than 200 college and university administrators at the National Forum on Campus Sexual Misconduct. On Tuesday she said goodbye to her students in her trial advocacy class at Penn Law School. […]
Boundless faith amid trial of migration
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T There were people from literally dozens of nationalities filling the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul on April 10 as Cardinal Justin Rigali celebrated the annual Mass for National Migration Week. Most had come to America presumably to seek a better life. This certainly includes Juwlie Karluah and […]
Cardinal O’Hara pitcher stays in control
O’Hara defeats Roman, 4-0 John KnebelsSports Columnist As pitching performances go, this one was memorable. Very memorable. Against a formidable lineup at a venue with a deserved reputation for offensive shenanigans that wreak havoc on a pitcher’s earned-run average, Cardinal O’Hara senior Jeff O’Reilly led the visiting Lions to a 4-0 victory over Roman Catholic […]
Lenten reflection: Our hope is not in vain
By Carmina M. ChappSpecial to The CS&T “And now, Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in thee.” (Ps. 39:7) Imagine the hope that was necessary for that day, the day Jesus was taken down from the cross and laid in the tomb. The disciples had hoped for the salvation of Israel and […]