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St. Joe’s Prep names Infante new football coach
PHILADELPHIA – St. Joseph’s Prep named Gabe Infante as its new head football coach May 3. Infante served as head coach at Paramus Catholic High School in the Archdiocese of Newark, N.J., for the past two seasons after two years as defensive coordinator at Bergen Catholic High School, also in New Jersey. “Our search committee […]
10 kids, 65 years later, still full of faith
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T ARDLSEY – It wasn’t the best of times when Al Hindel and Mary Carr married in 1945. The war against Germany was winding down, but things were heating up on the Japanese front. Al was a Navy man (second class storekeeper) who’d just finished a tour at a base […]
Catholic Charities Appeal ready to kick off
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer May 2 is Catholic Charities Appeal Sunday, the annual springtime fund-raiser that supports social service and special education programs sponsored by the Philadelphia Archdiocese. Second collections will be taken up in all 267 parishes of the Archdiocese at weekend Masses May 1-2 for the benefit of the appeal. This […]
Faith carried him
From near death to health, from Vietnam to Philadelphia, Father Vincent Tung The Pham’s journey has been buoyed by God By Lou BaldwinSpecial to the CS&T PHILADELPHIA – According to the records Father Vincent Tung The Pham, parochial vicar at Holy Innocents Parish, was born in North Vietnam Dec. 25, 1949. It’s quite an honor […]
Program discusses sexting, texting, Internet abuse
By Jim GaugerSpecial to The CS&T WEST CHESTER – Sister Margaret Rose Adams, I.H.M., principal of SS. Simon and Jude School in West Chester, feels pretty comfortable around technology. “I thought I was ahead of the curve,” she said, “but the children are so far beyond us.” Today’s newspaper headlines and television reports bring us […]
Camp helps answer ‘Where are you going?’
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer JAMISON – Hiking and fishing, a ropes course and the rosary, campfire, confession, Mass and much more are in store for high school boys between the ages of 14 and 18 who attend Quo Vadis Days May 28-31 at the Diamond Ridge Camp and Conference Center in Jamison, Central […]
Honoring a ‘priestmaking’ tradition
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T WYNCOTE – How better for a school to observe the Year of the Priest than to invite priest-alumni back for a concelebrated Mass? That’s what La Salle College High School did April 22. Auxiliary Bishop Daniel E. Thomas was the principal celebrant joined by 10 priest-alumni in concelebration. Especially […]
Athletes at Penn Relays make memories for life
By John KnebelsCS&T sports columnist No track meet contains more allure than the esteemed Penn Relays. Since 1895, some of the world’s fastest runners and strongest athletes have gathered together at the University of Pennsylvania with hopes of acquiring some hardware in the form of a gold, silver or bronze medal. Last week, many of […]
North Catholic hurler aims to top dad’s epic win
John KnebelsSports Columnist As the days wind down toward the end of North Catholic’s physical existence, the Falcons’ baseball team is doing its best to help maintain a level of spirited excitement for the student body. At 3-3 in the Catholic League Red spanision, North isn’t exactly a shoe-in to make the playoffs a few […]
A Seuss extravaganza at St. David School
WILLOW GROVE – State Rep. Tom Murt (R-Montgomery/Philadelphia) reads Dr. Seuss books to students in pre-K through second grade at St. David School in Willow Grove, along with students from the school’s Our Lady of Confidence day program. Murt, an Archbishop Wood grad, is also a religious education teacher at the school. Teachers cooked a […]