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O’Hara takes back PCL volleyball title
John KnebelsSpecial to The CS&T When she entered the gymnasium at Cabrini College Nov. 1, Steph Johnson immediately began feeling a little bit uncomfortable. One year earlier, she and her teammates from Cardinal O’Hara High School had lost the Catholic League volleyball championship to Archbishop Wood on the same court. It wasn’t only the losing […]
Sharing others’ sorrow is privilege
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer CHELTENHAM – Annette Foley, the bereavement ministry coordinator at Presentation B.V.M. Parish in Cheltenham, contemplates the crucifixion as she consoles those who are grieving. “As a Catholic, I look at the crucifixion and the promises of Jesus,” she said. “I know that what He suffered for us was not […]
Lansdale Catholic’s sights set on CL Championship
John KnebelsSpecial to The CS&T Watch Megan Poiesz with the ball. Now watch the ball find the back of the net. Time and again, two things happen when attending a Lansdale Catholic girls’ soccer game. One, the Crusaders win. The other, Poiesz scores a goal. Or two. Or three. “It takes a lot more than […]
Catholic Academies’ rivals battle in pre-playoff squeaker
John KnebelsSpecial to The CS&T BENSALEM – All year long, Villa Joseph Marie deep down felt that it was the best team in the rugged Catholic Academies League. Then again, the Jems felt that way last year, too, but it didn’t prevent them from losing to Villa Maria Academy in the championship. On Friday night […]
West claims fourth straight spanision title
Catholic League football roundup John KnebelsSpecial to The CS&T Bonner 49, Judge 17Before Monsignor Bonner’s contest with Father Judge, several senior Friars were talking about avenging last year’s 37-0 loss. Consider it avenged. With Eric Petransky enjoying a career performance behind a dominating offensive line, the Friars emerged with a stunning 49-17 victory. The senior […]
Gwynedd-Mercy’s nursing school marks 50 years
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T GWYNEDD VALLEY – It’s been 50 years since Gwynedd-Mercy College, then a little junior college founded during the Great Depression, formally established its school of nursing, with Sister of Mercy Mary Fenton Joseph FitzPatrick as the founding chair. With 7,000 alumni and 524 current students, the nursing program has […]
Crunch time nears for health reform
Hurdles, especially abortion, remain for Catholics By Nancy Frazier O’BrienCatholic News Service WASHINGTON – The push is on to get a health reform bill through Congress, and some longtime Catholic supporters of a more accessible and affordable American health system are hoping they are not going to have to push back. In both the House […]
Support group forms for survivors of clergy sexual abuse
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer A support group for adult survivors of clergy sexual abuse begins next month through a collaboration between the Victim Assistance Program of the Philadelphia Archdiocese and the Network of Victim Assistance (NOVA) in Bucks County. The 10-week sessions, held Tuesdays from 7 to 9 p.m., begin Nov. 10. All […]
Local men’s group holds anti-pornography action
By Jim GaugerSpecial to The CS&T When Damian Wargo, who cofounded the King’s Men organization with Mark Houck in 2006, learned that the group Morality in Media was planning a week to take action against pornography he decided to take the information campaign to the streets of Philadelphia. More accurately, to the west side of […]
Bright future, good plan
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to the CS&T SOUTHAMPTON – Pope Pius XII said it best: “The soul of education is the education of the soul.” Father Anthony J. D’Angelico, pastor of Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish, Southampton, used this apt quote from Pope Pius during an Oct. 20 strategic planning meeting for education in the […]