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Softball, lacrosse teams compete in state tourneys
By John Knebels Talk about making some major noise in your first concert. In its first-ever school year, Royersford’s Pope John Paul II High School managed to reach the state tournament and then win a game. That – and not their subsequent quarterfinal loss to undefeated Valley View in the second round – is what […]
DARE graduation at SS. Simon & Jude School
West Chester –SS. Simon and Jude school’s fifth grade students, pictured with Officer Michael Meiswich from the Westtown East Goshen Police Department, celebrated D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) Graduation on June 13. Weekly discussions during the school year included the effects of tobacco, marijuana, and alcohol. However, D.A.R.E. is more than just drug prevention education; […]
Catholic League players vie for Carpenter Cup
Annual Baseball ClassicJohn KnebelsSports Columnist The 26th annual Carpenter Cup Classic is under way. The 16-team tournament, which commenced June 13 and will conclude at Citizens Bank Park June 20-21, is comprised of high school all-stars from the tri-state area. The Catholic League roster suggests that it will take quite a squad to overtake the […]
Shedding light on the vulnerable
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to the CS&T You don’t have to be a Missionary Sister of the Sacred Heart to be a true daughter of St. Frances Cabrini. Take Danielle Alio, a senior at Cabrini College in Radnor, which was founded by the Sacred Heart Sisters, a congregation established by Mother Cabrini, the United States’ first […]
Resilient Saints snag baseball title
By John KnebelsSports Columnist Borrowing a theme from Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” Neumann-Goretti High School’ s baseball team was at one point dead as a doornail. Dead. Finished. Kaput. So how is it that Neumann-Goretti was able to capture its second Catholic League baseball title in three years by edging Monsignor Bonner, 3-1, in […]
Prep savors lacrosse championship win
John KnebelsSports Columnist Patience being a virtue, St. Joseph’s Prep lacrosse fans probably have earned some major purgatory points over the past several years. The goal? Win a Catholic League championship. The method? Find a way to defeat perennial champion and uber-rival juggernaut La Salle High School. The Prep’s faith was rewarded on a hot […]
A modern miracle of fishes and rice
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to the CS&T Should you ever visit the deceptively beautiful Republic of Haiti on the western third of the Caribbean Island of Hispaniola, and stray beyond the few tourist enclaves or walled compounds of the privileged class, you will encounter unspeakable poverty. If you don’t come away without at least a twinge […]
At St. Mary of the Assumption, a sign of healing
Manayunk parishioners listen, console victim of sexual abuse By John T. GillespieSpecial to the CS&T In an unusual and cathartic exchange, members of St. Mary of the Assumption Parish in Philadelphia’s Manayunk section rallied around a fellow parishioner suffering from abuse by a priest more than 40 years ago. The victim, Joseph Scharff, was 15 […]
Low enrollment impacts two Delco schools
CS&T Staff Report Due to extremely low projected school enrollment, parents of two Delaware County parish grade schools learned June 7 that the schools will not reopen in the fall. At Our Lady of Charity School in Brookhaven and St. Philomena School in Lansdowne, 89 and 88 students respectively are re-registered for the new school […]
New director of child protection hired
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T Cardinal Justin Rigali has announced the hiring of Leslie J. Davila as the new director of the archdiocesan Office for Child and Youth Protection. She has 15 years experience in the field of victim services, including, since 1999, assistant director and a victim assistance coordinator in the Philadelphia District […]