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More than sports energize Ferrari
By John KnebelsSports columnist If there are some eighth-graders out there who aren’t sure how to handle their upcoming high school years, they may want to take a cue from Maria Ferrari. A senior at Villa Maria Academy High School in Malvern, Ferrari has fully immersed herself in countless activities and advises perennial high school […]
Football stars shine already by Week 4
By John KnebelsSports Columnist Fall sports are approximately one-third finished. Talk about time flying …. But one team that isn’t in any particular hurry to move the football season along at a frenetic pace is Bishop Shanahan High School in Downingtown. On Saturday afternoon against Ches-Mont League’s Avon Grove, the Eagles avenged a 52-0 loss […]
St. Hilary students Zumba
RYDAL – Students in kindergarten through eighth grades at St. Hilary School in Rydal kicked off their yearly wellness program with Zumba lessons in the school yard Sept. 22. “Zumba is basically aerobic moves set to Latin music,” said Ellen Romano, a Zumba instructor who led children and faculty in the exhilarating workout. In addition, […]
Holy Child Academy receives grant from Connelly Foundation
Drexel Hill – Holy Child Academy received a $15,000 grant from the Connelly Foundation Sept. 24 to advance the school’s mission of providing a competitive academic program and to help the school continue implementing Web 2.0 technology. The awarded grant is restricted to purchase Dell netbooks for the middle school.“With this grant we will be […]
Ryan volleyball team to raise money for Autism
PHILADELPHIA – The girls’ volleyball team at Archbishop Ryan High School will be hosting Bishop McDevitt for a league match Sept. 28 at 5:30 p.m. with a special emphasis. The team will be raising money for Autism.“I was really impressed that they chose this cause,” said head coach Nora Kramer. “I strongly believe in the […]
Renovation turns past into present
St. Bede the Venerable Parish reaches out to Most Blessed Sacrament’s parishioners – through art By Elizabeth FisherSpecial to the CS&T HOLLAND – When the renovations at St. Bede the Venerable Church in Holland are completed sometime next year, John Kraft will feel right at home. That’s because many of the religious artifacts that adorned […]
St. Martin of Tours rings in 125 years
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T NEW HOPE – Cardinal Justin Rigali celebrated a 125th anniversary Mass at St. Martin of Tours Parish in New Hope Sept. 18, but Catholic roots in the quaint Bucks County Delaware River town go back to the 1740s, although not numerous enough to warrant church or chapel. In 1837 […]
Catholic groups react to spike in poverty rate
By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) – Catholic organizations expressed dismay over the Sept. 16 announcement from the U.S. Census Bureau that the number of Americans living in poverty in 2009 rose to 43.6 million, or 14.3 percent of the population. The data also showed that more than a quarter of Hispanics and African-Americans lived […]
New archdiocesan high school dedicated, blessed
Click here to see a gallery of photos of the dedication. By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer UPPER PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP – Cardinal Justin Rigali dedicated the new, $65 million, state-of-the-art Pope John Paul II High School in Upper Providence Township, central Montgomery County, Sunday, Sept. 19. “Be not afraid to seek the splendor of truth […]
In every season, ‘to love and cherish’
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T “…In sickness and in health, to love and to cherish until death do us part.” For those who take their marriage vows seriously, this isn’t a quaint phrase in a ritual, it is a commitment for life, no matter what. John and Nancy Pizzi of St. Bede Parish, Holland, […]