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New teaching program benefits nine city schools
Alliance for Catholic Education at St. Joe’s U.By Jim GaugerSpecial to The CS&T How can we interest young college students to consider teaching in today’s Catholic schools? Well, if your name is Jesuit Father Daniel R. J. Joyce you do it with an ambitious program named the Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) at St. Joseph’s […]
Operation Santa Claus revs up
Christmas charity drive needs volunteersBy Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer Ribbons and scissors, reams of wrapping paper and rolls of tape will soon stock the headquarters of Operation Santa Claus, the annual children’s Christmas charity drive sponsored by the archdiocesan Office for Youth and Young Adults (OYYA). The goal of the drive, now in its […]
North alumni committed to Catholic education
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T Tyler Rutledge is a freshman at De Sales University in Center Valley, Pa.; Sarah Rzepczynski is a freshman at St. Hubert High School for Girls in Northeast Philadelphia; Emily Coleman is in sixth grade at St. Martin of Tours School in Philadelphia. All three are receiving Catholic education, at […]
Big gift sends 100 to Catholic schools
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA — Christmas came early for 100 children who, before Thanksgiving, could only have dreamed about attending a Catholic elementary school in the Philadelphia Archdiocese. Their Christmas miracle came in the form of a $750,000 scholarship bequest from the late Robert C. Dunn of Our Mother of Good Counsel […]
Twins spread joy, help Santa
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer One is more efficient when sorting presents, the other is a better gift wrapper, but twins Andrew and Nicholas Shafer are both equally enthused when it comes to making sure all kids receive a Christmas gift. The 18-year-old seniors from La Salle College High School in Wyndmoor, Montgomery County, […]
La Salle, West to compete for state titles
By John KnebelsSports Columnist Back on Sept. 17, La Salle and West Catholic competed in a nonleague football game with nothing on the line. Both teams were just trying to stay healthy and improve their play as the Catholic League spanision schedule beckoned a few weeks later. After the Explorers edged the Burrs 14-7, players […]
South Korean priests criticize North Korean shelling
By Catholic News Service INCHEON, South Korea (CNS) – A South Korean chancellor whose diocese was affected by the recent North Korean military provocation criticized the aggression and expressed concern for local residents.{{more}} “The relationship between the North and the South worsened under the current South Korean government,” Father John Kim Yong-hwan, chancellor of Incheon, […]
SS. Peter and Paul School celebrates 10 years
WEST CHESTER – The parents, educators, parishioners and community members of SS. Peter and Paul Parish in West Chester gathered Nov. 12 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the parish school and religious education center.The school officially opened in September 2001 with classes for students in pre-school, kindergarten and grades one through three. At the […]
Pope, cardinals discuss topics from religious freedom to sex abuse
By Cindy WoodenCatholic News Service VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI and close to 150 top prelates — members of the College of Cardinals and the 24 Churchmen who were about to join their ranks — met for a day of prayer and reflection on topics ranging from religious freedom to the clerical sex abuse […]
Video violence: The only game in town
By Elizabeth FisherSpecial to the CS&T LEVITTOWN – In the stark mountains of “Afghanistan” a platoon of special ops soldiers is ambushed by Taliban fighters. The “good guys” take cover and fire back. Casualties mount on both sides. Intense combat goes on for hours before a winner is declared. The battleground doesn’t have to be […]