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For love of the shepherd
Cardinal Rigali marks 25 years as bishop with a Mass filled with friends and his family of faith By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA – Cardinal Justin Rigali celebrated the silver jubilee of his ordination to the episcopacy with a Mass of thanksgiving on the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Tuesday, […]
High school football season kicks off
By John KnebelsSports columnist La Salle College High School wasn’t only the top team in the Catholic League last year. The Explorers were the top team in the state. Their only stumble during an unbelievable 14-1 run was against rival St. Joseph’s Prep, which they later defeated in the league title game. So what now? […]
Running for more than fitness
By Elizabeth FisherSpecial to The CS&T PHILADELPHIA – The last decade of the 20th century took a toll on Helene Neville. In 1991, she underwent treatment for lymphoma. Then the cancer spread to her brain. By 1997, the Havertown native who now resides in Phoenix, Ariz., had endured three brain operations. As a nurse, Neville […]
Pope’s visit to U.K.
Highlights from Pope Benedict XVI’s speech to Queen Elizabeth II at Holyroodhouse Palace
Holy Child Academy receives grant
DREXEL HILL – Holy Child Academy received a $5,000 grant from the Ethel Sergeant Clark Smith Memorial Fund to support its continued field house renovations. The grant money will be used to purchase and install new bleachers. As an anchor in the Upper Darby community, the field house is one of the most utilized areas […]
Devon Prep students hold school supplies drive
DEVON – Throughout the summer Devon Prep’s Christian Action Program collected over 4,300 school supplies for St. Elizabeth’s Community Center in North Philadelphia. The items, such as notebooks, pencils, crayons, pens, folders and backpacks, helped nearly 200 needy families.
New faculty Join Holy Child Academy
Drexel Hill – Holy Child Academy welcomed two new faculty members this fall, first grade teacher Nancy Menno and reading teacher Lauren Gallagher. Menno most recently she taught at St. James School in Elkins Park, which closed in June. Gallagher most recently worked in the Upper Darby School District.“We’ve experienced a lot of change at […]
Devon Prep Students return to campus changes
DEVON – When Devon Preparatory School students arrived on campus for the first day of school on Sept. 1, they were greeted by new faculty members and saw campus construction. Father James J. Shea, Sch.P., headmaster, served as the principal celebrant for opening day Mass and welcomed new faculty including: class of 1994 alumnus Mark […]
St. Luke goes ‘back to school’ for the 90th time
GLENSIDE – St. Luke the Evangelist School in Glenside opens its doors this fall for the 90th year Sept. 8. It welcomed 35 new kindergartners and 15 new students in grades one through eight, bringing enrollment to 340 students, the highest in the last several years. Sister William Adele, S.S.J., the principal, said that the […]
Holy Child Academy hosts religious education lecture series
DREXEL HILL – Holy Child Academy will host the second and third sessions of its three-part adult religious education series in October and February 2011. Father Stephen D. Thorne, director of the archdiocesan Office for Black Catholics, will lead “The Liturgy of the Word” Oct. 20 and “The Liturgy of the Eucharist” Feb. 28, 2011, […]