People and Events

Jumping for Japan

The Peace Partners in first, second, third, and fourth grade in St. Eugene School in Primos will have people sponsor them as they Jump for Japan. Each student will collect $.25 from sponsors each day they jump. Student will be jumping with their Peace Partner at lunch recess time beginning March 27th and ending April […]

Praying for the missions

Students at Sacred Heart School in Oxford join thousands of Holy Childhood Association members in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and across the United States in prayer for children in the missions during HCA’s National Prayer Week, the week of March 13.

St. Mary Magdalen CYO basketball teams shoot for a cure against cancer

MEDIA — St. Mary Magdalen’s CYO basketball teams recently hosted basketball games and fundraising activities to raise money for the Philadelphia-area Coaches vs. Cancer Program. The second annual St. Mary Magdalen Coaches vs. Cancer basketball weekend raised $6,850, which benefits cancer patients and their families across the Philadelphia region. In just two years, St. Mary […]

Tracking hurricanes at Our Lady of Ransom

Students at Our Lady of Ransom School track a hurricane as part of an e-Mission transmitted from the Challenger Learning Center at Wheeling Jesuit University. The sixth graders functioned as meteorologists, forecast specialists, zone projectors, team recorders and ETAs for the estimated time arrivals of their respective hurricanes.Students tracked and conveyed information via netbooks and […]

Medical reasons prevent SJU’s president-elect from assuming office

PHILADELPHIA – St. Joseph’s University announced March 10 that Jesuit Father Joseph O’Keefe, S.J., will be unable to assume the presidency of the university after a routine medical examination revealed some serious medical issues.St. Joseph’s board of trustees elected Father O’Keefe as St. Joseph’s 27th president earlier this year, on Jan. 24, following a nationwide […]

Flying carpet lands in North Wales

NORTH WALES — St. Rose of Lima School students will be performing “Aladdin Jr.” at 7 p.m. March 4 and at 2 and 7 p.m. March 5. The musical, adapted from the Disney film “Aladdin,” is directed by Elizabeth Cascarelli. For more information and ticket prices visit the school’s web site www.srolnwales.com

St. Denis wins Neumann-Goretti tournament

St. Denis School’s seventh and eighth grade boys varsity team, coached by Michael Clinton, Bill Clinton and Matt DiGirolamo, recently captured the championship in the St. John Neumann-St. Maria Goretti tournament.

Women’s Day event slated for Ukraininan Catholics

PHILADELPHIA — the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia, in partnership with the Sisters of the Order of St. Basil the Great, the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate, and the Missionary Sisters of the Mother of God will sponsor a special Women’s Day event March 26 which will be held at the Ukrainian Catholic Immaculate Conception […]

And the “oscar” goes to…

QUAKERTOWN – The gym of St. Isidore School was transformed Feb. 12 for the Daddy/Daughter Dance. This year’s theme was “A Night In Hollywood” – complete with paparazzi, red carpet, and statues for all the winners. A mother/son mixer will be held at the school March 6.

In West Chester: sharing and caring for the community

WEST CHESTER — “Share the Warmth” community service project was recently completed by the SS. Simon and Jude School Student Council and PeacePals Committee. Students encouraged everyone in the school to bring in gently used hats, scarves, and gloves and they donated them to the St. Agnes Day Room in the Borough of West Chester. […]