The following CHSAA boys’ high school basketball teams won league titles this season.
Month: March 2018
Colombian Bishops Seek More Help for Venezuelan Refugees
Bishops in Colombia are calling on officials, parishes and the international community to increase efforts to help Venezuelan migrants, who are leaving their country at the rate of at least 50,000 people per month.
St. Francis’ Pontificate By the Numbers
In just five years as leader of the universal church, Pope Francis has made 22 international trips, traveling 154,906 miles – the equivalent of six times around the world.
Naturalization Workshop For Green Card Holders
In celebration of Immigrant Heritage Week, Catholic Migration Services and its sponsoring partners will host a naturalization workshop this spring.
Cardinal Dolan Hopes Supreme Court Will Uphold Free Speech
The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities said March 20 that he prayed the Supreme Court would “do the right thing and uphold our fundamental right to free speech” when it decides a case examining freedom of speech at crisis pregnancy centers.
Engaging Hispanic Youth, Eliminating Segregation Are Goals of Encuentro
Dr. Hosffman Ospino, one of the U.S. Church’s leading experts on Hispanic Catholics who is deeply involved in the Fifth National Encuentro for Hispanic Ministry, says the rest of the country must harness the potential of Hispanic Catholics or risk losing the future of the U.S. Church.
Flushing Italians Honor ‘Most Popular Saint’
In anticipation of his March 19 feast day, St. Mel’s parish honored “the most popular saint of the world” – St. Joseph. Auxiliary Bishop Raymond Chappetto was the main celebrant of a Mass in Italian at the parish March 16.
Praying For Safety
March 14, one month after the deadly shooting in Parkland, Fla., students around the country walked out of their classrooms as part of a nationwide school protest demanding an end to gun violence and school shootings.
College Women ‘Discern Life’ On Alternate Spring Break
As an alternative to a traditional spring break, college women from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, spent a week in New York working with and learning from religious sisters.
Local Parishes Offer Unique Opportunities for Holy Week
Holy Week is the most dramatic time of the year when it comes to the Church’s liturgy. During this upcoming week, we celebrate the essence of our faith – the passion, death and Resurrection of Jesus.