Although the Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) Cross Country season is completed, the action has not stopped for the teams, their coaches and alumni. CYO was well represented at this year’s N.Y.C. Marathon that traversed through the five boroughs on Nov. 3. Coaches were led by Jim Lunny of St. Francis de Sales in 3:25 and Jim Cappiello […]
Author: Jim Mancari
St. John’s Prep Soccer Wins ‘A’ Title
The St. John’s Prep, Astoria, varsity soccer team captured the CHSAA Brooklyn/Queens ‘A’ division soccer championship, 3-1, over Bishop Ford H.S., Park Slope, at Coffee Field on the campus of Fordham University, the Bronx. John Yavaldakis, Gabriel Restaino and Jared Daly scored goals for the Red Storm. At halftime of the contest, four members of […]
St. Francis Prep Wins State Volleyball Crown
The St. Francis Prep, Fresh Meadows, varsity volleyball team won this year’s GCHSAA state volleyball tournament on Nov. 8. The team went 5-1 in pool play, which helped them earn the No. 1 seed for the semifinal match. The L’il Terriers went 2-0 against John F. Kennedy Catholic H.S., Somers, N.Y., winning 25-18 and 25-22. […]
McClancy Boys Win Soccer City Title
On Saturday Nov. 9, the Msgr. McClancy M.H.S., East Elmhurst, varsity boys’ soccer team captured the N.Y.C. “A” division championship by defeating John F. Kennedy Catholic H.S., Somers, N.Y., 2-1 at Fordham University, the Bronx. Both teams won their respective divisions, and it was a highly-anticipated matchup between the two No. 1 seeded teams. The […]
Pro Sanctity Provides Daily Call to Holiness
Not everyone will be canonized a saint. In fact, a miniscule portion of Catholics are beatified let alone canonized. However, all baptized persons are called by God to be saints in their daily lives, and that is the message of the Pro Sanctity Movement, a worldwide movement rooted in the Catholic faith and dedicated to […]
Women See Church as Open to Inclusiveness
After private meetings with prefects of Vatican congregations and presidents of pontifical councils in late October, six Catholic women philanthropists came away hopeful and encouraged, because they felt an openness to including more women in advisory and other roles in the Catholic Church. Kerry Robinson, executive director of the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management, […]
Bullying: Incident in NFL Raises Awareness in Local High Schools
Turn on any television news program, read any newspaper, or follow any online blog, and you’ll surely find some sort of commentary on one of the lead stories in America right now: the Miami Dolphins’ bullying scandal. Though various reports have surfaced, the main premise involves the incessant harassment and hazing of Dolphins’ offensive tackle […]
Local Baseball Star to Host Winter Clinic
As football season continues this autumn, for some it’s still always baseball season. Even as the weather begins to get colder, there will undoubtedly be traces of baseball being played in the city this winter. And we have Anthony Iapoce to thank for that. Iapoce, who grew up playing Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) basketball and […]
Local Teams Emerge as CYO Soccer Champions
The 2013 Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) soccer season wrapped up with back-to-back weekends of championship games. Listed below are the results from those games: Girls’ Midget Our Lady of Hope, Middle Village, defeated St. Francis de Sales, Belle Harbor: 1-0. Girls’ Pee Wee Blessed Trinity, Breezy Point, defeated St. Francis de Sales: 1-0 Girls’ Novice […]
Evening of Musical Praise To the Blessed Mother
Choirs from St. Joseph’s Seminary, Dunwoodie, N.Y., and St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary, Crestwood, N.Y., will jointly present an a cappella concert titled “Magnificat: Hymns to the Mother of God from the East and West,” Nov. 25, 7:30 p.m. at St. Jean Baptiste Church, 184 East 76th Street in Manhattan. Tickets are $25 each and […]