Though maybe it wasn’t as hyped as the epic LeBron James “decision” to join the Miami Heat in the summer of 2010, Christ the King R.H.S., Middle Village, senior basketball guard Jon Severe has finally made his college decision. He will be staying right here in New York City as he chose to play this […]
Our Lady of Hope Pre-K Welcomes Pope Francis “Habemus papam!” was the expression learned by the pre-kindergarten class at Our Lady of Hope School, Middle Village, as they celebrated the election of Pope Francis by creating their own white paper miters with the words: “God Bless Pope Francis,” under the direction of their teacher, Jennifer Basandella, […]
Before this year’s ‘AA’ City Championship, seniors from the CHSAA had one last chance to showcase their basketball skills in the senior classic games played at Fordham University, the Bronx. The Brooklyn and Queens schools were well represented. In a nice sendoff, the five seniors from Archbishop Molloy H.S., Briarwood, selected to the game had […]
The only thing better than one “Samson” is two “Samson’s.” Nazareth R.H.S., East Flatbush, juniors Samson Usilo and Samson Akilo led the Kingsmen to a 46-41 victory over Cardinal Spellman H.S., the Bronx, to capture the CHSAA Class ‘A’ city championship, played at the historic Rose Hill Gymnasium on the campus of Fordham University, the […]
James Francis O’Donnell, 85, of Flushing, writer, politician, and financial consultant, died Feb. 3 at Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich, Conn., surrounded by family and friends. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Feb. 9 at Mary’s Nativity Church, Flushing. Born at St. Mary’s Hospital, Brooklyn, he attended All Hallows H.S., the Bronx, and Fordham University, where […]
Father Thomas Green, S.J., 83, died on Dec. 26, 2012, at Murray-Weigel Hall, Bronx. He was a Jesuit for 64 years and a priest for 51 years. Born in Jersey City, N.J., he attended St. Peter’s Prep and entered the Jesuit novitiate of St. Andrew-on-Hudson in Poughkeepsie in 1948. Following first vows, he studied philosophy at […]
Father Vincent M. Novak, S.J., famed Jesuit religious educator and the first dean of Fordham University’s Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education, died Aug. 6 at Moses Montefiore Hospital, the Bronx. A Jesuit for 69 years, he had celebrated his 88th birthday just three days earlier. Born in Jersey City, N.J., he attended Xavier […]
A funeral Mass was celebrated July 26 for Jesuit Father Vincent T. O’Keefe, who was the 27th president of the Fordham University, at St. Ignatius Loyola Church in Manhattan. Father O’Keefe, who headed the Jesuit-run university from 1963 until 1965, died July 22 after a long illness. He was 92. Burial was at the Jesuit […]
