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Philippines’ U-16 team bared Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 1:41AMNokia RP Under-16 Youth team coach Eric Altamirano on Monday announced the members of the 24-man national pool from which a team will be formed for the Southeast Asian Basketball Association (SEABA) youth tournament set this July.
Wild finish in Lahug football Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 1:41AMThe Abellana National School-Pomeroy Team B brought home two titles at the end of the football frenzy over the weekend in the 2nd Lahug Football Festival Mary Anne delos Santos Football Kap at the University of Southern Philippines Foundation football field along Salinas Drive in Lahug.
Sat,03 Jan 2009 Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 10:14AMCOMMENT ON THIS ! Your Views! I would like to think that I would have made a swell monk were it not for some shortcomings in my personality.
Lyman Hall handles Prep easily Dempsey (19 points) leads 5-1 Trojans past Jesuits Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 3:31AMWALLINGFORD — The Lyman Hall boys’ basketball team is in the midst of the stretch head coach Mike Conner pointed to in the off-season to find out how good his Trojans could be this season.
Cleveland missionary celebrates 50 years in Nepal Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 7:57PM JAWALAKHEL, NEPAL -- In a country about as far from Cleveland as one can get on earth, a Jesuit priest has marked an incredible milestone of dedication and service.
Old and new Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 4:20PMFunny how we celebrate the new with the old, best represented by the mad exodus of people back to one’s hometown, or family home (called “lao jia,” meaning old home in Chinese) to spend New Year’s.
Music City Bowl Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 11:53PMWhen: Today, 3:30 p.m. Where: LP Field, Nashville, Tenn.
Notre Dame Pierced By Prep Tuesday, December 30, 2008 @ 5:29PMIt was evident that they still are two of the premier hockey teams in Connecticut. It also was evident that it is early in the season and that the Fairfield Prep and Notre Dame teams are a little rough around the edges.
Pissed reactions Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 4:15PMFurious readers reacted to “Country of madmen.” (Viewpoint, 12/23/08) Just three letters sprawl through 11,363 characters with spaces.
20 Region 7 cagers make Jr. NBA camp Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 12:10AMThe two-day Jr. National Basketball Association (NBA) regional selection camp held at the Sacred Heart School-Jesuits (SHS-J) courts culminated on Sunday with the selection of the top 20 aspiring candidates for the National Training Camp.
Message in a bottle and mdash; from Rockport to Portugal Sunday, December 28, 2008 @ 10:04PM11The message she learned from the experience that she wants to share with others is to always be aware of human bonds. "Be open to beauty and mystery and connections among people," said Chace, who earned a Master of Theological Studies a decade ago when she was 54.
Obituary: Cardinal Avery Dulles Sunday, December 28, 2008 @ 5:43PM There are, in Catholicism, two sorts of cardinals. By far the largest group consists of those who are steadily promoted through the ranks of the hierarchy to receive their "red hat" and the chance to join the electoral college, which chooses the next pope. Then there is the handful of others who are named as cardinals in recognition of their extraordinary contribution over a lifetime to the ...
Jr. NBA camp draws 200 Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 4:25PMDespite several schedule changes, the Junior National Basketball Association (NBA) regional selection camp kicked off yesterday, gathering 200 athletes from around the region at the Sacred Heart School-Jesuits (SHS-J) basketball courts along Mango Avenue.
Truth and politics Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 1:49PMHarold Pinter, winner of the 2005 Nobel Prize for Literature and one of the most celebrated and iconoclastic playwrights of the past 50 years, died Wednesday in London after a long battle with cancer.
JR. NBA reg’l camp starts today Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 5:55AMSOME 200 student athletes will be taking the first step towards a crack at making the Team Philippines of the Jr. National Basketball Association as the regional selection camp of the milestone grassroots basketball program makes it way back to Cebu today, at the Sacred Heart School-Jesuits basketball courts.
Religion News: Dec. 27 Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 4:23AMWARSAW Polands president celebrated Hanukkah by visiting Warsaws main synagogue, a gesture the Jewish community considered a historic step in its revival.
The Clanton Advertiser Friday, December 26, 2008 @ 10:43AMVATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican is endorsing new technology that brings the book of daily prayers used by priests straight onto iPhones.
Religion update: Hundreds dress like Jesus for holiday Friday, December 26, 2008 @ 1:18AMKANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Hundreds of people in the Kansas City area dressed like Jesus in the days leading up to Christmas to emphasize the religious significance of the holiday.
A course in how best to wash down Christmas Monday, December 22, 2008 @ 2:53PMWith the holiday season in full swing, many Lebanese are eagerly anticipating the one day in the year where guilt-free overindulgence is the norm. Meals of turkey, crisp roast potatoes, lavish cakes and free-flowing wine will soon be working their magic on the waistlines of those celebrating Christmas on Thursday.
Loan fund builds New Orleans hope Monday, December 22, 2008 @ 2:18AMThe Gulf wind blows ceaselessly across weed-entangled lots in New Orleans, scattering autumn leaves across the concrete foundations where homes and businesses once stood but Hurricane Katrina scrubbed bare.
Native American group files suit against Catholic Diocese of Rapid City, others for alleged abuse Saturday, December 20, 2008 @ 7:56AMEight Native American plaintiffs filed lawsuits in circuit court in Rapid City on Thursday that make more sexual and physical abuse allegations against numerous Catholic clergy at a former Catholic boarding school on the Rosebud Indian Reservation.
Le Moyne loses a leader to college in Memphis Saturday, December 20, 2008 @ 4:07AMJohn Smarrelli, a Syracuse native who served about a year as the first lay president of LeÕ7SmarrelliÕ Moyne College, has been named the first permanent lay president at Christian Brothers University in Memphis, Tenn.
Dulles, Jesuit theologian, mourned Friday, December 19, 2008 @ 1:36AMNEW YORK - Cardinal Avery Dulles - who once said that he preferred to spend his time reading, thinking, writing and teaching - might have been a bit embarrassed by all the fuss made about him since his death last Friday at 90.
For a Modest Cardinal, a Farewell Full of Majesty Thursday, December 18, 2008 @ 8:42PMAt St. Patrick?s Cathedral, 750 mourners gathered to remember Cardinal Avery Dulles, the only American theologian ever appointed to the College of Cardinals.
Stories from The Times Thursday, December 18, 2008 @ 3:23AMMEPs vote to restrict overtime - Ivan Camilleri, Brussels The European Parliament yesterday voted not to allow people to work more than 48 hours a week, a move that could have repercussions for Malta...
Back With a Vengeance: Easties eager for redemption Thursday, December 18, 2008 @ 3:02AMEAST HAVEN — Entering this season, the East Haven boys’ hockey team hasn’t openly discussed the disappointing way its 2007-08 season ended.
Vatican approves iTunes prayer book Wednesday, December 17, 2008 @ 3:57PMThe Vatican has approved a computerised prayer book for a new generation of gadgetloving Catholic priests.
Shock, suspicion and Braveheart Tuesday, December 16, 2008 @ 7:46AMThree Iraqi doctors reveal the personal effects of the Glasgow Airport terrorist attack.
Toasting Bohol’s long heritage Monday, December 15, 2008 @ 10:39PMTHREE YEARS AGO IN Bohol, actor Cesar Montano showed me the interiors of the Baclayon town church, built in 1727 by the Jesuits with coral-stone blocks from the sea and egg white and plaster to glue the blocks together.
Montano, Ayalas toast Bohol heritage Sunday, December 14, 2008 @ 4:17PMTHREE years ago in Bohol, actor Cesar Montano showed me the interiors of the Baclayon town church, built in 1727 by the Jesuits using coral-stone blocks from the sea and egg white and plaster to glue the blocks together.
Vatican Spokesman Given Honorary Doctorate Sunday, December 14, 2008 @ 3:15PMSALAMANCA, Spain, DEC. 14, 2008 ( Zenit.org ).- The Pontifical University of Salamanca, at the petition of its communications faculty, has unanimously agreed to award the director of the Vatican press office with an honorary doctorate.
Dean of U.S. Catholic theologians Saturday, December 13, 2008 @ 11:04PMNEW YORK — Cardinal Avery Dulles, the only U.S. theologian named a cardinal without first becoming a bishop, was a convert to Catholicism from a prominent American family with roots in Charleston. Dulles died Friday at age 90 in an infirmary at Fordham University in New York City, where he was a professor.
Catholic theologian Cardinal Avery Dulles dies at 90 Saturday, December 13, 2008 @ 1:37AMCardinal Avery Dulles, a convert to Roman Catholicism who was the first U.S. theologian named a cardinal, died Friday. He was 90.
Cardinal Avery Dulles, 90; professor, prolific author Saturday, December 13, 2008 @ 1:12AMNEW YORK — Cardinal Avery Dulles, a convert to Roman Catholicism from a prominent American family who was the only U.S. theologian named a cardinal without first becoming a bishop, died Friday. He was 90.
Cardinal Avery Dulles dies at 90 Saturday, December 13, 2008 @ 12:51AMThe first U.S. theologian named a cardinal has died Friday.
Auburn native, Cardinal Avery Dulles dies at 90 Saturday, December 13, 2008 @ 12:13AMNEW YORK - Auburn native Cardinal Avery Dulles, a convert to Roman Catholicism from a prominent American family who was the only United States theologian named a cardinal without first becoming a bishop, died Friday. He was 90.
Auburn native, prominent Catholic cardinal Dulles dead at 90 Friday, December 12, 2008 @ 9:00PMCardinal Avery Dulles, a convert to Roman Catholicism from a prominent American family who was the only U.S. theologian named a cardinal without first becoming a bishop, died Friday. He...
Prominent U.S. Catholic cardinal, theologian Avery Dulles dead at 90 Friday, December 12, 2008 @ 4:07PMAvery Cardinal Dulles, a convert to Roman Catholicism who went on to become one of the most prominent theologians in the United States, died Friday. He was 90.
Cardinal Avery Dulles, theologian, dies Friday, December 12, 2008 @ 3:17PMCardinal Dulles was the only American theologian ever appointed to the College of Cardinals.
Convert, prominent theologian Cardinal Dulles dies at 90 Friday, December 12, 2008 @ 2:49PMCardinal Avery Dulles, a convert to Roman Catholicism who was the first U.S. theologian named a cardinal, died Friday. He was 90.
Losing My Religion Wednesday, December 3, 2008 @ 8:28PMIt was a “Ben Franklin-inspired” protest. A group of parents at Julie A. Duncan ’09’s all-girls Catholic school in Kentucky pushed for a ban on several English books containing objectionable material like child abuse and pre-marital sex.
Krivak’s A Long Retreat Tuesday, December 2, 2008 @ 9:59PMEight years ago this yuletide, Amelia Dunlop received as a Christmas gift of a hundred pages of sundry stories.
Newcomer Joseph Cao hopes to unseat U.S. Rep. William Jefferson Monday, December 1, 2008 @ 9:28AMOn paper, Anh "Joseph" Cao has an ideal life story for a political candidate. Born in war-ravaged Vietnam, Cao fled to the United States when he was 8, learned English, earned degrees in physics and philosophy, and joined the Catholic seminary.
Whimsical view of life Friday, November 28, 2008 @ 4:06PMI THANK the kind soul who gifted me last week with Fr. Renato L. Puentevella, SJ’s book, “Tongue in Cheek,” accurately subtitled, “A Jesuit’s Whimsical View of Life.” Fr. Puentevella was a scholastic at the Ateneo de Cagayan (Xavier University) when I was a student there—but that’s another story.
Wandering around Kaunas’ Old Town Wednesday, November 26, 2008 @ 3:49PMVILNIUS - Everyone knows how splendid and breath-taking the UNESCO-protected Vilnius Old Town is. And it is really worth seeing. But is it already too well known and explored? Are you in the mood to find a new Old Town?
Kafka and Uighurs at Guantanamo Wednesday, November 26, 2008 @ 1:16PM“There is no right to due process for an alien who is not here,” insisted the 44th Solicitor General of the United States, Gregory G. Garre, proudly representing the President of the United States, George W. Bush.
A French Connection Wednesday, November 26, 2008 @ 3:47AMThat French settlers bested the Mayflower Pilgrims may surprise Americans raised on our foundational myth, but the record is clear.
The pilgrims gave me the Tuesday, November 25, 2008 @ 11:39PM The pilgrims gave me the foreign flu and made me crook for six weeks
Drew Smith draws on Catholic background in music Tuesday, November 25, 2008 @ 6:08PMDrew Smith is down with the Jesuits. The Austin songwriter and former Army brat grew up on what he describes as "Paul Simon, Harry Chapin, John Denver, and 10 a.m. Mass services."
Sambag 1 FC, DB scale top rung Tuesday, November 25, 2008 @ 10:00AMSAMBAG 1 FC and Don Bosco United FC (DBUFC) moved up to the rankings of the Men’s League category of the 11th Aboitiz Football Cup following their victories last Sunday at the University of San Carlos-Technology Center.