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CYO New York is planning a Feb. 5 start date for its first season of basketball since 2019-2020 when the arrival of the Covid-19 pandemic canceled the archdiocesan championship tournament in March. In this 2019 photo, Carley Voce of St. Francis of Assisi, West Nyack, drives to the basket against Gianna Dolan, center, and Ashley Koch, right, of St. John the Evangelist, Mahopac, in the fifth-grade girls’ championship game.

CYO New York is planning to begin its basketball season Feb. 5, and the start date may change, if needed, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. “We’ve learned we’ve had to adjust … more

By DAN PIETRAFESA | 1/12/22

Catholic Schools Issuing Covid-19 Home Test Kits to All Families, Staff

Archdiocesan schools plan to distribute tens of thousands of Covid-19 home test kits in the coming weeks as municipalities and health organizations struggle to stock up on these sought-after … more

1/12/22

Virtual Engineering Lab Offered to High School Students Feb. 3

High school students in the archdiocese will have the opportunity to celebrate engineering during Catholic Schools Week with a virtual lab being offered by Engineering Tomorrow on Thursday, Feb. 3. … more

1/12/22

Alumna’s $1 Million Gift to Benefit Generations of St. Catharine Academy Students

Valerie Saputo Puglisi, class of 1968, a longtime supporter of St. Catharine Academy who is a resident of Larchmont, presented the Bronx high school with a magnificent Christmas gift. In anticipation … more

1/12/22

Two Cathedral High School students work on the new Dell Computers from BlackRock Global Fixed Income.

Cathedral High School Receives Computers From BlackRock

Cathedral High School in Manhattan received a donation of 28 Dell computers from BlackRock Global Fixed Income. The donated computer equipment will replace outdated gear in the library. … more

1/12/22

Mount St. Mary Students Begin Walden Savings Medici Program

About a dozen students at Mount St. Mary College in Newburgh recently kicked off the Walden Savings Bank Medici Scholars Program, becoming the sixth group to take on the initiative since its … more

1/12/22

Susan and Dan Mahoney, center, met students from the Stepinac Honors Academy, from left, Calvin Lindo, Nathaniel Alvarez and Lachlan McIntyre at Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains. Dan Mahoney, a 1967 Stepinac graduate, and his wife donated $1 million to the school, which will rename its honors academy the Susan and Daniel P. Mahoney Honors Academy.

Stepinac Honors Academy Renamed for Generous Alumnus

Daniel P. Mahoney, Class of 1967, a longtime supporter of Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains, recently returned with his wife, Susan, to again give back to his alma mater, which he … more

1/12/22

American Express CEO Gives $10 Million to Manhattan College

American Express Chairman and CEO Stephen J. Squeri has made a $10 million donation to his alma mater, Manhattan College. The gift has helped the college’s Invest in the Vision capital campaign … more

1/5/22

GLOBAL CHAT—Students at St. Raymond High School for Boys in the Bronx are shown talking via Zoom with students in Da Nang, Vietnam. The Global Talk Network is giving St. Raymond students the opportunity to enjoy a cultural exchange and for students in Da Nang to speak the English language they’re studying.

Global Talk Network Expands Educational Experience at St. Raymond

Brandon Delgado is learning about Vietnamese culture—and sharing some of his own experiences—via Zoom with students in Da Nang, Vietnam, thanks to the newly formed Global Talk Network at … more

By DAN PIETRAFESA | 12/28/21

Cardinal Dolan speaks with Amanda Hallworth, and married couple Edward and Claire Abdallah, during Theology on Tap evening for Catholic young adults Dec. 16 at Four Brothers Restaurant in Mahopac.

Cardinal Preaches About Jesus’ ‘Comings’ at Theology on Tap in Mahopac

Catholic young adults in the Hudson Valley welcomed Cardinal Dolan as the guest speaker for their Theology on Tap at Four Brothers Restaurant in Mahopac Dec. 16. The evening with the cardinal … more

By DAN PIETRAFESA | 12/28/21

As water falls, guests visit the 9/11 Memorial in lower Manhattan in early September, days before the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

2021 - The Year in Review

ACROSS THE ARCHDIOCESE January Church bells from Staten Island to Saugerties—and beyond—pealed at noon Dec. 30 to remember and honor the more than 341,000 people who … more

12/28/21

Fordham Prep captured the CHSAA AA City Championship with a 3-1 boys soccer victory over St. Francis Prep at Mount St. Michael Academy in the Bronx Nov. 7. The Rams later defeated Nichols School of Buffalo, 4-2, in the state semifinals before losing to Chaminade in the state final, 2-0, Nov. 14. Fordham Prep, which started the season 0-3-1, won 13 consecutive matches and was 16-0-1 in its last 17 matches entering the state final.

City Soccer Champs

12/16/21

Communion is distributed at St. Patrick’s Cathedral Dec. 3, the Feast of St. Francis Xavier. More than 1,000 students attend the all-boys school.

Xavier High Kicks Off 175th Year With ‘Mission’ in Mind

Neil Pasawala understood Cardinal Dolan’s message at the Mass on the Feast of St. Francis Xavier, the opening of Xavier High School’s 175th anniversary year at St. Patrick’s … more

By DAN PIETRAFESA | 12/15/21

Three student members of the Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps lead the procession at the start of Mass.

Xavier High Kicks Off 175th Year With ‘Mission’ in Mind

Neil Pasawala understood Cardinal Dolan’s message at the Mass on the Feast of St. Francis Xavier, the opening of Xavier High School’s 175th anniversary year at St. Patrick’s … more

By DAN PIETRAFESA | 12/9/21

Iona Prep players run on the field Nov. 27 before the Catholic high school state championship game against St. Francis of the Buffalo region. Iona Prep won its first state title with a 38-22 victory.

Iona Prep Right at Home With First State Football Title

Iona Prep scored 21 unanswered points in the second half to capture its first Catholic high school state football championship with a 38-22 victory over St. Francis of the Buffalo region. The … more

By DAN PIETRAFESA | 12/1/21

Distinguished Leader

Michael Deegan, superintendent of schools for the archdiocese, was honored in October by Iona College as a recipient of the Brother Arthur A. Loftus Award for Outstanding Achievement. The award … more

12/1/21

Cornelius Higgins cuts the ribbon at the formal dedication of Manhattan College’s Patricia and Cornelius J. Higgins '62 Engineering and Science Center in the Bronx Oct. 21. Joining Higgins are Patricia Higgins, Ph.D., and Brennan O’Donnell, president of Manhattan College.

Manhattan College Opens Engineering, Science Building

The Patricia and Cornelius J. Higgins '62 Engineering and Science Center, which opened this year, was formally dedicated Oct. 21 to serve engineering and science students at Manhattan College in the … more

12/1/21

Albertus Magnus High Earns Middle States Reaccreditation

The Middle States Association Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools recently announced that Albertus Magnus High School, a private Catholic co-ed high school in Bardonia, has earned … more

12/1/21

A group of sixth-graders whose eggs were intact after a six-story flight join principal Megan Gonzalez and science teacher William Hawthorn at Blessed Sacrament Upper School in Manhattan. Students learning about Leonardo daVinci placed eggs in their self-made parachutes and dropped them from the roof of the school building.

Experimental Success

At Blessed Sacrament Upper School in Manhattan, students learning about Leonardo daVinci placed eggs in their self-made parachutes and dropped them from the roof of the school building. more

11/17/21

THANK YOU–St. Mary’s Primary School principal Victor Sekakatlela and teacher Lesly Beylefeld give out school uniforms in this photo shared with Iona Prep’s Human Rights Club in New Rochelle to thank the club for money raised to pay for student tuition and uniform fees to attend the school in Bloemfontein, South Africa.

Funds Raised by Iona Prep Students Go Long Way at South African School

Students in the Human Rights Club at Iona Prep’s Upper School are able to see the difference they’re making in the lives of students at St. Mary’s Primary School in Bloemfontein, … more

By DAN PIETRAFESA | 11/17/21