Thursday, May 17, 2018

Ursuline Academy, Grand Concourse

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In the approximate years 1902-1959, a girls' school, Ursuline Academy, stood on high ground on the southeast corner of East 165th Street...
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Wednesday, August 30, 2017

Choosing a Catholic High School

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The Test for Admission to Catholic High Schools is accepting applicants now.  Parents are urged to look  at this information site (link here...
Saturday, July 29, 2017

Decrees of Relegation. June 30, 2017

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The archbishop has signed decrees relegating certain churches of the archdiocese for profane, not sordid, use. This canonically clears the w...
Saturday, April 1, 2017

Fordham University

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See pages 359, 360 and 386 for the foundation of St John's College in 1841 and the transfer of its administration to Jesuits in 1846. So...
Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Four Bronx schools to lose grades K-8.

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Sad to report, Dr. Timothy McNiff, Superintendent of Schools for the Archdiocese of New York, has announced the closure of three parish scho...
Thursday, January 26, 2017

Catholic New York special section 1.19.2017

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Available on the internet is the special Catholic Schools Week section published 1.19.2017. A link is HERE . --- The sixteen pages include...
Monday, September 26, 2016

Elementary school statistics

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With the recent publication of the 2016 Official Catholic Directory, it is possible to look at some statistics of the Catholic elementary sc...
Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Choosing a Catholic High School

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The Test for Admission to Catholic High Schools is accepting applicants now.  Parents are urged to look at this information site (link here)...
Thursday, August 25, 2016

New York Daily News Back to School Section

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About August 22, 2016, the New York Daily News included a special advertising section for Back to School vendors.  Interspersed are laudator...
Monday, April 25, 2016

Book: Who Shall Take Care of Our Sick?

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Recently, I saw a reference to a 2005 book by Bernadette McCauley, Who Shall Take Care of Our Sick? Roman Catholic Sisters and the Developme...
Thursday, April 14, 2016

Holy Rosary / Nativity of Our Blessed Lady

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Above is Holy Rosary church on Eastchester Road near Gun Hill Road. See pages 484 and 486 in Thomas Shelley's book for the 1925 ...