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Tim football: Stepinac wins first playoff game ugly; but still wins
Beating 8th seeded Cardinal Hayes (Stepinac #1 seed) 36-22. In the process they (1) gave up a 72 yard TD run (2) gave up a 95 yard kickoff return (3) lost a fumble which Hayes ran in for a touchdown. (4) Had four turnovers (5) had three touchdowns called back for holding penalties. At one…
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Msgr. Lozenzo Albacete
A fascinating priest-intellectual. He was a featured commentator on a PBS documentary years ago about John Paul II. John Paul II: The Millennial Pope and that's when I first heard of him. Then I read his book, God at the Ritz: Attraction to Infinity. Exceptional series of short essays. Great mind, with a dry sense…
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Tim football: Stepinac 49 – 0 winner, now 9-0.
Another big win, against a team that was 6-2 going into the game. But – they hadn’t played the high level of competition Stepinac had. Game ends, and despite the rain, Stepinac fans are happy. Here’s a little Tim action as #40 gets in a good block for Malcolm Major, who scoots down the sideline.…
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Tim football: Stepinac at home against Monsignor Farrell
As Stepinac tries to get to 9-0. Msgr Farrell, from Staten Island, is 6-2 although their schedule looks to have been a bit easier then Stepinac.
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Tim football: Stepinac goes to 8-0; two cool short vids.
Despite starting the game with an interception, a fumble in the end zone giving Chaminade a touchdown, and then fumbling and losing the ensuing kick off, Stepinac beat Chaminade by 40-13, at Chaminade. We know Stepinac Jr. Kobe Miranda pretty well – we frequently drive him home from practice since he lives in Ossining. Here…
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Jesuit magazine video: Why is the Pope talking about the Devil?
America Magazine, the Jesuit publication, posted this video. Basic Catholicism really. But not too popular today.
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Yay! Chocolate “found to reverse age-related memory loss”
More proof there is a God. And it's in theWashington Post so we know it's true. The findings suggest that the compound increases connectivity and, subsequently, blood flow in a region of the brain critical to memory, the researchers said.
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Tim football: highlights from Stepinac 38-21 win over St. Anthony’s
The first time Stepinac has defeated St. Anthony's of Long Island since 1983. St. Anthony's has an enrollment of about 2,500 (got that from a St. Anthony's alumnus who now has a son there), so assuming half the students are boys, their enrollment of boys is almost twice that of Stepinac. Anyway, msgvarsity has the…
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Feast of John Paul II today
I didn’t know there’s an “Official Vatican Prayer to Saint John Paul II” but here it is – Oh, Saint John Paul, from the window of heaven, grant us your blessing! Bless the church that you loved and served and guided, courageously leading it along the paths of the world in order to bring Jesus…