Parochial Schools

Student shoots himself in Roman Catholic school in Cincinnati

2013-04-29 12:43:00

A student at a Cincinnati parochial school was in critical condition after he pulled out a gun in a classroom and shot himself in an apparent suicide attempt, officials said. The youth, who has not been named, was taken to the University of Cincinnati...

Encino Crespi leader a 'non-jock' who knows the score on sports

2013-04-04 17:44:00

Father Tom Batsis, the new president of Encino Crespi, loves opera, plays and movies. If he didn't have to attend a single football or basketball game, he jokes, "I'd die a happy priest." "I'm about as non-jock a jock as you're going to find,'' he...

Helicopter drops 2,305 golf balls onto school field

2013-03-19 14:13:16

Thinking outside the 'Muslim bubble'

2011-09-03 19:04:00

Vic Dunlop dies at 62; zany comic

2011-08-16 00:00:00

Vic Dunlop, a zany and irreverent standup comic with a natural flair for making people laugh, has died. He was 62. Dunlop died of complications of diabetes Saturday at Glendale Adventist Medical Center, said his wife, Linda. -------------------- FOR THE...

Bobbie Lee Holmes dies at 84; teacher challenged neighbors' racism

2011-10-11 00:00:00

Bobbie Lee Holmes, a Los Angeles public school teacher who won an early victory for fair housing in California when she and her husband used the courts to challenge the racism of their Pacoima neighbors, died Sept.19 in Petaluma. She was 84. The cause...

Anita Caspary dies at 95; 'rebel nun' founded Immaculate Heart Community

2011-10-16 00:00:00

During a showdown with the Catholic Church in the late 1960s, Anita Caspary and the Los Angeles order she led, the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, were cast as "rebel nuns" for progressive reforms that included abandoning the nun's habit and...

San Diego Valley View Casino: The lobster buffet is a winner

2011-07-24 00:00:00

"I used to win like crazy," my friend Juanita Mendonca would tell me. "Every slot machine turned to gold. I'd come home and my purse would be stuffed with money." Juanita, a retired parochial school teacher with a magic touch at the slots, loved to...

Bernadine Healy dies at 67; doctor led Red Cross relief efforts after 9/11

2011-08-09 00:00:00

Dr. Bernadine Healy, a hard-charging cardiologist and educator who was the first woman to lead the National Institutes of Health and later commanded American Red Cross relief efforts after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, died Saturday at her home in Gates...

Lady Gaga to premiere Thanksgiving special on ABC

2011-11-03 16:35:10

Sundays with Sondheimer: Being Jewish at a Catholic school

2011-07-17 16:36:39

Boys' basketball: Servite hires John Morris as interim coach

2011-08-18 21:37:11

Dacotah Bank recently earned the Corporate Service Recognition award from the Aberdeen Catholic School System. Over the years, bank staffers have shared their talents and time by serving on the Roncalli Foundation board and by supporting other projects of the Aberdeen Catholic School System.

2013-06-16 21:24:00

Danielle Johnsen, a science teacher at a Catholic school in Staten Island, was accused of abusing a 16 year old female student who alerted authorities after the teacher broke up with her. The young girl then blogged about her heart break on the site, Tumblr.

2013-06-13 07:30:00

Cardinal Francis George greets students from local Catholic schools at St. Stanislaus Kostka School in Chicago before talking about the "To Teach Who Christ Is" campaign that will support Catholic education and faith in the Archdiocese of Chicago. George announced that $82.

2013-06-05 00:00:00