Community celebrates All Saints’ Day

Grace Krumplitsch, Reporter

November 1, 2018

WEB EXCLUSIVE Convent & Stuart Hall High School students gathered at St. Vincent de Paul Church today to celebrate All Saints’ Day, a feast honoring the saints of the Catholic Church. “Saints are ordinary people who lived ordinary lives in the most extraordinary ways,” Musical Director and Accompan...

High school celebrates All Saints’ Day with community Mass

Estie Seligman, Reporter

November 1, 2017

A 45 minute All Saints’ Day Mass was held today at St. Vincent de Paul Church with students from both Convent and Stuart Hall. “The mass was very different from others I’ve been to in the past,” freshman Grace O’Reilly said, “In the past, I went to masses where there was a lot of discri...

Four divisions celebrate first Mass of the school year

Caroline Thompson, Reporter

September 28, 2017

Students, alumnae, parents, faculty and staff from the four divisions celebrated Mass of the Holy Spirit, the first Mass of the year, at the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption. “When we first went in, everyone settled in pretty quickly,” sophomore Mallinali Cervantes said. “I appreciate the ev...

Immaculate Conception celebrated by high school community

Caroline Schulberg and Colette Hom

December 8, 2016

Convent and Stuart Hall student bodies came together today at  St. Vincent de Paul Church to celebrate the feast of the Immaculate Conception. Senior Bella Kearney led the congregation, explaining each part of the Mass as it occurred. “I chose to lead the Mass because during my four years at Convent I have struggled with seeing everybody try their best to understand...

Mass celebrates All Saints’ Day

Mason Cooney and Olivia Mohun

November 1, 2016

Convent and Stuart Hall High School students squeezed into the Octavia campus’ gym this morning to celebrate the Solemnity of All Saints. The Rev. Paul Zirimemya, who is deaf, lead the Mass in sign language while Jeanine Collins interpreted it for the congregation. “Priesthood is a calling fr...

Chapel service celebrates Thanksgiving holiday

Kristina Cary, Managing Editor

November 16, 2015

Light streamed through the stained glass windows on the right side of the room, illuminating a group of teachers holding musical instruments, as students filtered in and seated themselves on the wooden pews facing the teachers for a Thanksgiving chapel service. Theology teacher Paul Pryor Lorentz opened t...

Stuart Hall joins in CSH Mass, brunch tradition honoring Mater

October 29, 2010

The Freshmen Class hosted a Mass and brunch for CSH and SHHS students and their mothers Sunday morning to celebrate the Feast of Mater Admerabilis. “This tradition is a wonderful way to bring the two schools together – both mothers and students in celebration of Mater,” Celine Curran, D...

Organized religion is the new counterculture

February 11, 2010

Jovel Queirolo Managing Editor The pews smell like stale floral perfume and a hardware store every Sunday. A sleepy warbling organ and a only a few enthusiastic voices back up a whining cantor singing “A-lle-lu-i-ah” as Father Mark takes his time settling the Gospel on its stand. Parishioners stand, b...