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SKS CYO Basketball is Now Open!

SKS CYO Basketball is now open for students in 5th through 12th grades. The registration link can be found below. SKS CYO Basketball is open to students currently enrolled at SKS or those participating in PREP/CCD at SKS, OLA, or St. Isaac Jogues.

Registration Link: https://go.teamsnap.com/forms/500285

SKS Hoops team store: https://bsnteamsports.com/shop/SKSBASK25

Important Updates

  • This year, we are changing our player evaluation process. There will be no callbacks; please see the details below.
  • Registration closes on November 1 for 5th through 8th grades. High School registration […]
2025-10-08T11:54:00-04:00October 8th, 2025|

Sept./Oct. 2026 Cecelia Scholar: Sarah Connors

Clarinetist and bass clarinetist Sarah Connors is obtaining her Master’s Degree in Clarinet Performance at Temple University as a student of Paul R. Demers. She earned a Bachelor of Music in Music Theory/Composition and Clarinet Performance from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, studying with Bixby Kennedy, Romie de Guise-Langlois, and Salvatore Macchia.

Sarah can be heard on the album “Synchronous,” recorded by Greg Spiridopoulos and the UMass Wind Ensemble, and the upcoming. An avid supporter of new music, she […]

2025-09-22T14:04:48-04:00September 22nd, 2025|

HABEMUS PAPAM!

Habemus Papam!  We have a Pope!  This has certainly been an exciting – and, indeed, historic – time for the Universal Church as 132 cardinals from 70 countries around the world started meeting in the Sistine Chapel to elect our next pope on 7 May.  And, after just four ballots, so many of us watched excitedly as white smoke billowed from the chimney above the Sistine Chapel just after noon on the second day.  I don’t know about you, but I certainly […]

2025-05-08T20:58:33-04:00May 8th, 2025|

April/May 2025 Cecelia Scholar: Tessa Ellis

Tessa Ellis has been preoccupied with the sound of the trumpet since she first heard the instrument as a four-year-old. Inspired by a lifelong drive to create new and nuanced sounds, her work spans orchestral, chamber, and experimental music. Recent highlights include tours with Hans Zimmer Live, Star Trek: The Cruise, and performances with Seraph Brass, the Philadelphia Ballet Orchestra, Kennett Symphony, and the Delaware Symphony. She is a founding member of the Arcana New Music Ensemble and frequently collaborates across
genres with […]

2025-04-23T13:10:29-04:00April 23rd, 2025|

March/April 2025 Cecelia Scholar: Melissa Brun

Melissa Brun is a professional cellist and freelance teaching artist.  Holding a Bachelors of Music and a Performers Certificate from SUNY Purchase College Conservatory, she has recently been on faculty at Millersville University, UArts, and currently hosts her own private studio.  She has performed and soloed with various orchestras and choral associations in the Philadelphia area, and manages the Chester County Youth Orchestra.  Non-classically, she is a founding member of the chamber-folk sextet, The Sound Accord, and a former member of Irish […]

2025-03-07T07:13:40-05:00March 1st, 2025|

Baptism at St. Katharine’s:  The First Sacrament 

“Baptism is birth into the new life in Christ. In accordance with the Lord’s will, it is necessary for salvation, as is the Church herself, which we enter by Baptism.” CCC 1277
 
Baptism is a sacrament of initiation (along with Confirmation and the Eucharist), through which we are cleansed of original sin, receive the gift of eternal life and are welcomed into the Christian community. When Jesus, although sinless, was baptized by John the Baptist in the River Jordan, he accepted the burden of mankind’s sins and provided a model for […]
2025-02-11T12:59:20-05:00February 11th, 2025|

February 2025 Cecelia Scholar: Sarah Connors

A Massachusetts native, Clarinetist Sarah Connors is obtaining her Master’s Degree in Clarinet Performance at Temple University as a student of Paul Demers. She earned a Bachelor of Music in Music Theory/Composition and Clarinet Performance from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, studying with Bixby Kennedy, Romie de Guise-Langlois, and Salvatore Macchia. She has participated in masterclasses with Steve Cohen, Alicia Lee, Philip Paglialonga, and Welsey Ferriera. Sarah can be heard on the album “Synchronous,” recorded by Greg Spiridopoulos and the UMass Wind […]

2025-01-29T12:04:28-05:00January 29th, 2025|
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