Ahead of session, coalition outlining school choice legislation
A year ago January, 400 students applied for 200 positions in the ninth grade class at DeLaSalle High School in Minneapolis. Of the 400, however, only 80 families had the financial means to pay the...
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Archdiocese-hosted tournament tips off high school girls hoops season
Cretin-Derham Hall’s Elizabeth Edinger takes a shot during basketball practice Nov. 15. The Raiders will join 11 other Catholic schools in the first-ever Thanksgiving girls hoops tournament Nov. 25-26...
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Three Catholic high schools sweep first Thanksgiving girls basketball tournament
Cretin-Derham Hall’s Frannie Hottinger (No. 22) looks to stop a pass by Totino-Grace in the Thanksgiving Tip-Off Tournament Nov. 26. Photo courtesy Mike Slawin Second helpings went well for three...
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DeLaSalle wins sixth-straight state basketball title
DeLaSalle boys hoist the championship trophy after their 72-44 win over Austin High School March 25. Brian Flanary/for The Catholic Spirit In a big rout, DeLaSalle High School added to its historic...
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Basketball Hall of Famer Kundla began coaching career with Catholic schools
Before John Kundla, who died July 23 at the age of 101, became a Hall of Fame basketball coach with the Minneapolis Lakers, he started his career with Catholic schools. A longtime parishioner of St....
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Catholic high schools respond to national anthem protests
Players from Cretin-Derham Hall High School in St. Paul and Totino-Grace High School in Fridley stand at midfield for the national anthem before their game Aug. 30 at the University of St. Thomas in...
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Cretin-Derham Hall challenges Iowa power in archdiocesan-sponsored girls...
Haley Moore, left, and fellow Cretin-Derham Hall girls basketball players celebrate Elizabeth Edinger, No. 24, scoring her 1,000th career point Nov. 25. The St. Paul Catholic high school girls...
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Catholic high schools brace for unpredictable year, learning from the spring
Siblings Ben and Olivia Kimlinger stand outside Cretin-Derham Hall high school in St. Paul Aug. 19 wearing masks the school will be giving to each student at the start of the school year. Ben will be a...
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Schools help students talk through feelings about Floyd’s death, Chauvin trial
Kia Burton, alumni counselor at Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Minneapolis, stands in front of a display she put up at the school called Periodic Table of Influential African Americans. DAVE HRBACEK...
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Pilgrims pray for racial reconciliation on north Minneapolis walk
Pilgrims praying for racial reconciliation walk through north Minneapolis from Ascension on their way to the Basilica of St. Mary. BOB CUNNINGHAM | FOR THE CATHOLIC SPIRIT Seeking the intercession of...
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