Signing them in for SuperBowling for St. Anthony's at Laurel Lanes.

Thanks to AnnaMae our Principal for all your help!



We like Saturdays too!



They were married 55 years ago at St. Anthony's!



Smile! You're at SuperBowling!



Donna and Matt, ready to roll.



SuperBowling raised over $2,000 for St. Anthony's.



It's not easy to bowl on a sprained ankle!



Fr. Hugh, ready to split.



Thanks, George and Quaker Smith Capital, for sponsoring a lane.





It's not SuperKnitting for St. Anthony's, Rachel!



"I came for the great pizza!"



"I like this one!"



Today's colors are...



And the winner is...Evelyn!



"I know I've got the winning ticket here somewhere!"



Look at the crowd!



Look!  It's Tim Tebowl!



Thanks to everyone for supporting our ministries through our SuperBowling fundraiser.



"I love you, mom!"



There must be a pun in here somewhere!



Some lucky family is going to Friday's!



Double winners!



Nice game Jose, and a nice finish for Fr. Jud, raising $1,020.05 for St. Anthony's. 

Looks like someone has a lot of homework tonight.
Rachel on our new cantor platform for our choir.

Students on the new platform for our choir.

Blessing of the throats on the Feast of St. Blase.

You can tell it's a Franciscan parish, when the parish dog gets its throat blessed!
Blessing of the throats on the Feast of St. Blase (or is it St. Blaze?).
You can also get your throat blessed on Sunday at the 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m. or 12:10 p.m. Mass.  (You have the option of lit or unlit candles.)

"Through the intercession of St. Blase, bishop and martyr, may God protect you from all infirmities of the throat and all other illnesses."

"Candelaria," the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, is huge in the Hispanic communities.

We love the Baby Jesus!

We have a beautiful stained glass window in the balcony of Mary visiting the prophetess Anna.

Twins!

SOAR students sketching sticks.

The St. Anthony's contingent at the Catholic Schools Week Mass in Williamston.

"They copied this window from our church!"

The Catholic Partnership Schools students at the Catholic Schools Week Mass.

Contestants in the Geography Bee.


Pondering their answers.
Thanks to Aileen and Alex for keeping score.

One of them is right!

Congratulations to our runners-up.

Congratulations to our 2012 Geography Bee winner!

Ringing the bell in the Religion Bee.

Waiting for the next question in the Religion Bee.

Congratulations to the Religion Bee winner.
Ready to start 8:00 Mass for Catholic Schools Week.

An awesome choir.

It's that time of the year for the Baby Jesus to be presented at Mass.

A beautiful prayer after Communion.

Happy Birthday, Mrs. Martins!

A happy birthday poem for Mrs. Martins.

Fr. Jud with former St. Bonaventure basketball standouts Ashley and Priscilla Edwards, after the SBU victory over LaSalle in Philadelphia.

Stacy from Ss. Peter & Paul in Hoboken, and our Franciscan Volutneer Chris, are planning great things for youth this spring and summer! 

"When I grow up I want to be a...Police Officer? No, a K-9!"

We attended 8:30 Mass at St. Camillus in Silver Spring, MD with groups from St. Bonaventure University and our parishes in Sullivan County, NY.

Thanks for the lunches!
Mary looking out for us.

Making a point.
This is the seventh year St. Anthony's has come to Washington for the March for Life.
Choose Life!
St. Anthony's meets St. Anthony's.
Smiling makes the waiting go faster.
Rain, rain, go away!
Starting to march down Constitution Avenue.

It was Luz's birthday, too.
In the middle of a hugh crowd.
Amid the tens of thousands.

The traditional post-march pupusas at Doña Azucena’s.
One of these altar servers is not like the other...

Entrance procession for the Our Lady of Altagracia Mass.

Primera lectura.

"For all your intentions written in this book we pray to the Lord..."

Taking up the collection.

Offering all good gifts.

A beautiful altar for Altagracia.
These students composed this dance themselves!

Do you like Dominican cake?

Tradition!

More???

Dominican colors.

Happy Feast Day!

A birthday blessing at 12:15 Mass.

Luckily nobody was seriously hurt in this one-vehicle accident in front of our school.

We did lose one of our precious trees.



Lesson: don't go too fast if you don't know how to drive in the snow.



We'll need to fix the fence.

CCOP meets to confront the violence in Camden. 

Ministers together for the last night of Christian Unity Week.

Kristen's parents!

Praise and Worship during Christian Unity Week.

¡Alabaré!

Praising God with the tambourine.

Higher Ground Church of God in Christ in full praise for the last night of Christian Unity Week.


Ministers praying over the prayer requests.

St. Anthony's on the steps of the Faith Tabernacle Church.

"Can you hear me now?"

The Camden Churches Organized for People Covenant.

Continuing on the topic of community organizing, at Christian Unity Week.

Another St. Anthony's student presenting at Christian Unity Week.
A wonderful presentation by a St. Anthony's student.

Sing it!

Friars and Pastor Walmsley.

Christian Flower Week.
The altar call at Faith Tabernacle Church, during Christian Unity Week.

The altar call, during Christian Unity Week.

Bishop Farmer with our St. Anthony of Padua Students at Christian Unity Week.

Fox 29 broadcast live from the garbage piles on Cleveland Ave.

Trash Mountain Sits On Camden Street: MyFoxPHILLY.com
Mrs. Martins does Fr. Jud's show-and-tell.

4th grade with characters from the Bible.

Finishing touches.

Click here to see a story from Camden County about our students at the Martin Luther King Day of Community Organizing.

The billboards camde down today, bringing us one step closer to a playground on the site.


"This is where the playground will go!"

Wow, you can really see our school now!

CCOP at Rutgers-Camden for "A Call to Action: Take Back Our Streets."

The second night of Christian Unity Week was held at Parkside United Methodist Church in Camden.

Praise at CCOP's Christian Unity Week.

Ministers at Parkside United Methodist Church for Christian Unity Week.

Ministers praying over those who answered the altar call at Christian Unity Week.

The prayer card basket.

Somebody broke into the electical box in Von Nieda Park, the night of 1/15/12, probably to steal metal and wire.

The county put nets on the hoops the week of 1/9/12.

This is it, the 3rd Annual Martin Luther King Day of Community Organizing.

Thanks to the Rutgers-Camden students for their assistance.


Sign in, please.

We have a dream!

The only Martin Luther King Day of Community Organizing in the United States. 

Thanks, Kristen, for helping us put all this together.

Rutgers-Camden students lead us in "Two truths and a lie."

Over 80 people attended the Martin Luther King Day of Community...Organizing.

The orange group. 

Esau explaining the meaning of power.

On our neighborhood walk. These burned out remains of a house have been here for 3-1/2 years.

Walking to see neighborhood success stories of community organizing.

Student leader at the mic.
For a story in the Catholic Star Herald click here.

Thanks to Ramona and Luis for providing lunch--and dessert!

Leading grace before lunch.

Writing down everyone's comments.

At right, Orlando Munoz and Iraida Afanador of the City of Camden answering questions.

Iraida Afanador, Director of the Department of Code Enforcement, City of Camden.

Iraida Afanador and Orlando Munoz answering questions about abandoned housing in Camden.

Current leaders, and a future one.

The group that discussed abandoned housing.

"How does it feel to be a leader?" 

Kristen with our three student leaders for the Martin Luther King Day of Community Organizing.

There were lots of good questions from the floor.
Thanks for the rap.

Thanks to our organizers and volunteers!

For Claudia Vargas' blog about our Martin Luther King Day of Community Organizing, click here.
 

CCOP's Christian Unity Week began at St. Joan of Arc Church on Jan. 16.

Dancing to bring the prayer cards to the altar.

To see an article in the Courier Post about Von Nieda Park, but which we do not fully agree with, click here.

They replaced the swings that were defaced in Von Nieda Park with these.

They removed the graffitied sign in Von Nieda Park, but left the poles.

They removed the tiles in Von Nieda Park, but the broken glass is still there. 

Thanks to Vicky for organizing the Pretty in Pink breast cancer awareness event at St. Anthony's with Lourdes Hospital.

Thanks for giving blood at St. Anthony's!

Good Afternoon, Sunshine!

Fr. Jud visits Danny in front of the mural he helped paint at the Martin Luther King Center in Atlanta.

Fr. Jud with other members of CCOP at the PICO National Training (for community organizing) in Norcross, Georgia.

Fr. Jud teaches "Brother Sun, Sister Moon" at the PICO (the network CCOP belongs to) National Training in Norcross, Georgia. 

"Brother Sun, Sister Moon..." 

Small groups are fun, at the PICO National Training in Georgia.

Explaining the Franciscan Tradition.

Esau (center) at the PICO National Training in Georgia.

Ready for the 3 Kings Mass, with incense.

We Three Kings...

They bring gifts of bread and wine, too.

Almuerzo (lunch) after the Mass.

Fr. Jud with 3 Queens.

Fr. Jud with two of his photographers.

Happy 3 Kings Day!

The King and his helpers distributing toys.

She likes it!

Thanks to all who donated the gifts for our kids!

Someone is happy!

It's in the bag!

This guy would come in handy about an hour later, at cleanup time.

"Have a toy!"

Epiphany blessing: 20 + C + M + B + 12 (in 2012, Caspar, Melchior and Balthazar visited this house).

Epiphany Blessing.

Blessing St. Clare House.

You can do it!

Camden -- pit bull city.

"May Christ bless this house!"

Not exactly three kings...

Epiphany house blessing.

"I did it myself!"

Doing it right.

A family tradition.

The Kroc Center is on its way, on Harrison Avenue.

Transformation of the old Harrison Avenue landfill.

When the new State Street Bridge is finished, we will be able to travel from Cramer Hill to North Camden again.

Our students ready to meet with city and county leaders about the conditions in Von Nieda Park.

City and county officials after our meeting.  We believe there is hope for improvement in Von Nieda Park. 

For a link to our Facebook Page "Is this the most depressing park in the United States?" click here.

For a story in the Courier Post about Von Nieda Park, clickhere.