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Preparing for Lent at Cardinal Gibbons

Preparing for Lent at Cardinal Gibbons

Chloe Tupis, Reporter March 18, 2025

Lent: A time of reflection, fasting, thanksgiving, and prayer.  Lent prepares us for Easter and is used as a time of spiritual growth and self-discipline.  “I think of Lent as a trip and the...

Faith by FIRE: How One Group Sticks Together During Lent

Faith by FIRE: How One Group Sticks Together During Lent

Charlotte Bouchard, Reporter March 14, 2025

For a lot of people, the Lenten season is considered as a time for people to try to give up a bad habit, instead of a time to reconsider how to grow in faith. As Christians, it’s easy to forget that...

True Joy: My Experience Serving with Missions at Kingsborough

True Joy: My Experience Serving with Missions at Kingsborough

Molly McCurdy, Reporter March 11, 2025

“Molly, Molly, you’re back!” I turn around and am bombarded by three or four eager, smiling faces hugging me tightly.  This was my second time experiencing Missions at Kingsborough and far...

How Faith is Incorporated in the Classroom

How Faith is Incorporated in the Classroom

Charlotte Bouchard, Reporter March 4, 2025

At Cardinal Gibbons, faith is an integral part of the community we belong in. Faith is all around our school, whether through our Spiritual Life Department or Theology classes, but we often forget how...

Theology Teacher Spotlight: Dr. Bristow Brings the Energy Every Day

Theology Teacher Spotlight: Dr. Bristow Brings the Energy Every Day

Emery Campion, Reporter February 28, 2025

There is nothing that students love more than a fun classroom environment, and that is exactly what freshman theology teacher Dr. Bristow brings to his class. Whether he’s talking with his students...

Mr. DeLaRosa's Annual Trip to the Temple Beth Or Visit

Mr. DeLaRosa’s Annual Trip to the Temple Beth Or Visit

Drew Flanagan, Reporter February 26, 2025

On Feb. 9, Mr. Mark DeLaRosa and his students visited Temple Beth Or, a Jewish temple in Raleigh. It was the 20th year that Mr. DeLaRosa has been offering this amazing experience. The Cardinal Gibbons...

Why we celebrate Catholic Schools Week each year

Why we celebrate Catholic Schools Week each year

Callie Taylor, Reporter February 26, 2025

Catholic Schools Week is a special time for Catholic schools around the world. It is a time to come together as a community and celebrate through different activities and many students and teachers here...

How Gibbons Students will be Celebrating Jubilee Year

How Gibbons Students will be Celebrating Jubilee Year

Charlotte Bouchard, Reporter February 14, 2025

On the evening of Dec. 24, Pope Francis opened the Holy Door to St. Peter’s Basilica, marking the start of the 2025 Jubilee Year. In July of this year, Cardinal Gibbons is taking a group of kids for...

Column: Celebrating the True Meaning of Christmas

Column: Celebrating the True Meaning of Christmas

Charlotte Leach, Faith and Community Reporter December 20, 2024

It really is the most magical time of the year. Fireplaces blaze in living rooms, Christmas trees light up the night in neighborhood windows, and smells of peppermint, pine, and freshly baked cookies...

Spiritual Life Lunches a Benefit to Gibbons Students

Spiritual Life Lunches a Benefit to Gibbons Students

Drew Flanagan, Reporter December 16, 2024

Every first Wednesday of the month, the Spiritual Life team hosts a lunch in the Spiritual Life Center. These lunches grow your faith with your friends while also having fun.  For some of the lunches,...

The Tradition of Schoolwide Masses

The Tradition of Schoolwide Masses

Drew Flanagan, Reporter December 16, 2024

Schoolwide Masses are a spiritual tradition at Cardinal Gibbons High School. Three or four times a school year, the entire Gibbons community, all students and educators, gather in the Father Price Gym...

Theology Teacher Spotlight: Mr. DeLaRosa

Theology Teacher Spotlight: Mr. DeLaRosa

Emery Campion, Reporter December 16, 2024

There is nothing better as a student than a teacher passionate about your learning and the subject they teach, and this is exactly what Mark DeLaRosa is. Mr. DeLaRosa has been an educator at Cardinal Gibbons...

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