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On Tuesday, seven CM students delivered over 250 gift donations to Saint John Paul II Academy's Columbia campus in Dorchester. The donations, collected through CM Campus Ministry's Christmas Gift Drive, met an outstanding gift need for families attending the school's Columbia campus.

Last week, the annual CM Christmas Concert rang in the Holiday season with 13 performances from the school's four music groups. Student beat reporter Kevin Panaro '19 captures the heart-warming night. in his article.

CM Senior Howard Phu finished in first place among a field of 50 divers at the Brother Raymond Hoyt Diving Invitational. HIs score qualifies him for the state championships in February.

A 40 point basketball performance, a first-place diver, and long-jump champion. It was a week to remember for the Knights on Baker Street! Read the full highlights of last week's action in the first edition of CM's Winter Sports Round Up.

St. Francis Xavier School invited CM senior Matthew Freitas to speak to its middle school students about what it meant to be a leader last Friday.

Another weekend, another feat: The CM speech and debate program finished second among the 37 schools who competed at Lincoln-Sudbury High School's speech and debate torunament last Saturday.

The National Speech & Debate Association named CM senior Brendan Julian an Academic All-American on Wednesday afternoon.

Before our Knights hit the court, ice, track, pool, and mat, read up on what to expect from each CM varsity team in our 2018 CM Winter Sports Digest.

More than 100 members of the CM community including students, faculty, administrators, alumni, and current parents attended the special commissioning ceremony of the USS Thomas Hudner on Saturday in South Boston. 

In mid-November, over 200 students from 13 schools gathered at Catholic Memorial School for the 7th annual Model UN conference. Hosted alongside students from Ursuline Academy, the conference also welcomed back MIT Chief of Police Mr. John DiFava '69.

Playing in its first Super Bowl in 40 years, the Knights fell to Saint John's Prep 40-22 at Gillette Stadium on Saturday night.

What's it like to play on Thanksgiving Day just one week before the Super Bowl? In his reflection piece, student beat writer Matthew Cunningham '19 tells us exactly how the day unfolded through his eyes.

Our Knights are just a few days away from their first Super Bowl appearance in 40 years. Read up on what to watch for in our very own Super Bowl preview.

The five senior captians, accompanied by Mr. Thomas Beatty '68 and Mr. Craig Najarian, arrived at Gillette ready to pick home-and-away teams and to go over logisitics for Super Bowl Saturday.

Junior Peter Xiao '20 writes about this year's annual International Thansgiving Dinner at CM and what the event means to the school's diverse community.

Professional Irish Hurlers Joe and Barry Connolly hosted a hurling workshop for Catholic Memorial School students in Ms. Concannon and Mr. Carey's classes in the John A. Walsh '61 Fieldhouse last Wednesday afternoon.

Mr. Cusson and six students grew, harvested, and donated over 150 heads of lettuce to the Dedham Food Pantry last week.

After eight days of serving asylum-seekers living along the U.S.-Mexico border, a group of five CM students returned to Boston with a heightened sense of what it means to serve the marginalized with compassion.

Students in Ms. Kaplan’s Psychology 10 Class tried out a yoga class last week, where they experienced the psychological benefits of stretching, meditation, and reflection.

CM continued their comittment to \veterans when the school hosted the funeral of Markham Lyons (1946-2018) on Tuesday morning-- CM's fourth funeral for a homeless veteran over the past year.

Last Thursday, CM's multi-cultural club welcomed Karl Danso '04 back to campus for a special guest lecture on what it means to live out a life vocation.

The Knights play Attleboro at home on Friday night in the Division 1 football South Sectional Quarterfinals. Read up on what to watch for in our first-round playoff preview!

CM's National Honor Society hosted Ewa Pytowska, the President of the Greater Boston Chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Health, for an open mental health forum on campus this past Monday afternoon.

Teammates see CM varsity golfer Leo Borgonzi '19 as a role model both on-and-off the course. Rooted in service and stewardship, Leo developed his ability to lead on the green while teaching kids in West Roxbury how to play a second sport he loves: hockey.

CM's speech and debate team joined the National Speech & Debate Association's prestigious 100 Club.

The middle school's seventh graders disovered their CM brotherhood in the Maine wildnerness during the school's annual Acadia National Park Trip last week.

Meet Will Dashe. He is a member of the CM Scholars Program, takes six A.P. courses, and is an integral member of the Speech & Debate and Model U.N. Programs. And, he just began a one-year appointment to the Dedham Human Rights Commission.

Seven CM upperclassmen visited Blessed Sacrament to host their Design Thinking workshop on Wednesday morning.

Nine buses, over 400 boys, and thousands of dollars raised-- CM taught the power of compassion, care, and advocacy at the 2018 Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk in Boston on Sunday morning.

The new weight room at Catholic Memorial will be called "The Jack" after Jack Dahlstrom, who was one of the best athletes to ever atttend CM.

The 2019 National Merit Scholarship Program named senior Ben Chipman a "Commended" Student on Monday mornig.

Catholic Memorial upperclassmen, underclassmen, and middle schoolers gathered together to celebrate the school's annual Olympic Day on Friday morning.

Dean Lebron, Jaden Woodard-Teneus, and James O'Donovan flew to Jacksonville for the annual ACTION Workshop on Thursday morning.

The CM Forensics team started their season with an impressive team performance at the annual Yale Invitational Tournament.

During the week of his fiftieth jubilee, CM physics teacher Brother Kirk Phelps looks back on his life since joining the Christian Brothers in 1968.

When Mrs. Maura Messinger visited Mr. Mark Smith's U.S. History Class, she offered a first-hand account of what it meant to be brave in the months following 9/11.

CM Campus Ministry launched its registration for the annual BERSI program on Wednesday afternoon.

CM took another step forward in its Knight Based Learning initiative when the school opened its renovated Math Studio last week.

On Friday morning, The Boston Globe chose CM's Lucas Folan for its annual Players to Watch list. Four other Knights earned recognition from The Boston Herald's preseason All-Star team earlier this summer too.

After a long summer, catch up on your CM varsity sports teams before they hit the field this fall season.

The Class of 2022 prepares itself to grow into men of faith and character after CM's Freshmen Experience Retreat.

The former Everett head coach continues his legendary career here at CM this fall.

CM's Irish Studies Program met with Ireland's Chief Government Whip Joe McHugh and served the County Galway community along the way.

The incoming Catholic Memorial Class of 2022 attended Day One of the overnight Freshman Experience Retreat.