The month of November has teemed not only with study and learning, but also with lots of Basil Bowl fun and camaraderie in our three North American high schools.<\/p>\n
For the first time, the St. Thomas Eagles basketball team flew north to play the St. Michael\u2019s College School Blue Raiders in St. Mike\u2019s annual Tip-Off Classic, November 3-5. Almost immediately after this competition, the Blue Raiders flew south for the third consecutive year to play in the annual St. Thomas Invitational Basketball Tournament, November 10-12. Both teams have now entertained and energized each other\u2019s school assemblies with their brother versus brother match ups. Furthermore, these basketball programs have been billeting their visiting brothers, thereby forging friendships between families in Toronto and Houston who have hosted each other\u2019s sons for the last three years.<\/p>\n
Each year, the Gift of Glamour, St. Michael’s College School’s fashion show fundraiser, brings friends together to enjoy each other\u2019s company and taste in fine fashion. A glittering group of ladies from Catholic Central\u2019s Mothers\u2019 Club graced the fashion show on November 17\u00a0and continued an\u00a0already established exchange of attending each other\u2019s fashion shows from last year. If their sons are discovering and celebrating their brotherhood, why shouldn\u2019t mothers also toast their sisterhood?<\/p>\n
Never to be outplayed by any other human pursuit, the \u2018beautiful game\u2019 rejoiced in its fraternal rivalry November 21-22, when soccer Eagles flew north in their determination to bring snow and cold weather from Texas to their Azzurri brothers in an otherwise unseasonably and unreasonably balmy Toronto. It was a fair exchange for the perfectly warm sunshine that the Azzurri had taken down to the Eagles last November.<\/p>\n
In all these blessed encounters when brothers (and some sisters) from our high schools meet in each other\u2019s schools, compete in friendly athletics, celebrate the Eucharist, and share meals in common, they are continuing to learn from one another as they experience each other\u2019s cultures, histories, and traditions. Through the Basil Bowl program, the bonds of Basilian high school brotherhood are reaching deeper and deeper into the unity of our goodness, discipline, and knowledge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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