CYO Region 1: Welcome
CYO Region 1 Leagues
Baseball
Basektball - High School Girls
Soccer
Softball
Track
Volleyball - Grade SchoolWelcome to the web site for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia's Catholic Youth Organization's Region 1. Our Region consists of seventeen parishes located in Northeast Philadelphia, and as of Fall 2010, Cheltenham, Pennsylvania.
The Archdiocese of Philadelphia's Catholic Youth Organization is a component of the Office for Youth and Young Adults; a link to the OYYA site can be found on our "Links" page.
Our site contains information on each of the sports programs offered in Region 1, including: schedules, game results, upcoming events and more. We hope you find our site helpful and informative, and we welcome feedback and comments from our visitors.
The CYO program at the regional and parish level is staffed entirely by volunteers giving their time to help the children of our parishes learn fair play, teamwork, and sportsmanship as well as our Catholic principles.
The Executive Committee for Region One is:
Nick McGinty, Coordinator of Athletic Ministry and Financial Coordinator;
John Doherty, Assistant Coordinator of Athletic Ministry;
Fran Hennessey, Coordinator of Mission & Ministry; and,
Steve Anderson, Sr., Communication Coordinator.
Our Region strives to follow the Archdiocese's Mission Statement, which states:
CYO Sports is one component of a parish's comprehensive youth ministry program which enables the partnership of parents, coaches, priests, religious, teachers and adult leaders to manage and support a sports program that allows youth to grow in their relationship with God and come to better understand themselves and the Catholc Faith.
Such a program:
- employs a healthy and enjoyable competition to promote the sharing of gospel values among parents, athletes and coaches.
- assists parish leadership in nourishing the emotional, spriritual, social and physical needs of young people.
- encourages young people to appreciate the gifts that they possess, and challenges them to share these gifts with their community.
- allows youth to witness the life of Christian Discipleship and in their coaches and adult leaders.
- encourages youth to become responsibile members of their faith community.
Thanks for visiting our site, and we hope you enjoy your visit. Please come back often!
The Parishes of Region I:
| Christ the King |
Maternity BVM |
Our Lady of Calvary |
| Our Lady of Ransom |
Presentation BVM |
Resurrection |
| St. Anselm |
St. Cecilia |
St. Christopher |
| St. Dominic |
St. Jerome |
St. Katherine |
| St. Martha |
St. Martin |
St. Matthew |
| St. Timothy |
St. William |
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Commissioner Nick McGinty has announced that this year's Cadet Basketball Program, for girls and boys in grades 3 and 4, will begin play during the last week of February!
The season will wrap up on Wednesday of Holy Week. The team registration fee will be $30; referee fees will be $10 per team, per game.
More info will be made available as the season draws closer - be sure to watch this site!
NICK ASKS THAT ANY PARISH THAT PLANS TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM PLEASE CONTACT HIM ASAP. ANY PARISHES THAT KNOW THEIR GAME DAY & TIME SHOULD LIKEWISE CONTACT NICK. Thanks!
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Baseball Commissioner Mike O'Donnell will hold the first meeting of the 2012 baseball program on Sunday, February 12, beginning at 7 pm at St. Martha. All Parishes planning on participating in the program are asked to have a representative at the meeting; if a Parish cannot attend, Mike asks that they notify him prior to the meeting.
Regular season play will begin on March 17, so it is important that interested Parishes be represented!
The Archsdiocese has released the schedule of Coaches' Orientation sessions and other info on coaching for the 2011-2012 CYO year. One Orientation session will be held at Region 1's Presentation BVM Parish, on Saturday, October 1, 2011.
Please take a moment to review the information and schedule, which can be viewed in .pdf format by selecting the link at the end of this article.
Handout: 2011-2012 Orientation Info
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We ask our visitors to please ask for God's blessings to be upon our Soldiers, Sailors, Police Officers and Firefighters, and all of those who risk their lives that others may live!
Please be sure to say a prayer for their safety and for God's presence with their loved ones.
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A Coach's Code of Conduct is now available through our site. This short Code should serve as a guide to anyone coaching in the CYO Program, and offers excellent suggestions toward being an effective Catholic coach! To access the Code, simply select "Coach's Code of Conduct" from the menu on the left-hand side of the hompage.
Please select the link at the end of this article to access the CYO Roster form. The form is in .pdf format (Adobe Reader), and is to be used for all sports until further noitce.
Handout: CYO Roster
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It will be necessary for our league commissioners to get the e-mail addresses of every coach in his/her league and disseminate that information to everyone.
Everyone's help with this new system is greatly appreciated.
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We hope you find the Region's site helpful and informative and we thank you for visiting! If there is something you feel would be a positive addition to the site, please take a moment to let us know. We want this site to be an asset to the Region and in this technical day and age, we want to be sure to take advantage of the opportunity to spread the word about Region 1 through the web!
Please send your suggestions or comments to: stbernardcyo@aol.com and we thank you for your continued support! God Bless!
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| Date | Event | Time | Location |
| Sun 2/12 |
Baseball Meeting
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7:00 PM | St. Martha |