The Friar's Lantern

Posted by fluzi on Apr 20, 2012

Powerful Words on the Day of Silence

By Kyle J. Julicher Six years ago I was sitting at my desk playing cards with some classmates during indoor recess. Two of my other classmates came up to me while we were playing and asked me, in between giggles, if I was straight. In fifth grade, everyone tried to trick each other by getting them to admit to something they didn’t...

Posted by fluzi on Apr 17, 2012

All Catholic Chorus – A Feat to Make Malvern Proud

By Jake Sorensen ‘15 Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in the April 2012 edition of the BlackFriar Chronicle More than a month ago, I was lucky enough to attend the All Catholic Chorus Festival Concert at Archbishop Wood High School in Warminster, PA. This was my second time, actually, as I also attended last year’s Concert at Archbishop Carroll...

Posted by Kyle Jay Julicher on Mar 20, 2012

Superstar Crosses

The Graphic Design Classes at Malvern are usually very involved in the advertising of each MTS Production. In the past, they were responsible for the logo design, some of the playbill advertisements, as well as the posters and signs for Miracle on 34th Street, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Thirteenth Chair, etc. However, due to extreme restrictions by the company who granted Malvern...

Posted by Brian McDonough on Mar 6, 2012

An Interview with Malvern’s New Head of School

By MP Salinas Q & A with New Head of School of Malvern Prep Mr. Talbot For the next academic school year, Malvern Preparatory School will welcome Mr. Christian M. Talbot as our new Head of School. Prior to coming to Malvern, Mr. Talbot worked as the head of the English department at Regis High School in New York. The majority of students at Malvern have not had the...

Posted by Kyle Jay Julicher on Mar 5, 2012

Immersion in a Foreign Culture

To understand ourselves better, we need to have an understanding about the other populations that inhabit the earth. The best way to do this is not through google or a boring history class with a twenty pound textbook, but by immersing ourselves in other cultures. There are two methods to this; the first is to vacation at different spots around the world and hit up all the tourist attractions, the second...

Posted by Jake Stokes on Mar 2, 2012

Super Tuesday

By: Jake Glancy My last article on the Republican Primary was about the surge Santorum had in February. However, February is a “low key” Primary month for the candidates. There was only one debate and the majority of the contests in February were caucuses. Caucuses draw the political elite and most politically active constituents of the party, which are conservatives for Republicans and conservatives...

Posted by Jake Stokes on Feb 20, 2012

The Girl Who Was Forced to Eat Chicken Nuggets

By: Jake Glancy In North Carolina a little four year old girl was packed a turkey and cheese sandwich, apple, juice, banana, and chips for lunch, but the school officials told the little girl that her lunch did not meet school standards so the school made her buy chicken nuggets and eat them. I am not making this up. (Here is the full story...

Posted by Jake Stokes on Feb 16, 2012

Freedom of Religion

By: Capt. Boyce Every morning in Malvern’s Chapel the truest expression of religious freedom is experienced when one of our Friars brings Christ to the Campus when they celebrate the Eucharist. It is not done in a secret cave beneath a road outside Rome in the first century, or in a cellar in a home in war torn Poland circa 1942, or in a secluded location in many Islam nations,today. The quietest...