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The Cavaliers beat No. 14 Good Counsel in the championship game of the Xaverian Classic.

From Washington Post • Dec. 13, 2021

As a teenager in the late 1990s, he held hip-hop parties while attending Xaverian High School in Brooklyn.

From New York Times • Aug. 21, 2019

He was committed to the St. Mary's Industrial School for Boys and legally removed from his parents' care, becoming a ward of the Xaverian Brothers who operated the school.

From Fox News • Feb. 6, 2019

St. John’s Preparatory School in Danvers said Tuesday that Brother Robert Flaherty has also been told to stay away from campus and has been barred by the Xaverian Brothers religious order from active ministry.

From Washington Times • Aug. 22, 2018

Our Head-quarters were established at a Xaverian Brotherhood; the superior of which—a dear old gentleman—did his utmost to ensure our comfort.

From With The Immortal Seventh Division by Kennedy, Edmund John