As the celebration of an incomparable life lifted up Friday morning from the Cathedral Basilica, an italicized line atop the fourth page of a program printed to celebrate Red Schoendienst encouraged those in attendance to pursue what is inherently good.
The reference to Philippians 4: 4-9, in its most basic sense, asks us to place an emphasis on what is true, what is just, what is gracious.
From a $75 per month minor-league contract in 1942, the iconic Cardinal with the greatest hands Stan Musial ever saw spent the bulk of his lifetime, as Chairman Bill DeWitt Jr.