Deacon Anthony J. Russo, a retired deacon at Guardian Angel parish, Brighton Beach, died Jan. 20 at New York Methodist Hospital, Park Slope. He was 88. Born in Brooklyn, he was baptized in Our Lady of Peace Church, Park Slope, and attended Manual Training H.S., Park Slope, L.I.U. and New York University. After military service […]
Month: January 2013
Obituary: Sister Madeline Brewi, O.P.
Sister Madeline Brewi, O.P., a Sister of St. Dominic, Amityville, for 85 years, died Jan. 11. She was 101. Born in Babylon, L.I., she had six paternal great aunts who were Sisters of St. Dominic: Sisters Isabella Brewi, Mathia Brewi, M. Cornelia Lang, Immaculata Lang, Casilda Lang, Illuminata Lang; and two paternal cousins: Sisters Maria […]
Obituary: Sister Catherine Stern, O.P.
Sister Catherine Stern, O.P., a Sister of St. Dominic, Amityville, for 76 years, died Dec. 14. She was 94. Born in St. Aloysius parish, Ridgewood, she was one of the first students to attend the Dominican Juniorate, Water Mill, before joining the congregation in 1936. She received the name of her aunt, Sister Constantia. She […]
Obituary: Sister Anne Gillen, O.P.
Sister Anne Gillen, O.P., a Sister of St. Dominic, Amityville, for 74 years, died Jan. 12. She was 92. She attended St. Thomas the Apostle School, Woodhaven, and Dominican Juniorate, Water Mill, L.I. She entered the congregation on Sept. 7, 1938. One year later, she received the habit and her religious name, Sister Thomas More. […]
Obituary: Sister Kathleen Curtin, O.P.
Sister Kathleen Curtin, O.P., a Sister of St. Dominic, Amityville, L.I., for 65 years, died Jan. 13. She was 87. She attended St. Agnes Academic H.S., College Point, and then followed her older sister, Sister Dionyse, O.P., into the Dominican Congregation on Sept. 7, 1947. A year later, they were followed by a younger sister, Sister […]
Catholic Schools Raise the Bar
My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, This year, Catholic Schools Week was observed from Sunday, Jan. 27, to Saturday, Feb. 2, with the theme “Catholic Schools Raise the Standards,” a theme which focuses on the new initiative of raising the bar on the national standards and benchmarks for effective Catholic elementary and secondary […]
NY Times Continues to Flail Away at Church
by Stefanie Gutierrez In the New York Times last weekend, Frank Bruni reopened a wound for me in his column, “Catholicism’s Curse,” where he writes about the most recent revelations of the events of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The wound I speak of is not so much that men of God would do something […]
Tablet TALK
During this Year of Faith, here is an event you don’t want to miss: David Haas, composer of contemporary Catholic liturgical music, including “Blest Are They,” “We Have Been Told,” “We Are Called” and “We Will Rise Again,” will be in concert in the Brooklyn Diocese at Holy Child Jesus parish, Richmond Hill. Haas will […]
The Tablet’s Catholic Schools Week Supplement 2013
In anticipation of Catholic Schools Week 2013, we proudly present The Tablet’s annual Catholic Schools Week special pullout section. Click the links below for a message from the Superintendent for Catholic Schools, 2012 student test scores, a principal formation program and information on individual schools. Superintendent’s Message 2013: Catholic Schools in Brooklyn and Queens Are Raising the […]
CSW2013: Dominican College, Orangeburg, N.Y.
Discover the Dominican Difference Small Classes, Student-Focused, Strong Academics Dominican College is a fully accredited, independent, co-ed liberal arts college offering undergraduate degrees in more than 30 disciplines, six master’s degree programs and a doctoral degree program in physical therapy. Dominican’s beautiful campus, located in Orangeburg, N.Y., is just 17 miles from New York […]