The Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League (ACBL) played host the the U.S.A. Military baseball team in an All-Star Game played June 29 at Jack Kaiser Stadium on the campus of St. John’s University, Jamaica. The game was competitive the whole way, but the ACBL hung on for a 5-3 victory. However, the true purpose of the […]
When the legendary coach Jack Curran passed away in mid-March, two men tried diligently to replace the long-tenured coach. But these two would agree that there is no replacing Jack Curran, but instead just continuing the traditions he started at Archbishop Molloy H.S., Briarwood. Those two men, interim baseball coach Brad Lyons and interim basketball […]
Here are the results for Catholic Youth Organization baseball, softball and soccer. Congratulations to all those who participated in CYO sports this year! Baseball Pee Wee First Place: Our Lady of Hope, Middle Village Second Place: St. Luke, Whitestone Novice First Place: Our Lady of Hope Second Place: St. Margaret, Middle Village Bantam First Place: […]
(CNS) – The New York State Senate rejected the abortion-related plank of a 10-point women’s equality bill, prompting the New York State Catholic Conference to call the action a “remarkable victory for unborn children.” The Catholic Conference called the provision the “Abortion Expansion Act.” Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who labeled it the “Reproductive Health Act,” said […]
The Dominican Sisters of Amityville, L.I., installed a new Leadership Council on Sunday, June 23, to assume leadership of the Congregation’s 466 members. From left are: Sister Marguerite Warren, O.P., councilor for wellness, who most recently worked as a math teacher at Bishop Loughlin M.H.S., Fort Greene; Sister Margaret Ann McVetty, O.P., councilor for mission, […]
New York State Supreme Court Judge Bernard Graham inducted the new slate of officers for The Cathderal Club of Brooklyn. From left are Mark Cipolla, recording secretary; Vincent LeVien, treasurer; Christopher Hannon, vice president; Martin Cottingham, president; Msgr. Kieran Harrington, spiritual director; Judge Graham; and John Heyer, outgoing president.
More than 120 golfers took to the links for the fourth annual CYO Golf Classic conducted June 20 at the North Hills Country Club, Manhasset, L.I. Group shot shows, from left, Louis Grassi, guest of honor; Howard Cross, former New York Giants’ tight end; Auxiliary Bishop Raymond Chappetto; Rod Gilbert, former New York Rangers’ all-star; […]
Sister Margaret Mary (Peggy) Keegan, S.S.N.D., who taught school for many years in New Jersey and Baltimore before becoming a school librarian, died of respiratory failure on June 14 at Maria Health Care Center in Baltimore. She was 81 and was celebrating her 60th jubilee this summer as a professed member of the School Sisters […]
by Maria Wiering BALTIMORE (CNS) – Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore held up statesman Sargent Shriver and other Catholics like him as “a living example of how faith enriches public life” June 21 at a standing-room-only Mass opening the second Fortnight for Freedom. “Faith serves the public life not only by the sheer magnitude […]
Father Jun Hee Lee Born in Seoul, South Korea, Father Jun Hee (Peter) Lee, 26, spent his early years in Asuncion, Paraguay, before immigrating to the U.S. at age nine. After spending a year in New Jersey, his family settled in Marine Park and found their spiritual home among the Korean community at St. Athanasius […]
