St. Andrew Avellino parish, Flushing, had a successful run in this year’s Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) soccer season. On June 16, the eighth-grade girls’ team won the CYO rookie intermediate division championship title game 2-1 over St. Patrick’s, Bay Ridge. The score was tied 1-1 after Briana Payano scored for St. Andrew’s. Lea Vallone scored […]
by Sister Karen Cavanagh, C.S.J. But you, who do you say that I am?” (Matthew 16:15) Cross bearer… Chosen One… Savior… Christ of God! No ordinary times have we here. No ordinary reminders have we of grace received, of self-emptying for the sake of each one of us. Over the next few weeks in our […]
For 53 years, Bishop Joseph M. Sullivan celebrated Mass at Our Lady of Hope Church, Middle Village. So, it was only fitting when he died June 7, that the parish be given a special opportunity to say farewell and thank you. Our Lady of Hope Church became the site for the vigil Mass for Bishop […]
by Deacon Jun Hee Lee Recently, I was given an amazing opportunity to meet our Holy Father, Pope Francis. I went with my chalice – the chalice that I will be using after I am ordained a priest for the Brooklyn Diocese on June 29 – with the hope and desire to see him and […]
Dear Dr. Garner, I hope you can resolve this “issue” that has come between my mother and myself. My mother said she heard about a study on TV which found that people who smile a lot are more likely to be healthy. Is this really true? If so, isn’t it being somewhat of a phony […]
Pope Francis and retired Pope Benedict XVI have a special devotion to St. Joseph and have assured that devotion regularly will be shared at Mass by Catholics around the world. The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments said Pope Francis confirmed a decision originally made by Pope Benedict to include St. Joseph permanently in […]
My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, In one of my courses in social work administration, my professor gave a short line which was meant to guide us in our administration. He said, “Administration is a series of interruptions.” How often I remember these words of Dr. Mickey Liebowitz when in the course of […]
Parishioners from St. Andrew Avellino, Flushing, headed out to Citi Field June 12 to catch the Mets take on the St. Louis Cardinals. Pictured above, eighth-grade students enjoyed the game from the left field seats. The students must have been the good luck charms because the Mets earned a 5-1 victory.
SAA Artists Dominate Local Contest Fourth through seventh grade students at St. Andrew Avellino School (SAA), Flushing, were big winners in the annual art contest sponsored by the Edward F. McGoldrick branch of the Queens Public Library in Flushing. The branch was named after the founding pastor of St. Andrew Avellino parish, who was alsoa library […]
