From March 14-16, St. Saviour H.S. sophomore Mariah Jenkins competed in the NYS YMCA Swimming Championships at Ithaca College. Mariah has been swimming competitively since the age of eight. For the past five years she has been training at the Bedford-Stuyvesant YMCA, and in each of those years she has qualified to compete at the […]
On Thursday, March 13 as part of Women’s History Month, the Bishop Kearney High School Varsity Basketball Team was honored by State Sen. Marty Golden. Sen. Golden held an awards ceremony at Kearney to honor Brooklyn women’s groups whose actions have inspired others and who have improved Brooklyn’s quality of […]
Catholic women were encouraged to be “good stewards of religious liberty” when the Brooklyn Diocesan Council of the National Council of Catholic Women held its 48th biennial convention.
The 39th annual Irish-American Parade wound its way through Park Slope led by its Grand Marshal, Father Jim Cunningham, pastor of Holy Name parish.
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams hosted the 12th annual St. Patrick’s Day Breakfast at Borough Hall on March 17. During his remarks, he said he is establishing an exploratory committee to invite Pope Francis to visit Brooklyn. Above, presentations were made to Tablet Editor Ed Wilkinson, Irishman of the Year; Mae O’Driscoll, Paul O’Dwyer Memorial […]
by Father Brian Jordan, O.F.M. After conducting the 10 a.m. Ash Wednesday service in the chapel of St. Francis College, Brooklyn Heights, I asked those attending to please pray for me since I would be attending a federal appeals court hearing the next day in Foley Square. I was the Franciscan priest who blessed the […]
Sister Clement Marie Fay, O.P., of Dominican Convent, Sparkill, N.Y., died March 7 in Siena Hall. She was 89. Born in Glendale, she entered the congregation of Our Lady of the Rosary in Sparkill in 1955 and received the name Sister Clement Marie, professing her final vows in 1962. She was an elementary teacher and […]
As protestors continue to stand their ground in Maidan Square, Ukraine, Our Lady of Refuge parish, Flatbush, will host a benefit concert in solidarity with those fighting for independence and government accountability. Andriy Zinchuk decided to organize the event as a way to bring diversity to the New York efforts in support of his home […]
The New York Blood Center recognized the achievements of the nearly 100 diocesan organizations that participated in blood drives in 2013.
PERTH, Australia (CNS) – Several Australian bishops said they would support re-establishment of year-round Friday abstinence in Australia, following the lead of England and Wales. Auxiliary Bishop Peter Elliott of Melbourne, Bishop Geoffrey Jarrett of Lismore and Bishop Michael Kennedy of Armidale are among prelates who said they support Friday abstinence from meat – without […]
