Prospect Park Track Club’s Tom Meany presented Denise Catapano, Assistant Director of Athletics at Bishop Ford Central Catholic High School, with a check for $12,500.
Month: April 2014
Jesuit Murdered
Jesuit Father Frans van der Lugt chats with civilians in early January, urging them to be patient, in the besieged area of Homs, Syria. The Jesuits said April 7 that the Dutch priest, who had worked in Syria since 1966, was beaten by armed men and killed with two bullets to the head. The 75-year-old […]
St. Francis Teens Share T-Shirts Across Atlantic
Continuing their parternship with their Franciscan brothers and sisters in Kenya, students at St. Francis Prep, Fresh Meadows, bought T-shirts for Lent and shipped them to St. Francis Secondary School in Lare, Kenya.
Superstorm Sandy Did Not Break St. Francis de Sales CYO
Although their final year at St. Francis de Sales Elementary School, Belle Harbor, was marked by the destruction and havoc from Superstorm Sandy, CYO athletes did not forget the values the school and parish had taught them.
Youth Views: What difficult decisions do you or did you face?
One of the hardest things I have to decide is going against the status quo. It may seem like a cliche, but like other teenagers, I have to face the decision of going along with the crowd or swimming upstream.
Bishops’ Holy Week Schedules
Holy Week schedules for Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio and Auxiliary Bishops Octavio Cisneros, Raymond Chappetto, Paul Sanchez and Guy Sansaricq.
Maspeth Has a Saintly Way
Having stood tall atop the Maspeth hills for over a century, Holy Cross can now be identified as the church in Maspeth on Pope John Paul II Way.
Lebanese Students on Mission to Share Smiles
Bringing the face of Jesus to the poor is an experience a group of Lebanese 10th graders will long remember about this Lent.
The Media Has the Message
Media campaign encourages Catholics in Brooklyn and Queens to come back to the Church during Holy Week.
Pope Meets Privately With King of Jordan
Less than seven weeks before the start of his trip to the Holy Land, Pope Francis welcomed Jordan’s King Abdullah II and Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad bin Talal to his residence at the Vatican for tea and conversation April 7.