From St. John’s University, Jamaica QUEENS, N.Y. – With hundreds in attendance to support the St. John’s athletics teams, a speech by Julius “Dr. J” Erving highlighted “An Evening with St. John’s Basketball,” held at the Metropolitan Club of New York on Tuesday evening. The evening commenced with an address from Director of Athletics Chris […]
Month: November 2014
McClancy Shines in Soccer Championships
It was an eventful fall season for the Msgr. McClancy M.H.S., East Elmhurst, Crusaders’ boys’ and girls’ soccer program. The varsity boys’ captured this year’s CHSAA city championship with a win over St. Joseph’s by the Sea, Staten Island. The game was decided on penalty kicks, with McClancy senior Roko Basic scoring the deciding goal […]
Catholic Migration Office to Hold Special Immigration Information Session
After President Barack Obama’s executive order announcing a new policy to allow certain undocumented individuals to apply for a limited form of immigration relief, the diocesan Catholic Migration Office will hold a special information session on this new policy on Saturday, Dec. 6, at 1 p.m. at St. Sebastian Parish Center, 39-60 57th St., Woodside. […]
Olympian Dara Torres Visits St. Francis College
Former U.S. Swimming Olympian Dara Torres led a clinic for Catholic Youth Organization swim teams last weekend at St. Francis College, Brooklyn Heights. Torres won 12 Olympic medals in her career and broke an American swimming record in the 50-meter freestyle at the age of 41. The clinic was set up as a fundraiser for […]
Tablet Talk: 50th Reunion for St. Joseph School and Giving Thanks in Elmhurst
50th Reunion: St. Joseph School, Astoria Fifty-four members of the Class of 1964 from St. Joseph School, Astoria, met for a 50th reunion at their alma mater. Charlie Gozdziewski, Mary Hank, Donna Innone, Richie McCormack, Msgr. Sean Ogle and Robert Padala organized a program for alumni and guests that included a school tour, luncheon and […]
Former Bay Ridge Principal Dies at 99
Sister Mary Arthur (Dorothy Ann) McCarthy, S.C., a Sister of Charity, Halifax, for 77 years, died Nov. 10 at Mount St. Vincent, Wellsley Hills, Mass. She was 99. She taught eighth grade at Our Lady of Angels, Bay Ridge, 1949-61, and served as principal, 1967-73. She also ministered in Massachusetts and retired to Mount St. […]
Poverty: Not As Seen on TV
Nine juniors and seniors from Xaverian H.S., Bay Ridge, traveled to Camden, N.J., to participate in a service program that put them face to face with poverty and challenged them to live on only $3 for a whole day. The Romero Center’s Urban Challenge Program is a service-learning, immersion retreat experience, which ran Oct. 23-26. […]
Bishop Will Give Thanks for St. Kuriakose Elias Chavara
A Mass of thanksgiving in honor of the canonization of St. Kuriakose Elias Chavara will be celebrated at St. Anthony-St. Alphonsus Church, Greenpoint, on Sunday, Dec. 7, at 4 p.m. Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio will be the main celebrant. St. Kuriakose Elias is the founder of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (C.M.I.), who staff the Brooklyn […]
CCHD Collection This Week
The Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) collection will be taken up in all parishes of Brooklyn and Queens on the weekend of Nov. 22-23. Founded in 1970 by the Catholic Bishops of the U.S. as their domestic anti-poverty program, CCHD was proposed by the late Brooklyn Bishop Francis J. Mugavero. CCHD brings Catholic social […]
It’s Official! Pope Is Coming to US
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Francis said he would attend the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia in September, making it the first confirmed stop on what is expected to be a more extensive papal visit to North America, including a stop in New York. The pope made the announcement Nov. 17 in a speech […]