BROOKLYN Resurrection, Gerritsen Beach — Lenten Series: Repentance, Feb. 26, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Speaker: Father James Devlin. Future dates: March 5 and 12. Call 743-7234. Visitation B.V.M., Red Hook — Healing Mass, Feb. 27, 7 p.m. Call 624-1572. Holy Family, Canarsie — Youth Stations of the Cross, Feb. 27, 7 p.m. Call 257-4423. Our Lady of […]
Month: February 2015
Bough Broke Color Barrier at St. Francis
Just a few months after Jackie Robinson joined the Dodgers, Levi Bough became the first black basketball player at St. Francis.
Teen News Flash: Benefit Concert Organized by Local Youth
Nineteen-year-old Connor Whelan is a musician from Brooklyn who has taken it upon himself to organize a concert to benefit the Sisters of St. Joseph of Brentwood, L.I. The gig will be featuring other local musicians, including Gypsy Trane, Steven Vaughn, Nicki Marone and Maribeth Dono and the Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM) Choir. A […]
Youth Views: What do you enjoy about still being a kid?
Kelly Kraics, junior St. Joseph H.S. I still watch cartoons on the weekends without being judged. If adults watch cartoons they may be classified as weird or strange. Watching cartoons reminds me of my childhood. Daisy Perez, senior St. Joseph H.S. Still being a kid leaves me with an open mind. Adults are […]
St. Francis Prep Students Peek at Patron Saint’s Note
Students, faculty, and staff from St. Francis Prep had the opportunity to reconnect with a profound part of their past: a collection of nearly 800-year-old documents that relate to St. Francis of Assisi.
CYO Girls Hoops Champs Crowned (with video)
Nine teams were crowned diocesan champions for CYO’s girls’ basketball Feb. 21-22 at St. John’s Prep, Astoria.
‘Timbuktu’ Balances Tolerance and Tyranny
“Timbuktu,” which portrays oppression at the hands of jihadists in northern Mali, offers one of the most gently lyrical and original portrayals of withstanding tyranny ever shown.
Exercises in Love
By Effie Calderola WHEN MY YOUNGEST child was 4, I re-entered the workforce after spending time at home raising three children. Even though I started as a part-time employee, I felt pressured. I was uneasy with myself, often stressed and during that first year back at work, a family medical crisis added to my lack […]
First Center in U.S. Dedicated to Studying Religious Life
The Catholic Theological Union’s new Center for the Study of Consecrated Life is launching at a time when religious institutions are in a period of massive realignment, with severe contraction in some parts of the world and rapid expansion in others.
Visiting the Imprisoned on Ash Wednesday
Retired Auxiliary Bishop Emil A. Wcela of Rockville Centre, N.Y., prays over two inmates at the end of an Ash Wednesday Mass at the Suffolk County Correctional Facility in Riverhead, L.I., Feb. 18.