Vince O’Connor was a legend not only for his football success – 62 years of coaching, 341 wins, 16 CHSFL titles, nine NFL players – but also for the way he molded countless young boys into men.
Month: February 2015
Sister Mary Noemi Kreppein, O.P.
Sister Mary Noemi Kreppein, O.P., a Sister of St. Dominic, Amityville, L.I., for 75 years, died Jan. 21. She was 97. Born in Brooklyn and baptized Elizabeth, she was the first of three sisters to become Sisters of St. Dominic. She entered the Amityville Dominican Congregation in 1939 from St. Cecilia parish, Greenpoint. In 1943, […]
Sister Margaret de Sales Grob, C.S.J.
Sister Margaret de Sales Grob, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, for 76 years, died Feb. 4. She entered the congregation in 1939 from St. Teresa of Avila parish, South Ozone Park. She earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Latin from Manhattan College and St. John’s University, respectively. In 1975, she pursued clinical […]
Around the Diocese: Feb. 21, 2015
BROOKLYN Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Sunset Park – Pro-life Mass, Feb. 20, 7:30 p.m. Call 492-9200. Good Shepherd, Marine Park — Healing Mass, Feb. 20, 7:30 p.m. Rosary at 7:10 p.m. Call 998-2800. Our Lady of Peace, Gowanus/Park Slope — Learning about the Traditional Latin Mass, Feb. 21, 12 p.m. followed by Missa Cantata […]
Tablet TALK: ‘Thank-yous’ Are Music to Their Ears
Music groups from Our Lady of Guadalupe in Dyker Heights, a Lenten Mission at Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament in Bayside, free tax preparation and more in this week’s Tablet TALK.
Swim Titles for Molloy’s Boys and Girls
The Archbishop Molloy H.S., Briarwood, boys and girls varsity swimming teams capped off another successful year in the pool, with each team taking home championship titles.
St. Thomas Aquinas, Flatlands – Youth Stay-a-Wake-athon Lock-in
Friendship, faith, food and fun is what St. Thomas Aquinas parish, Flatlands, is offering youth on Feb. 27-28, 6 p.m. to 9 a.m. at Msgr. King Hall, 1550 Hendrickson St., Brooklyn. There will be a live band, bake off, guest speakers, dinner, games, a movie, a pancake breakfast and much more. You must register by […]
Diocesan Youth Day 2015
Paul Morisi, the coordinator of adolescent and youth adult formation for the diocese, is very happy to announce that online registration is now open for Brooklyn Catholic Youth Day (#BCYD) for teens in junior high and high school.
Diocesan Youth Hang Out with An Author and Newswoman
Youth from throughout Brooklyn and Queens joined the diocesan Vicariate of Black Catholic Concerns for the annual Youth and Young Adult Leadership Conference. This year one of the guest speakers was Liz Faublas, host of “Currents,” the daily news show on NET-TV, the sister news organization of The Tablet. Faublas shared her experience of leadership […]
Vatican Document Offers Homily Help
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – A homily at Mass is not a mini-catechism class, the Vatican says in a new document on homilies, but it is an opportunity to explain Church teaching using the Scripture readings and the Catechism of the Catholic Church. “In the broadest sense, the homily is a discourse about the mysteries of […]