Wilner Pierre-Louis, of St. Matthew’s parish, Crown Heights, was born in Haiti. He has been married for 13 years to Marie and they have two daughters. A Consular Agent at the Haitian Consul in Manhattan, he is active in his parish as a lector, an extraordinary minister of the Eucharist, and as a member of […]
Perfecto Santana, of Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary parish, Jamaica, was born in Peralvillo Yamasu, Dominican Republic. He and Calista have been married for 23 years and they have two daughters and a son. A substitute Math and Spanish teacher, he is active in his parish as an extraordinary minister of the Eucharist, and […]
Dear Editor: Your addressing of the growing moral bankruptcy of the Hillary agenda needs to be followed up with Catholic action. One of the major roadblocks that is militating against family life is our growing acceptance of homelessness. How can we expect parents and children to grow in love of God and neighbor when they […]
Nicolino Scarlatto, of St. Francis of Assisi parish, Astoria, was born in Queens. He has been married to Jeanmarie for 24 years and they have one son. A pharmacist, he is active in his parish as a lector, an extraordinary minister of the Eucharist, and with the Parish Pastoral Council, the Children’s Liturgy, and the […]
Stanley Tam, of St. John Vianney parish, Flushing, is from Hong Kong. He and his wife, Judy, have been married for 38 years and they have two sons. A buildings maintenance manager, he is involved in his parish as an extraordinary minister of the Eucharist and President of the Presidium of the Legion of Mary. […]
Dear Editor: I always enjoy Father Robert Lauder’s column in The Tablet. A recent column brought back many memories for me of a priest who taught English at St. Francis College in the late 1940s and 1950s. Father Gerard M. Murray introduced his students to Graham Greene, Evelyn Waugh and the Catholic novel. Much like Father Lauder, he intimated that they present a profoundly deep understanding of human nature.
St. Gregory the Great, Bellerose, was the named the recipient of the 2015 Kevin Mahoney Sportsmanship Award.
Anthony Markle from St. Francis de Sales parish, Belle Harbor, won the Catholic Youth Organization’s essay scholarship.
Dear Editor: It was good to see the front-page coverage (May 9) given to Pope Francis’ eagerly awaited ecology encyclical and to the role Catholic groups are playing in the attempt to protect the environment from climate change and other kinds of degradation; I remember the excellent coverage given to the part religious groups played in the Climate March in New York City last September.
Many newspapers are jumping to conclusions about the transfer of Father Warren Hall, a priest of the Archdiocese of Newark, from his position of director of campus ministry at Seton Hall University, South Orange, N.J.
