St. Joe’s College’s New AD Hopes Bears Keep Roaring

Over the past few years, the St. Joseph’s College, Clinton Hill, athletic program has expanded across 14 varsity sports. As the program continues to grow, James Lally has taken over as the new director of athletics and recreation at the Brooklyn Campus.

LEGO Learning Makes Lessons Fun

This week’s Tablet TALK highlights a STEM-minded school robotics team from East New York, two upcoming events that will take you back to the groovy ’70s, introduces the newest DeSales Media/NET-TV baby and much more.

Celebrations in Carroll Gardens

Sacred Hearts-St. Stephen parish, Carroll Gardens, welcomed its new statue of St. John the Baptist that was commissioned by the Society of the Citizens of Pozzallo, located on Henry St. It is a replica of the statue in the town of Pozzallo located in Southern Sicily. plaque

Foundations for Ministry, Fall 2016

This fall, the diocesan Pastoral Institute will offer its 10-week Foundations for Ministry Program in English, Spanish and Creole at sites in Brooklyn and Queens.

Diocesan Youth on Pilgrimage

Snapshots of World Youth Day pilgrims from Brooklyn and Queens en route to and upon arrival in Krakow, Poland.

Obituary: Sister Alice Francis Young, C.S.J.

Sister Alice Francis Young, C.S.J., 101, a member of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 84 years, died July 6 in St. Joseph College Convent in Clinton Hill.

Obituary: James ‘Jim’ McElroy

A Mass of Christian burial for James “Jim” McElroy, 86, former baseball coach at St. Francis College, Brooklyn Heights, was celebrated July 22 at Good Shepherd Church, Marine Park.

Obituary: Edna Murnane

Edna Murnane, 103, a former long-time parishioner of Visitation B.V.M., Red Hook, and mother-in-law of Tablet Editor Ed Wilkinson, died July 13.