Xaverian H.S., Bay Ridge, finished as the runner-up in the CHSFL varsity ‘A’ division football championships game, losing 20-18 to Cardinal Spellman H.S., the Bronx in the city title game.
Month: November 2017
Cardinal Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo
Cardinal Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, fourth Chancellor of Bethlehem University, Israel, died Nov. 19 at the age of 92.
Rogelio Martinez
A funeral Mass was celebrated Nov. 25 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in El Paso, Texas, for Rogelio Martinez, the Border Patrol officer who died of injuries to his head and elsewhere on his body.
Sister Margaret Mary McMahon, C.S.J.
Sister Margaret Mary McMahon, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 76 years, died Nov. 16 in hospice care at the Sacred Heart Convent in Hempstead, L.I.
Sister Marietta Was Principal For 18 Years in Rego Park
Sister Marietta Joseph Mackin, S.C., a member of the Sisters of Charity for 68 years, died Nov. 18, at Cabrini of Westchester, Dobbs Ferry, NY. She was 92.
Fr. McGovern Remembered For Openness, Enthusiasm
A Mass of Christian Burial for Father Eugene McGovern, 88, was held Nov. 29 at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Windsor Terrace. He died Nov. 19 at Maimonides Medical Center, Borough Park.
Superstars or Saints
Dear Editor: In answer to the article on the Youth Page (Nov. 25) about the football players taking a knee to in support of “Black Lives Matter,” I would first like to ask how many of these football players have ever taken a knee to protest Planned Parenthood, and supported the yearly March for Life […]
New Bilingual Video Series to Support Youth Leaders Who ‘Accompany’ Teens
The Office of Faith Formation and Discipleship of the Archdiocese of Atlanta, Ga., has launched the first video training series based on the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) framework for youth ministry.
Don’t Forget Single Life…
Dear Editor: In a recent Tablet article about vocations (Bishop’s School Visit Encourages Vocations, Nov. 18), a seventh grader who was interviewed referred to a vocation website sponsored by DeSales Media Group (www.whatsmycalling.org). The seventh grader’s comment about three vocations prompted me to visit the site, which contained links to priesthood/diaconate, religious life and married […]
Junior High Youth Rally
Nationally known youth speaker, Bob Perron of Stooge4Christ ministry, above, gave the keynote talk at a recent Junior High Youth Rally, organized by the diocesan Office of Faith Formation at St. Mark Church, Sheepshead Bay.