A celebration of gratitude will be held in honor of Sister Rosemarie Greco, D.W., as she retires after 27 years of service as executive director of Wisdom House Retreat and Conference Center in Litchfield, Conn., Dec. 17.
Month: December 2017
Catholic Principals Honored for Lighting Fire of Knowledge, Faith
Kathleen Buscemi, principal of St. Bernard Catholic Academy, Mill Basin, received the prestigious Lighting the Fire for Catholic Education Award at the annual gathering of the NYS Catholic School Administration Association in Albany, Dec. 3.
Franciscans Involved in Making ‘Sultan and Saint’ Documentary
A moment in time that has been captured in art has now been captured on film.
Intrepid Adventure for Astoria Students
Fifth graders from St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Academy, Astoria, visited the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum this fall.
Pearl Harbor Chaplain Honored Posthumously for Heroism
Relatives of the first chaplain to die in World War II accepted the Silver Star on his behalf 76 years to the day after he died saving 12 sailors during the Pearl Harbor attack.
Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Parish
For its centennial, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio joined Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal parish to celebrate the past and emphasize the importance of the future.
Tablet to Publish Double Issue Next Week
The Tablet’s year-end double issue will be published next week, Dec. 23. No edition will be printed the following week.
The Eyes Have It at DC Shrine Dome Dedication
The overflowing congregation at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception hardly needed reminding to raise their “eyes to the heavens” during a dedication of the Trinity Dome Mosaic Dec. 8.
Bishop’s Christmas Luncheon
Eight hundred people were on hand for the annual Bishop’s Christmas Luncheon that raises scholarship money for Catholic schools in Brooklyn and Queens.
Why Wait? How Advent Waiting Changes Us
Wait in hope, faith and love, the wise ones say. Wait and pray. Slow the rhythm of your hearts to God’s time. We young ones are always impatient – can we be anything else? – but when we listen to their wisdom, we learn. Families are made by waiting. Made for waiting together.