Don Kent, former head varsity boys’ basketball coach at Msgr. McClancy H.S., East Elmhurst, and Christ the King H.S., Middle Village, is celebrating 12 years cancer free.
Month: December 2022
Coach’s Homecoming Supports Brooklyn Community Hoops
Brian Shea, the head varsity boys’ basketball coach at Adams Street Academy, recently hosted a series of youth basketball clinics at his home parish, St. Thomas Aquinas.
Download the Bright Christmas Fund Mail In Form
Here you can download the mail in form for giving to The Tablet’s Bright Christmas Fund.
Thousands From the Diocese Celebrate Our Lady of Guadalupe
Thousands of Catholics made their annual pilgrimage to celebrate the Feast of Our Lady Of Guadalupe at the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph on Dec. 12.
As Immigration Politics Play Out, Catholics at the Border Focus on People
While hoping for the best amid an appeal by the Biden administration of a district judge’s decision to end a controversial Trump-era measure allowing immediate expulsion of immigrants, advocates for new arrivals along the U.S.-Mexico border say their focus remains on the migrants they encounter.
CCBQ’s Bereavement Services Comfort Those Who Mourn
In 1969, psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross defined the “five stages of grief” as “denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.”
Early Funeral Arrangements Help Assure Post-Death Wishes Are Respected
Once a loved one dies, perhaps the biggest question becomes: What is an appropriate funeral, and how should it be carried out? In some cases, that question has been addressed in advance, but in other cases, it hasn’t.
The Spirit of Christmas Is Alive and Well At the Emmaus Center
One of Brooklyn’s premier music halls, the Emmaus Center, is planning a Christmas spectacular featuring a star-studded cavalcade of some of popular music’s biggest stars.
Celebrating John the Baptist During Advent
In the Gospel we proclaim this Sunday from the Evangelist Matthew, we encounter, yet again, the figure of Saint John the Baptist.
Love in Action: Being a Gift Giver Brings You Benefits
In last week’s column I quoted a statement from Father Ron Rolheiser in his book “Wrestling with God: Finding Hope and Meaning in Our Daily Struggles to Be Human” ( New York, Penguin, Random House, $22.00, pp. 198) in which he claimed that we should give to the poor because such generosity will make us healthy.