Cathedral Club Installs New Officers
N.Y.S. Supreme Court Judge Bernard Graham, far right, recently inducted the new officers for The Cathedral Club of Brooklyn. The newly installed officers, from left, Mark Cipolla, treasurer; Antonio Biondi, financial secretary; Vincent LeVien, vice president, and Chris Hannan, president, are joined by Martin Cottingham, former president. Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio serves as the club’s spiritual director. (Photo courtesy of The Cathedral Club of Brooklyn)
OK, Tablet TALK readers, we need your help!
We received word that the shelves of the food pantry at Our Lady of Mercy, Forest Hills, are desperately bare. The parish is asking for donations of canned fruit and vegetables, pasta and pasta sauce, peanut butter and jelly, rice, tuna and crackers as well as shampoo, toothpaste and soap.
During the summer, the food pantry operates every Saturday, 10-11 a.m.
For details about where and when you can drop off donations, call 718-268-6143.
Meet this year’s Great Irish Fair honorees at the Fair’s kick-off reception, set for Wednesday, Aug. 13, at St. Francis College, Brooklyn Heights.
All are welcome to join in the festivities, which will include Irish music and light refreshments. The reception begins at 6 p.m., and tickets are $50 per person.
RSVP by Monday, Aug. 4 to greatirishfair@yahoo.com.
The irish American Building Society Charities Inc. presents The 33rd annual Great Irish Fair Sept. 13 and 14,10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. in Coney Island. See full details at www.gifnyc.com.
Josephine Cachia, director of the diocesan Charismatic Renewal, asked Tablet TALK to spread the word that the first national meeting of Catholic ecclesial movements and new communities is taking place on Aug. 9, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m., at Our Lady of Good Counsel H.S. in Olney, Md.
Around 1,500 members of nearly 20 movements and communities from across the U.S. will gather to both grow in knowledge, understanding and support of one another, as well as give witness to their joint commitment to the New Evangelization.
The daylong event includes addresses from bishops involved in the movements; keynotes from Ralph Martin, president of Renewal Ministries, and Jacquelyn DeMesme-Gray, regional coordinator of The Cursillo Movement; personal witnesses and a closing Mass celebrated by Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington, D.C.
For more information, call 1-800-338-2445 or email movgathering@gmail.com.
The Bridge to Life, Flushing, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to offering women and men the resources they need to choose life.
One way you can support Bridge to Life – and get to meet the good people behind these worthy efforts – is by attending a Pasta Dinner Fundraiser, Sept. 28, 2-6 p.m., hosted by the Knights of Columbus at the General Sherman/Father Shine Council No. 569.
Tickets are $25 for adults and $10 for children.
For tickets and details, or to find out other ways you can help, call 718-463-1810.
Join Sacred Hearts-St. Stephen parish, Carroll Gardens, and Msgr. Guy Massie, pastor, on a pilgrimage to Southern Italy and Sicily this fall.
Tour departs Oct. 15 and makes stops in Naples, Mola di Bari, Giovanni Rotondo, Matera, Taormina, Siracusa, Licata and Palermo. For more information, contact Regina Tours at 1-800-228-4654.
Happy Wedding!
Congratulations to Tablet reporter Antonina Zielinska who married Jordan Schlenker at St. Mary’s Church in Kutztown, Pa., on Saturday, July 26. Msgr. Kieran Harrington officiated over the exchange of vows, which was followed by an evening of fine food and dancing at a local hall. The happy couple is honeymooning in Europe. (Photo © Ed Wilkinson)
