The Father Troike Leadership Program returns this year, July 5-29, at the Cathedral Prep campus in Elmhurst, Queens. New this year is soccer, journalism and creative writing classes, and hot lunch in the cafeteria.
Author: Bill Miller
Only in Print: Local Schools and Vets Help U.S. Troops in Poland, Lithuania
Catholic school kids and veterans in the Diocese of Brooklyn want troops deployed to Poland and Lithuania to know they’re not forgotten. The solution: care packages stuffed with snakes, toiletries and letters of encouragement.
Catholic Schools Night Draws Huge Crowd To Honor Young Scholars and Watch Priests vs. Principals Game
Catholic Schools Night at the Brooklyn Cyclones game Tuesday evening, June 21, honored valedictorians and salutatorians from the Catholic academies and parish schools in the Diocese of Brooklyn. Also honored was Msgr. David Cassato, vicar of Catholic Schools, whose image is now a bobblehead.
Holy Cross Students Inspire Hope With Prayers They Wrote During COVID
“Ave Crux, Spes Unica ” (“Hail to the Cross, Our Only Hope”) is a small book, but filled with prayers, including contributions from Holy Cross High School (Flushing) students who wrote them in the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Catholic Researchers Urge Institutions To Make Deeper Probes for Possible Slavery Ties
Money from the 1838 sale of 272 slaves by Jesuit priests in Maryland helped finance the expansion of the Church in states to the west and north, researchers say. The Jesuits are addressing that history, but some researchers say other institutions, such as colleges and universities, should do likewise.
Brooklyn’s ‘Harshest Slave Code’ Rivaled the South, Researchers Say
Many Brooklynites know their city’s rich heritage in the movement to abolish slavery. However, Brooklyn’s history also contains a harsh history of slavery reaching back to the days of colonialism.
Only In Print: St. Peter’s CA Students Get Lessons in Cryptocurrency, Cyberbullying
Cyberbullying and cryptocurrency, at first glance, sound like an unlikely combination.
Only In Print: Pick of the Glitter: Stolen Jewels Returned to Regina Paris – Twice!
The scene was the Basilica of Regina Pacis at the border of Dyker Heights and Bensonhurst.
‘Napalm Girl’ Shares Christ During 50th Anniversary of Iconic Photo
In 1972, Phan Thị Kim Phúc, then age 9, was horribly disfigured by a napalm strike on her village in South Vietnam. A famous photo of her fleeing the carnage, naked, left her feeling ashamed and isolated. She contemplated suicide. But now, 50 years later, she rejoices in the truth that “God had a plan.”
Three Priests Welcomed to the Diocese, First Group Ordained By Bishop Brennan
Three men on Saturday, June 4 added the title of “Father” to their names, and learning their parishes parish assignments in the Diocese of Brooklyn. Their ordination ceremony was the first for Bishop Robert Brennan since he was installed late last year.