College basketball teams are gearing up for the annual NCAA Tournament, and right here in Brooklyn, local athletes can experience their own version of “March Madness.” The youth leadership ambassador program of the Vicariate of Black Catholic Concerns will hold a “March Madness” event Saturday, March 15 from 3-8 p.m. in Msgr. King Hall at […]
Author: Jim Mancari
College Fair for CHSAA Athletes
Are you a CHSAA student-athlete looking for an opportunity to continue your sports career in college? The CHSAA is hosting a college fair at Lehman College, the Bronx, on March 24 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. featuring over 50 Division II and Division III colleges. This is the first joint effort between Career Council […]
Second Annual Bilingual Women’s Conference
“Mary, a Role Model for Women” is the theme for the diocese’s second annual Bilingual Women’s Conference, which is set for Saturday, March 22, from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Immaculate Conception Center, Douglaston. Activities for the day will include Mass with Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, speaker presentations, a concert, a prayer service and […]
Girls’ Swim Honors Awarded
The GCHSAA varsity swimming season came to a close recently. Below is a picture of the Coach of the Year from St. Edmund Prep, Sheepshead Bay, Danielle Johnson, the commissioner Heather Green and the winner of the Joe and Anna Stez award, senior Alexandra Rubiano from Archbishop Molloy H.S., Briarwood.
Girls’ CYO Basketball Championship for St. Kevin’s
Congratulations to the fifth grade ‘A’ Division CYO girls’ basketball team from St. Kevin’s parish, Flushing, on their championship victory Feb. 23. The team is pictured below with Father Paul Kim, parochial vicar.
CYO Crowns Girls Basketball Champions
Congratulations to all girls’ Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) teams on a successful season. Champions were crowned Feb. 23. CYO would like to thank St. Agnes H.S., College Point; Bishop Kearney H.S., Bensonhurst; Msgr. McClancy M.H.S., East Elmhurst; and St. John’s Prep, Astoria, for hosting the semifinals and championship games. A special thanks to Rev. Paul […]
Our Lady of Grace Soccer Hosts Clinic for Autistic Children
The weather might be a bit chilly outside, but that didn’t stop members of the Our Lady of Grace, Howard Beach, Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) soccer program from taking to the field – the indoor field that is. On Feb. 15, team members joined with the North American Soccer League’s New York Cosmos, the Adelphi […]
Bears and Lady Bears Earn All-Conference Basketball Honors
From St. Joseph’s College, Clinton Hill Bears Following a season that saw the St. Joseph’s College (Brooklyn) men’s basketball team go undefeated in Hudson Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (HVIAC) play and take home the Tournament championship, juniors David Louison(Brooklyn, N.Y./St. Edmund Prep) and Vernon Maddox (Staten Island, N.Y./St. Peter’s) along with sophomore Michael Megafu (Brooklyn, N.Y./Nazareth Regional) were named […]
Christ Renews His Parish: Green Bay Parishioners Introduce Powerful Retreat Experience to the Diocese
Seventy-five parishioners from three diocesan parishes – St. Mary Gate of Heaven, Ozone Park; Good Shepherd, Marine Park; and Holy Trinity, Whitestone – recently gathered at the Seminary of the Immaculate Conception, Huntington, L.I., to begin a process called Christ Renews His Parish. Christ Renews His Parish, or CRHP, is a powerful experience of Christian […]
‘Miracle on Ice’ Still Inspires 34 Years Later
Where were you on Feb. 22, 1980? Unfortunately, I was not around, but if I were, I know I’d be glued to ABC watching whatever 19-inch JVC television I could find – preferably in color. Of course, I’d be watching the rebroadcast of the famous “Miracle on Ice,” when the 1980 U.S. men’s hockey team […]