At the Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) Boys’ Swim Olympics held Jan. 4 at the Eisenhower Park Aquatic Center in East Meadow, L.I., the St. Sebastian’s, Woodside, swim team broke a few CYO records, listed below: Novice (Age 8 and under) 100 yd Medley Relay, 1:15.63 The relay team broke the record that was standing since 2005 […]
Author: Jim Mancari
Tablet’s 2013 Football Diocesan All-Stars
With another competitive season of Brooklyn/Queens CHSFL football in the books, here’s a look at The Tablet’s 2013 All-Diocesan Team. Players were selected from one of the following six schools: Bishop Ford H.S., Park Slope; Christ the King R.H.S., Middle Village; Holy Cross H.S., Flushing; Nazareth R.H.S., East Flatbush; St. Francis Prep, Fresh Meadows; and […]
Presepio: Italian Tradition Tells the Christmas Story (with slideshow)
The Christmas season is a time known for its traditions, from putting up lights and stockings, to singing carols and of course displaying a Christmas tree. But there’s a tradition that lives on today that has been passed on from generation to generation: the construction of a presepio, a Nativity scene depicting the birth of […]
Record-Setting Performances from Bishop Loughlin Hoops Stars
On Dec. 17, two Bishop Loughlin M.H.S., Fort Greene, basketball stars forever cemented their legacies in the Lions’ record books. Senior shooting guard Khadeen Carrington, who will be playing in college next fall at Seton Hall University, broke the school’s all-time points record set by Jayvaughn Pinkston. Carrington needed 26 pts. to break the mark, […]
Nazareth Bball Stars Heading to Manhattan
We all know the Bible story of Samson and Delilah. In Judges 16, the mighty Samson lost his God-given strength when Delilah snuck into his room and had his hair cut off. She exploited Samson’s weakness, but how would Delilah have fared against two powerful Samsons? At Nazareth R.H.S., East Flatbush, the boys’ varsity basketball […]
Snows Knows CYO Values
The Our Lady of the Snows (OLS), North Floral Park, Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) program recently donated $282 toward the diocesan Philippines’ relief effort and also donated $359 to the OLS Human Concerns Center. Pictured with the OLS sub-novice girls’ basketball team is Joan Geiger, OLS Human Concerns Center director, and Father Kevin McBrien, pastor […]
Christmas Wishes Extend Beyond Bars
The social justice ministries of St. Augustine’s Church, Park Slope, provides services to children whose fathers are incarcerated, and services to parents, including parenting classes and advocacy and assistance with family relationships. Every year, program volunteers, like those pictured, write out Christmas cards to men who are incarcerated.
Photos: Resurrection-Ascension CYO Hosts Instructional Basketball Camp
The Catholic Youth Organization basketball program at Resurrection-Ascension, Rego Park, recently hosted an instructional camp for its players to strengthen their skills for the bulk of the CYO season. Here are some photos from the event, courtesy Lou Iorio, Resurrection-Ascension parish athletic representative.
Rockaway Parishioner Coordinates Heisman
Tim Henning has plenty on his plate. The third-generation parishioner and former sacristan and altar server at St. Camillus-St. Virgilius parish, Rockaway Park, is an extraordinary minister of Holy Communion and lector; on the board of directors at St. Camillus School; the chairman of the parish’s annual St. Patrick’s Day Dance; a member of the […]
Staubach Celebrates 50th Heisman Anniversary
It’s been 50 years since Roger Staubach, the devout Catholic quarterback of the U.S. Naval Academy’s, Annapolis, Md., football team, won the 1963 Heisman Trophy. He and his family visited New York City for the first time that year, and former Heisman Executive Director Rudy Riska showed them around. The family enjoyed a Broadway show […]