Prep’s Smallest Player Has the Biggest Heart
October 16, 2013
In football, basketball and even baseball these days, an athlete’s size is essential in getting noticed. In fact, oftentimes talented...
Jim Mancari
B/Q CHSFL Varsity Standings
October 16, 2013
Updated as of Oct. 15. Parentheses denote league record. St. Francis Prep, Fresh Meadows: 5-1 (5-0) Bishop Ford H.S., Park...
Spirit of a Saint Lives At St. Francis College (with slideshow)
October 10, 2013
by Marie Elena Giossi Creatures, both great and small, gathered with their human companions at St. Francis College’s inaugural animal...
Shining Stars (with slideshow)
October 9, 2013
The first of two Shining Star Award dinners was held Oct. 4 at Gargiulo’s Restaurant, Coney Island, honoring the contributions...
Catholic Schools on Parade (with slideshow)
October 9, 2013
Bay Ridge’s annual Ragamuffin Parade attracted thousands of young and not-so-young dressed in costumes for a parade along Third Avenue....
Blessing of the Animals in Windsor Terrace
October 9, 2013
Msgr. Michael Curran, a member of the faculty at St. Joseph’s Seminary, Dunwoodie, N.Y., who resides at Holy Name Rectory,...
Blessing of the Animals in Woodside
October 9, 2013
Father Frank Mann blessed more than 700 pets and their owners with a relic of St. Francis of Assisi, a...
Blessing of the Animals in Sunset Park
October 9, 2013
Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Sunset Park, marked the feast of St. Francis with the blessing of the animals. Students...
Good Leaders, Good Shepherds
October 9, 2013
Graduation was held at the Sacred Heart Institute, Huntington, L.I., for 19 priests who completed the two-year pastoral leadership program:...
Preparing for Priesthood
October 9, 2013
Juan Luxama, a fourth-year seminarian at the North American College, Rome, whose home parish is Holy Innocents, Flatbush, was ordained...