Eight seniors from four Catholic high schools in the Diocese of Brooklyn signed their National Letters of Intent Feb. 6 on National Signing Day to continue their football-playing careers in college. They each shined on the gridiron playing in the CHSFL and have earned the opportunity to showcase their skills at the next level, as […]
Author: Jim Mancari
Class of ’13 Inducted Into Cathedral Hall
Six alumni of Cathedral Prep Seminary, Elmhurst, were inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame Feb. 2 as part of the 14th annual Mass and induction ceremony at Immaculate Conception Center, Douglaston. The Class of 2013 brings the total amount of Cathedral Prep Hall of Famers to 77. While the Super Bowl was played the […]
Fontbonne Shocks at GCHSAA Swim Championships
On Feb. 3, the Fontbonne Hall Academy, Bay Ridge, swim team finished second at the GCHSAA championships held at the Eisenhower Park Aquatic Center, East Meadow, L.I. The Bonnies entered the meet with the best record in Brooklyn and finished ahead of Staten Island rivals Notre Dame Academy and St. Joseph Hill. Archbishop Molloy H.S., […]
Still Marching for Life After 40 Years (with video and slideshow)
For 40 years, the cries of unborn children lost to abortion have been heard at the annual March for Life held in Washington, D.C. At this year’s march on Jan. 25, an estimated 500,000 anti-abortion advocates – the largest crowd in march history – traversed up Constitution Ave. through the snow to the Supreme Court. […]
New Statue for Middle Village Parish
by Marie Elena Giossi Despite cold temperatures, warm smiles surrounded Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio as he blessed an outdoor statue of Mary, Mother of God at St. Margaret Church, Middle Village, following 5 p.m. Mass on Saturday, Jan. 26. Located on the Juniper Valley Rd. side of the church, the five-foot six-inch statue, carved in first-grade […]
Keep Christ in Christmas: Youth Express Faith through Art (with slideshow)
. Over 700 students from all over the diocese entered into the annual Keep Christ in Christmas art contest co-sponsored by the Archbishop John Hughes Council No. 481 of the Knights of Columbus and The Tablet newspaper. From those, 11 winners walked away with a medal. Their work was judged to best exemplify the theme, […]
Terriers Show Support For Pediatric Cancer
The life of a Division I college basketball athlete is strenuous. The student-athletes split their time between practice, games, travel, mandatory workouts, classes and study halls. In that sort of lifestyle, it’s easy to focus solely on basketball and lose sight of what is really important in life. But at St. Francis College, Brooklyn Heights, […]
Men’s, Women’s Conferences
The diocese will sponsor separate Year of Faith conferences for men and women in March. Men of Faith will be conducted at Immaculate Conception Pastoral Center, Douglaston, on Saturday, March 2, 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. The keynote speaker will be Mark Houck. Workshops will be conducted by Dr. Philip Mango and Dr. John Bergsma. […]
Sandy Aid from Upstate NY
Robert Siebel, CEO, Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens, is flanked by Msgr. Kevin Sullivan, CEO, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York, and Laura Cassell, CEO, Catholic Charities, Diocese of Rockville Centre, at a meeting in Albany at which they accepted Hurricane Sandy relief funds from the New York State Catholic Conference. Upstate Catholics […]
NY Archdiocese Will Close 24 Schools in June
This June, the New York Archdiocese will close two high schools and 22 out of 26 elementary schools labeled “at risk.” Last November, the archdiocese announced that 26 of its Catholic elementary schools might close, but officials have since determined that four of the schools – that submitted proposals with viable long-term plans – will […]