Nicholas J. Vendikos has been named the director of development for The Catholic Foundation for Brooklyn and Queens and Futures in Education. The appointment was announced by Msgr. Jamie Gigantiello, diocesan vicar for development. Joseph E. Geoghan, chairman of the board of the Catholic Foundation and Robert Catell, chairman of the board for Futures in […]
Author: Jim Mancari
College Point Parish School Will Close
Faced with declining enrollment and increased operating costs, St. Fidelis School, College Point, will close in June. Enrollment statistics indicate that St. Fidelis has 142 students in kindergarten through eighth grade. It represents a precipitous decline since five years earlier when 246 students attended the school, which opened in 1856. It is a longstanding principle […]
Catholic School Registration
ST. ADALBERT 52-17 83rd Street Elmhurst, NY 11373 718-639-7371 www.saintadalbertschool.com Dates & Times: Orientation nursery, pre-k, kindergarten, Feb. 6, 8:30-9 a.m. Open House, Feb. 6, 9-11 a.m. Registration nursery to grade seven. Tour the school. Call for appointment. Feb 4-Feb 28. ST. ATHANASIUS 6120 Bay Parkway Brooklyn, NY 11204 718-236-4791 Dates & Times: Monday, […]
United Prayer for Life
As Christians around the world gather to honor a century-long tradition of prayer for visible unity among us (Jan. 18-25), we also are marking the 40th year since Roe vs. Wade canonized the anti-sacrament of abortion, which is still thought by some to be the pinnacle of liberation for women. In the name of what […]
Better Luck Next Year For Mike Piazza
When Brooklyn diocesan hero Mike Piazza retired after the 2007 MLB season, there was really only one question: Would he wear a New York Mets or Los Angeles Dodgers cap after being voted into the Hall of Fame five years later on the first ballot? However, following the vote of the Baseball Writers’ Association of […]
Molloy Hoops Stars To Play in College (with audio)
After finishing up their varsity basketball tenures at Archbishop Molloy H.S., Briarwood, three seniors on the Lady Stanners team will be continuing their playing careers in college. Forward Carolyn Gallagher and guards Amani Tatum and Alexa Dietrich have all signed National Letters of Intent to play at the next level starting this fall. The trio […]
Diocesan Pews Go ‘From Here to Haiti (with slideshow)
When St. Peter’s Church on Congress St. in Cobble Hill closed in 1975 to merge with St. Paul’s Church on Court St., 110 ornate pews and 96 kneelers were sent to the diocesan patrimony warehouse at Our Lady of Lourdes parish in Bushwick. For years, the hand-carved pews sat collecting dust and taking up space […]
Should College Athletes Be Paid? (with video)
In its over 100-year history, the NCAA has undergone extensive reforms since its early days, especially in forming conferences, acquiring lucrative sponsorships and agreeing on television deals. However, in the NCAA’s history, one practice has remained constant: Student athletes play for free. Each year, more than 400,000 student athletes compete on nearly 18,000 teams at […]
McClancy Teacher Played with Nets (with audio)
George Bruns was likely very good at keeping his own basketball statistics; he was a math teacher after all. In an interesting turn of events, Bruns, who was teaching at Msgr. McClancy M.H.S., East Elmhurst, at the time, was signed in the spring of 1973 by the New York Nets of the American Basketball Association […]
‘Johnny Heisman’ Trusts in the Lord (with video)
Proverbs 3: 5-6 states the following: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.” For 2012 Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel, this biblical passage has guided him into joining one of the most exclusive fraternities […]