Caroline D’Emic will attend her first Great Irish Fair this weekend, and she will do so as its queen – that is, as the Colleen Queen. “The whole thing is lovely,” said D’Emic, 18, a senior at Fontbonne Hall Academy, Bay Ridge. Having seen pictures of previous Colleen Queens donning twinkling tiaras and satiny sashes, […]
Author: Marie Elena Giossi
I.C.S.: ‘Best Little School in the Heart of Astoria’
by Marie Elena Giossi School will be back in session soon, and while some will lament over the end of summer, Eileen Harnischfeger isn’t one of them. The principal of Immaculate Conception School (I.C.S.) is excited to reunite with the students and teachers who, she says, make I.C.S. “the best little school in the heart […]
Father’s Day Tribute to a Stay-at-home Dad
Last year, my husband joined a time-honored fraternity that spans generations, continents, cultures and ages. He became a father. Much like Mother’s Day, Father’s Day is a day of recognition that is not given but rather earned.
Final Graduation at Catherine McAuley H.S.
by Marie Elena Giossi Joy mingled with sadness as members of the final graduating class of Catherine McAuley H.S., East Flatbush, received their diplomas on Saturday, June 1. Donning the same maroon and gold hoods previously worn by nearly 9,000 alumnae, 36 young women participated in the final commencement exercises in the school auditorium. For […]
44 Catechists Complete 1,390 Years of Service
Auxiliary Bishop Frank Caggiano, vicar general, and Theodore Musco, director of the Office of Faith Formation, presented Sister Angela Gannon, C.S.J., with the Office of Faith Formation’s inaugural Faith and Service Award at the diocesan Office of Faith Formation’s annual recognition celebration on Thursday, May 23, in the chapel of the Immaculate Conception Pastoral Center, […]
Maryknoll Jubilarians
Father James W. Lehr, M.M., a native of Elmhurst, and Father Michael O. Zunno, M.M., of Brooklyn, will celebrate their 60th anniversary of ordination as Maryknoll priests on Sunday, June 23. After ordination, Father Lehr spent the next 44 years serving in the Musoma diocese of Tanzania. He ministered as a parish priest, seminary teacher […]
Giant Graduation at St. Francis College (with video)
New York Giants’ all-pro defensive end Justin Tuck challenged the more than 400 St. Francis College graduates as the keynote speaker at the college’s Spring 2013 Commencement, May 14 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. “Champion a cause. Mine is literacy. Yours might be hunger, poverty, diseases,” Tuck told the packed crowd inside the Howard […]
Jesuit School Fights for Life
by Marie Elena Giossi Failure is not an option for the biggest test ever to face the school community at Brooklyn Jesuit Prep in Crown Heights – staying open. Efforts are underway to secure $1 million to save this Catholic middle school, which has been serving low-income children for nearly a decade. New York Nativity, […]
Prayers for Beatified Puerto Rican Layman
by Marie Elena Giossi Petitions for health and healing were raised to Blessed Carlos Manuel “Charlie” Rodríguez at a bilingual Mass of intercession at St. Paul the Apostle Church, Corona, May 4. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Blessed Charlie, who is the first Puerto Rican to be beatified. The largely […]
Knights to the Rescue
Councils Respond to a Member’s Tragedy and Grief by Marie Elena Giossi When tragedy struck a local Knight of Columbus and his family far from home, his brother Knights in two states and their local communities responded with overwhelming concern and support. On Holy Saturday, March 30, the Malave family of St. Fidelis parish, College […]