In anticipation of Catholic Schools Week 2013, we proudly present The Tablet’s annual Catholic Schools Week special pullout section. Click the links below for a message from the Superintendent for Catholic Schools, 2012 student test scores, a principal formation program and information on individual schools. Superintendent’s Message 2013: Catholic Schools in Brooklyn and Queens Are Raising the […]
Author: Marie Elena Giossi
What Do You Love About Your Catholic School?
As Catholic Schools Week approaches, The Tablet wants to know: “What do you love about your Catholic school?” We invite students, parents, teachers and principals to respond in two to three sentences for inclusion in a future issue. Please submit your answer, along with your name, school and phone number (for verification purposes) to Marie […]
Queens Village Carolers Spread Christmas Cheer
Do you hear what I hear? Queens Village families may have asked that question last Saturday evening, Dec. 15. What they heard were the sounds of joyful carolers spreading Christmas cheer as part of Incarnation parish’s annual Christmas Carol Procession. An intergenerational mix of parishioners joined together for an evening of fellowship and spreading faith through […]
De Sales School Vows to Rise Again After Relocating Site
by Marie Elena Giossi We will rise again – that motto has been adopted by the community of St. Francis de Sales School, which has temporarily relocated from Belle Harbor to the former parish school of SS. Simon and Jude, Gravesend, as a result of damages sustained by the school building during Hurricane Sandy. “Our […]
Sister Parish in Va. Aids Breezy Point
by Marie Elena Giossi Nearly 250 miles separate St. Thomas More Cathedral in Arlington, Va., and St. Thomas More Church in Breezy Point, but they’re united by faith. Parish school children from Virginia personally delivered their prayers, wishes for recovery and a donation to help with that recovery to the children of Breezy Point on […]
Canarsie Parish Sets Its Sights on Bright Future
by Marie Elena Giossi Floodwaters have receded and electricity has been restored, but the post-Sandy rebuilding efforts have just begun for residents in Canarsie. Having been designated as a Zone B evacuation area with only a moderate flood risk, Canarsie residents weren’t expecting the seven- and eight-foot high floodwaters that Sandy brought ashore late last […]
Nuestra Señora Madre de la Divina Providencia
Auxiliary Bishop Octavio Cisneros presided at the diocesan celebration of Our Lady of Divine Providence, patroness of Puerto Rico, at All Saints Church, Williamsburg, Nov. 17. Hundreds of Brooklyn and Queens residents, many of Puerto Rican descent, attended the 7:30 p.m. Mass, which was followed by traditional Puerto Rican fare and a cultural program in […]
Cursillo at 50: A Change of Life for Thousands of Local Catholics
Hundreds of Cursillistas exchanged greetings of “De Colores” as they gathered Nov. 10 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Cursillo de Cristiandad movement in the Brooklyn Diocese with Mass and a reception at St. Teresa Church, Woodside.
The Greatest Loss: Gravesend Parish Mourns Teacher Who Died as Victim of Hurricane
by Marie Elena Giossi Wife, mother and Catholic schoolteacher Nancy Sorenson, who tragically lost her life during Hurricane Sandy, was laid to rest following a funeral Mass at Our Lady of Grace Church, Gravesend, Nov. 8. Sorenson, 50, died Oct. 30 in her Rockaway Park home when water surged into the family cellar, causing a […]
End of an Era at Gate of Heaven as Scannell Retires
by Marie Elena Giossi The name Patrick Scannell has become so synonymous with St. Mary Gate of Heaven School, Ozone Park, that it’s difficult to mention one without the other. That wasn’t a problem at St. Mary Gate of Heaven Church last Saturday, Oct. 27, when the parish and school community gathered for […]