As Brooklyn and Queens pilgrims arrived at the final and perhaps, most important days of their World Youth Day pilgrimage, they also reached the longest leg of their journey – walking at least seven miles for the evening prayer vigil with Pope Francis.
Author: Melissa Enaje
Pilgrims Find Challenges, Graces on the Journey
Amid challenging moments with intense heat and overcrowding, young pilgrims at World Youth Day discovered and reflected on the graces amid the chaos.
Catechesis Changes Perceptions, Encourages Youth to ‘Connect to God’
Brooklyn pilgrims learned more about their Catholic faith during catechesis on their first official day of religious instruction as part of World Youth Day 2019.
Panamanian Sisters Remember Late Mother with WYD Pilgrimage
Panamanian sisters Yamitzla Reid and Yariela Reid-Thomas are celebrating their faith and heritage and honoring their mother’s last wishes this week at World Youth Day in Panama.
Special WYD Invitation for Queens Village Parishioner
Not even two days into the new calendar year did college sophomore and Our Lady of Lourdes parishioner Vivian Argoty receive an email with the subject line: “WYD 2019 Invitation.”
2018 Keep Christ in Christmas Art Contest Winners
For weeks leading into Christmas, more than 500 entries poured into the Tablet Newspaper offices filled with colorful pieces of artwork created by students from Catholic academies, high schools and churches from around the diocese. Once again, handcrafted as labors of love, the young artists’ work showcased how they keep Christ in the Christmas season.
The Spirit of Sister Joseph Lives On: SFP Celebrates Those With Special Needs
More than 200 student volunteers from St. Francis Preparatory School, Fresh Meadows, opened their school doors and their hearts to men and women with special needs from throughout Brooklyn and Queens.
Pilgrims Receive Blessing Before Heading to Panama
It was their last official act of preparation before their spiritual and physical pilgrimage to World Youth Day in Panama – local pilgrims attended a Mass of Sending at the Immaculate Conception Center, Douglaston.
The Calm After The Storm: Five Years After Typhoon Haiyan
While memories of the gusting winds, catastrophic rain downpour and devastation that followed are vivid in the lives of those who were affected in New York and New Orleans, a similar chain of events were also felt by a resident across the world who lived through Super Typhoon Haiyan that struck the Philippines five years ago in November 2013.
Maligayang Pasko! A Philippines Tradition
Christmas trees are up, festive lights are strung across street corners, shopping center speakers play classic Christmas carols and nativity sets depicting the starry night in Bethlehem scene are on display. The reason for the season: Jesus.
