Sitting in the same wooden church pew where she sat with her family as a child growing up in Brooklyn Heights in the late 1950s, Maryanne Killeen and more than 100 parishioners and guests attended the Jubilee Mass celebrating the 175th anniversary of the founding of the parish of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Author: Melissa Enaje
Youth Views: What is one virtue the world could use more of?
The Tablet asks students from around the Diocese of Brooklyn a question for the opinion section of the Youth page.
Chasing invasive fish species with student scientists from Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School
The Invasive Fish Species Monitoring program at Cornell is a school-oriented citizen science approach to environmental monitoring,” said Dr. Donna Cassidy-Hanley, staff member within Cornell’s science department who works directly with students from Bishop Loughlin M.H.S.’s Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics program.
Turmoil at Home Is on Minds of Filipinos Here
Just days after Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declared martial law on a southern island of the country to deal with the threat of radical Islamist militancy, the Filipino community at St. Nicholas of Tolentine, celebrated Santacruzan, a historical pageant traditionally held in the Philippines.
Thirty-Five Complete Lay Ministry Program
Sponsored by the diocesan School of Evangelization’s Pastoral Institute, 35 men and women completed the three-year course that prepares the laity to assume leadership roles in the Church.
Youth Views: How has your hardships changed your opinions?
The Tablet asks students from around the Diocese of Brooklyn a question for the opinion section of the Youth page.
Young Journalists Refine Their Skills at Tablet’s H.S. Press Awards
“Teens talk to teens differently,” said Paron. “That’s why high school journalism matters.You can talk to other young people and get a story that no one else can get. If you’re not talking to them, that means 26 percent of the population isn’t getting their voice heard and part of the tenet in journalism is to be a voice to the voiceless.”
Youth Views: How has your mother impacted your life?
The Tablet asks students from around the Diocese of Brooklyn a question for the opinion section of the Youth page.
Portuguese Meet in Queens To Celebrate Fatima Feast
Nearly half a million people attended the 100th anniversary of the Marian apparitions of Fatima in Portugal, but it was thousands of miles away across the Atlantic Ocean where the Portuguese community from Our Lady of Lourdes parish, Queens Village, faithfully gathered to offer the same devotion during a bilingual Mass and rosary procession May 13.
Youth Views: Finish the sentence: Every human being has inalienable rights to _______?
The Tablet asks students from around the Diocese of Brooklyn a question for the opinion section of the Youth page.
