Bishop Ford H.S., Park Slope — Bishop Ford Auditorium; June 7, 10 a.m.; 47 graduates; Ryan Arteaga, valedictorian; Johann Sawers, salutatorian Bishop Kearney H.S., Bensonhurst — Walt Whitman Hall Brooklyn College, Midwood; May 31, 10 a.m.; 117 graduates; Susan Bazik, valedictorian; Mandy Chin, salutatorian; Toni Reinhold, guest speaker Bishop Loughlin M.H.S., Fort Greene — Bishop […]
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The Tablet’s 2014 All-Scholastic Team
The Tablet is proud to present this year’s All-Scholastic Team, consisting of one graduating student from each of the 19 Catholic high schools in the diocese. These young scholars are successful students who excel in academics, Christian leadership and community involvement.
A Year of Honors, Awards and Service
Family Blood Saves Lives at Kearney Seniors may have been working all year on getting ready to be legal adults, but that does not mean they did not want their parents’ help to make the world a better place. In April, Bishop Kearney H.S., Bensonhurst, hosted its annual blood drive under the direction of school […]
SFP Art Students Are Not Bound by Class Walls
Following in the footsteps of great artists, the art department from St. Francis Prep, Fresh Meadows, organized a painting excursion.
Aquinas Expos Exceed Curriculum’s Limits
Biodiversity, outer space exploration and recorded music history are just a sampling of the topics local Catholic schoolchildren have spent the last year researching.
In Holy Land, Pope Reaches Out to All
Pope Francis celebrates Mass at Manger Square in Bethlehem, West Bank, May 25.
Pope’s Most Authentic Gestures
Pope said that when he prayed at the controversial Israeli-built separation wall in the West Bank and kissed the hands of Holocaust survivors, they were the “most authentic gestures” because they are the ones “you don’t think about … mine were not planned gestures, it just occurs to me to do something spontaneously that way.”
Cemetery Field Masses Remember Veterans
A congregation of about 1,000 people attended the Memorial Day Field Mass at Mount St. Mary Cemetery, Flushing, May 26 with Auxiliary Bishop Octavio Cisneros as the main celebrant.
Communications Day Observed in Diocese
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The Arts Round Out A Catholic Education
Angela Fazio, who was a Catholic school principal for 20 years, continues to educate students in Brooklyn and Queens.