Tablet Paperboys and Girls Raise Big Bucks for Their Schools and Themselves

John Alexander, The Tablet’s marketing and circulation manager, visited the winners at their schools on Wednesday, Nov. 1, to present them with giant facsimiles of checks with their names emblazoned in bold letters. The youngsters, who glowed with pride during the presentations, will get the real checks in short order.

MILAN HERRERA — St. Joseph Catholic Academy

Milan Herrera was so shocked that she won $1,000 in the fundraiser that when John Alexander, the marketing and circulation manager for The Tablet, announced her name, she thought it was a mistake. “I thought they had the wrong kid,” she admitted.  Milan, a fifth grader at St. Joseph Catholic Academy, sold 11 subscriptions, good […]

Ordained as Transitional Deacons, Five Are on Track to the Priesthood

Tobechukwu (Toby) Offiah’s journey to the priesthood began as a college student of accounting back home in Nigeria. He took a major step toward that goal Saturday, Nov. 4, when he became a transitional deacon during ordination and Mass at St. Joseph’s Seminary and College in Dunwoodie, Yonkers.

Bishop Brennan Holds Mass of Reparation at Annunciation After Music Video Desecration

by The Tablet Staff WILLIAMSBURG — On Saturday, Nov. 4, Bishop Robert Brennan presided over a Mass of Reparation at Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Church, after the desecration of the church during the filming of a music video.  Bishop Brennan aided by Msgr. Joseph Grimaldi, Vicar General for the diocese, restored the sanctity of […]