A student at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Academy in Astoria once couldn’t go to school, play sports or do anything he loved because his kidney disease had a stronghold on his life.

The verdict that the family of the late Katrina Vetrano has been waiting for was finally rendered in court this week.

The sixth annual Bishop Ignatius A. Catanello Memorial Mass and Scholarship Dinner, March 30, at the Immaculate Conception Center, Douglaston set a new record for attendance as 350 people attended and more than $20,000 was raised. The event funds the Bishop Catanello Scholarship for students at Cathedral Prep School and Seminary, Elmhurst, where Bishop Catanello served as rector and school principal until he became an auxiliary bishop in 1994.

“Today, we have a day for and a meeting of all of our international priests as they come from all over the world,” said Bishop DiMarzio. “They help us throughout the diocese so much, so we like to bring them together. We thank them for coming and for the service they provide to so many people…”

On March 30, just like they do on the last Saturday of every month, parishioners at Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Jamaica gathered for a 7 a.m. pro-life Mass and then marched to pray the rosary outside a nearby abortion clinic.

As Kei-Landa Rembert started to write a new song, she pulled inspiration from one of the toughest moments of her life.“A month ago a fire happened in my home,” she explained.

At St. John’s Bread and Life in Bedford-Stuyvesant, servers are slicing, dicing and scooping hot food and fresh produce to help the less fortunate.The Catholic organization is on a mission to serve 40,000 meals during the 40 days of Lent. It’s called the ‘40/40 Program.’

More than 600 parishioners, supporters and dignitaries attended a Mass March 24, rededicating Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Williamsburg.  It was the culmination of months of renovations in a parish that has served the Lithuanian community for more than 100 years.