More than 75 members of Cathedral Prep’s Brooklyn and Queens Alumni Association, the St. Pius X Prep Alumni Association and the Cathedral Prep New York Alumni Association gathered for the first tri-diocesan high school seminary reunion at The Players Club in Gramercy Park.
Students from Our Lady of Mercy Academy, Forest Hills, led the congregation in a Living Rosary on the First Friday of October to commemorate the centennial of the apparitions of the Blessed Mother at Fatima.
Morning drop-off was busier than usual at St. Bernard Catholic Academy in Mill Basin, as parents arrived not only with their children in tow, but also cases of bottled water, formula, diapers and paper towels.
The Department of Education, Diocese of Brooklyn Drug Abuse Prevention Program, also known as The Program for the Development of Human Potential (PDHP), has partnered with the New York Council on Problem Gambling to carry out the YOU(th) Decide projects in Brooklyn and Queens. This will mark the seventh year of this project.
Catholic Migration Services conducted the first of two Shining Stars Dinners Oct. 6. The annual affair honors the contributions made by members of the ethnic apostolates to the Church and the community.
During his homily for the Eucharistic Holy Hour and Vespers for Vocations at the Cathedral Basilica of St. James, Oct. 8, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio told congregants that the responsibility to pray for future leaders in the Church lands on the shoulders of the faithful.
The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus, along with Councilman Vallone, made a stop at Holy Cross High School. Members of the school band had an opportunity to enjoy a full day of learning how to make music and produce videos with the Lennon crew.
At the turn of the century, when faced with a crumbling and stripped-down former convent building at All Saints, Williamsburg, then-pastor Father Donald Kenna, could have shown interest in the proposal to convert the property into a fitness center.
Auxiliary Bishop Raymond Chappetto opened the school year at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Academy in Astoria, with Mass, a ribbon-cutting ceremony and a blessing for the new academy Sept. 18.
The doors at the former Angel Guardian Home in Brooklyn have been closed for the last time. A symbolic closure was conducted Sept. 22 as the Sisters of Mercy held their last Mercy Day celebration on the site.
