The Sacred Heart Academy Twirlers in Glendale participated in the annual Veterans Day Parade, sponsored by the Middle Village Chamber of Commerce Nov. 5.
Diocesan News
St. Francis Prep Brings Broadway Classic to Fresh Meadows Stage
St. Francis Preparatory School invites alumni, friends and neighbors to its upcoming production of “The Phantom of the Opera” at the Fresh Meadows school.
Saints Go Marchin’ in Forest Hills
Second graders at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Academy in Forest Hills dressed in costumes as their favorite saints for the parish’s All Saints Day Mass.
All Saints of Jamaica
At St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church, Jamaica, 40 children from the Faith Formation program dressed as saints for Sunday Mass.
Flushing Principal Will Be Honored for Excellence
The Catholic School Administration Association (CSAA) has announced that Debora Hanna, principal at St. Andrew Avellino Catholic Academy, Flushing, will receive its prestigious Lighting the Fire for Catholic Education award on Sunday, Dec. 3, at a dinner at The Marriott in Albany.
Collection for Retired Religious Is Dec. 10
The Diocese of Brooklyn will take up its annual collection for the national Retired Religious Fund in all parishes on Dec. 10.
Garifuna Community Marks Settlement Day
Our Lady of Mercy, Brownsville, celebrated Garifuna Settlement Day in style. The holiday commemorates the arrival in 1802 of the Garifuna people in Belize, Central America, after being exiled by the British Army from the Grenadine Islands in the Caribbean. While the Garifuna people mostly settled in Belize, some also made their homes in Honduras, Guatemala, and Nicaragua.
Bishop Sanchez In Belle Harbor
Auxiliary Bishop Paul Sanchez visited St. Francis deSales Catholic Academy, Belle Harbor, to celebrate National Vocation Awareness Week.
Bishop’s School Visit Encourages Vocations
Students at St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Academy in Windsor Terrace took a break from tests and pop quizzes to spend an afternoon talking about their vocations in life with Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio.
Diocese Names 13 Priest-Abusers
As part of its ongoing effort to protect children, the Diocese of Brooklyn has posted on its website the names of 13 men who had been ordained priests but have now been returned to the lay state because of sexual abuse incidents.