Next weekend, The Tablet will publish its special summer double issue. It will be dated July 1 – July 8. There will be no edition printed the following weekend
Diocesan News
Court Urges Settlement Between CTK and Diocese
A Queens judge deferred from making any new decisions in the ongoing dispute between the Diocese of Brooklyn and Christ the King H.S., when both parties met in court on June 13.
B’klyn’s Third Parish Marks Its 175th Anniversary
Sitting in the same wooden church pew where she sat with her family as a child growing up in Brooklyn Heights in the late 1950s, Maryanne Killeen and more than 100 parishioners and guests attended the Jubilee Mass celebrating the 175th anniversary of the founding of the parish of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
St. Aloysius Celebrates 125 Years in Ridgewood
As the mother church of Ridgewood celebrated its 125th anniversary, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio compared the parish to the Holy Trinity.
Summer Reading Lists Wanted
The Tablet is compiling its list of books that people in the diocese are reading this summer.
Teachers Honored for Their Years of Service
Catholic School teachers from Brooklyn and Queens, who were retiring or celebrating special anniversaries, were honored at a Teachers’ Recognition Mass and Celebration June 9 at the Immaculate Conception Center, Douglaston.
The Tablet All-Scholastic Team 2017
Each year, The Tablet recognizes one outstanding graduate from each school as a way of saluting that year’s entire class. The scholars profiled here are young women and men who have distinguished themselves through academic achievement, Christian leadership and community involvement.
Special Ed Program Announces Closing
The diocesan Office of Education has announced that it is closing its Catherine Laboure Program that educates children with special needs
Everyone Welcome at Mass of Inclusion
During a special Mass of Inclusion for People with Disabilities, Father John Murray, C.Ss.R., pointed out that in the New Testament, Jesus was reluctant to cure physical illness but was always eager to cure spiritual illness.
Cathedral College’s Class of ’66
Cathedral College’s Class of 1966 gathered in Douglaston to celebrate the 45th ordination anniversary of those classmates who were ordained to the priesthood.