Elia Kazan’s “Pinky” (1949), starring Jeanne Crain, Ethel Waters and William Lundigan, is this week’s featured film in Father Robert Lauder’s 52nd Friday Film Festival at the Immaculate Conception Center, Douglaston. The diocesan Office of Faith Formation, School of Evangelization co-sponsors the festival.
Diocesan News
In Williamsburg: Street Festival Kicks Off Parish’s Religious Ed Year
Transfiguration parish in Williamsburg celebrated Catechetical Sunday a day early last week with bounce, paint and a whole pig.
Dyker Heights Church Honors Finest Heroes of 9/11
New York’s Finest gathered at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Dyker Heights, last weekend to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, and honor officers who gave their lives that day and in the years that followed.
‘Graveyard’ Mass Remembers Astoria’s First Parishioners
As part of the parish’s 175th anniversary celebration, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Astoria, celebrated its regular weekday noon Mass Sept. 15 at the parish’s cemetery on the corner of 21st Street and 26th Avenue.
Loughlin Over the Top Of Anniversary Drive
At a time when many Catholic schools are closing, Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School, the oldest, continuously operating Catholic school in Brooklyn, is thriving.
Generations Drive Pays Off for Queens Church
St. Margaret’s parish in Middle Village, under the stewardship of Msgr. Steven Aguggia, entered the Generations of Faith campaign as a pilot parish. Now, it has received funds back from the campaign and is completing its main Generations of Faith project.
Memories in Stained Glass
Retired firefighter Harry Gillen from Ladder 131, Engine 279 in Red Hook stands in front of the two stained-glass windows he handcrafted in memory of five men from his firehouse who sacrificed their lives at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.
Underfunding Forces HeartShare To Relocate Services in Queens
HeartShare’s Evaluation Services for children with developmental delays have relocated to its pre-school sites in Richmond Hill and Howard Beach.
75-Year-Old St. Mel’s Puts on a New Look
Surrounded by dozens of priests and hundreds of parishioners, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio rededicated the newly refurbished St. Mel’s Church Sept. 9. The parish is marking 75 years of service to the Flushing and Whitestone communities.
Flushing Academy Is Recipient of a DeSales Media Center
Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Academy in Flushing is starting the school year with an $86,000 new media center thanks to the efforts of the Catholic Telemedia Network (CTN).