Remembering their duty to those who are struggling, the community at St. Saviour H.S., Park Slope, has worked to make the holiday season a little brighter for the women of Providence House and their children. Continuing the school’s yearly tradition, Sister Anne Lally, C.S.J., campus minister, collected Christmas gifts from the school to be delivered […]
The choral students from St. Agnes Academic High School, College Point, led under the direction of music teacher, Joan Marie Delahunt, gathered together with members of the Hanac Angelo Petromelis Senior Center in College Point for a holiday sing along! Song lyrics were given out for all to participate and those that were passing by […]
St. Edmund Prep., H.S., Homecrest, recently put on a first-rate production of Joseph Kesselring’s Play, “Arsenic and Old Lace.” The hilarious comedy tells the story of two sweet old ladies in Brooklyn who poison lonely old men in what they believe to be an act of charity. The women are part of an eccentric family […]
Bishop Ford C.C.H.S., Park Slope, established the Brother Michel Bettigole Financial Aid program for the 2012-2013 school year. “(The) program will provide much needed financial assistance to families who want to send their children to Catholic high school but need financial support,” said Raymond P. Nash, president of the school. The program takes its name […]
The Drama Guild from St. John’s Prep., Astoria, performed its annual rendition of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol before a record audience. The St. John’s Prep students, faculty, and staff in attendance were joined by several local Catholic elementary schools to view this delightful performance. Under the direction of faculty members Michael Matthews, Jason Booth, […]
The Key Club at Christ the King R.H.S., Middle Village, and the Christ the King Community Daycare/Pre-School combined their efforts to collect books, pajamas and stuffed animals for Catholic Charities. The gifts were delivered to the organization in Astoria for their annual Christmas party. The efforts were led by teachers Lisa Longobardi, Charlene Machado and […]
St. John’s Prep’s Student Council sponsored the school’s annual Christmas Tree Lighting on Dec. 2. Students, faculty, and staff gathered in the library after school to celebrate this festive event. In addition to the tree lighting by Prep Principal William Higgins, activities included a Christmas prayer, a reading of Francis Pharcellus Church’s “Yes, Virginia, there […]
Students from Bishop Ford Central Catholic High School, Park Slope, delivered toys for those less fortunate. All items donated by Ford students, faculty and staff went to Hour Children, a nonprofit organization founded in Queens by Sister Tesa Fitzgerald, C.S.J., that cares for children of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women.
