More than 14 ethnic clubs from our Fresh Meadows school came together to share their typical foods and dances with family, friends, guests and the rest of the St. Francis Prep community.
Our Youth
Youth Views: What is something you struggle with?
The Tablet asks students from around the Diocese of Brooklyn a question for the opinion section of the Youth page.
Let Them Speak: Believing In My Worth By Trusting in Our Mother
Mary quickly became my role model and the person I wanted to be like. I wanted her to teach me how to love without limits. Her love was so strong that she saw her only Son die on the cross, but that didn’t stop her faith in God. She shows how to trust in God’s plan.
Youth Views: What do you value most in life?
The Tablet asks students from around the Diocese of Brooklyn a question for the opinion section of the Youth page.
Around the School Bell: St. Joseph’s ‘Fully Alive’ Retreat
On Sept. 8, the day in which we celebrate as a Church our Blessed Mother Mary’s birthday, there was a kickoff youth retreat with about 50 people involved at St. Joseph Patron’s church, Bushwick.
Youth Views: What needs to be changed in the world?
The Tablet asks students from around the Diocese of Brooklyn a question for the opinion section of the Youth page.
Let Them Speak: I Am an Authentically Black Catholic
The theme of Kujenga was to inform the youth that we are not just Catholic, but that we are black Catholics.
The Camp Veritas Experience: Why You Should Go
Camp Veritas is a week-long sleep away camp for Catholic middle school and high school students. They have several camps over the summer and for the past two years St. Sebastian’s Youth Ministry has gone to the August camp located on the camp grounds of Camp Lakota in Wurtsboro, N.Y.
Youth Views: How was your time at Camp Veritas?
The Tablet asks students from around the Diocese of Brooklyn a question for the opinion section of the Youth page.
Let Them Speak: What 9/11 Means To Us Teens
As the anniversary of Sept. 11 approaches, we remember all the brave and innocent men and women who lost their lives 17 years ago. For a person my age, when I first was taught about the events that occurred on that day, it didn’t really sink in what happened.