Students from St. Agnes Academic H.S., College Point, and St. John the Baptist H.S., West Islip, L.I., participated on a Youth Preaching Weekend March 11-13. The young people joined the Sisters of St. Dominic of Amityville to celebrate National Catholic Sisters Week.
In everyday life, just one person can help to achieve American virtues, like justice and freedom, by being respectful of other religions, those with different ideas and anyone who might be different from us.
Seven young people from St. Sebastian Church, Woodside, spent a weekend in March fundraising to go to World Youth Day (WYD) in Krakow, Poland, this summer. They said that the support of the parish means a lot as they continue their fundraising efforts.
Find out more about the Caminata with the Movimiento de Jornada and Annual Youth Lock-In.
Students from St. Saviour H.S., Park Slope, attended the annual Human Trafficking Conference for high school students at Poly Prep, Bay Ridge, last month.
A virtue that I hold true and find very important is respect. Without the ability to respect each other, I feel the world would not be able to function properly.
Bishop Loughlin M.H.S presents a NY-loving play this week; the Christ is Risen Art Contest deadline approaches; WYD Palm Sunday Fundraiser in North Floral Park; The Passion of the Christ Play in Woodside; and more.
At the annual Lenten Penance Service at St. Dominic Church, Bensonhurst, young people acted out how Jesus defeats the world’s efforts to reduce people to instruments. The message was that He is there to help people get over life’s temptations.
Members of the speech team at Fontbonne Hall Academy, Bay Ridge, placed ninth overall at the Stanford University Invitational Tournament early this year. Over 200 schools and 2,000 students from around the country competed in the tournament.
Night of eucharistic adoration at St. Mary’s Winfield in Woodside this weekend; St. Francis Prep’s Annual Jazz/Pop Concert in Fresh Meadows; Youth Way of the Cross in Bensonhurst; and more.
