Students at St. Francis Prep geared up for the canonization of Pope John Paul II by participating in a nation-wide essay contest under the theme: “If Pope John Paul II were alive today, what would he do to bring peace to the world?” The Fresh Meadows school is the only high school in New York City […]
Polish Scout troops from Our Lady of Czestochowa-St. Casimir, Sunset Park, are privileged to stand as the honor guard at the tomb of Jesus during Holy Week.
The youth group from Holy Family-St. Thomas Aquinas parish, Park Slope, joined their counterparts at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Kensington, for Brooklyn’s very own World Youth Day 2014.
Holy Week is a special time for the Youth and Young Adults of St. Nicholas of Tolentine parish, Jamaica.
To me, the resurrection of Christ means that my soul is getting closer to God, spiritually. Also, I can rejoice that the happiness of humanity is around us. It is a way to celebrate that the world is not full of evil.
Continuing their parternship with their Franciscan brothers and sisters in Kenya, students at St. Francis Prep, Fresh Meadows, bought T-shirts for Lent and shipped them to St. Francis Secondary School in Lare, Kenya.
Although their final year at St. Francis de Sales Elementary School, Belle Harbor, was marked by the destruction and havoc from Superstorm Sandy, CYO athletes did not forget the values the school and parish had taught them.
One of the hardest things I have to decide is going against the status quo. It may seem like a cliche, but like other teenagers, I have to face the decision of going along with the crowd or swimming upstream.
New to this year’s Diocesan Youth Day was the Young Peacebuilder Awards presented by Pax Christi. The main honor went to Shayla Machado, a senior at St. Joseph H.S., Downtown Brooklyn. Rosemarie Pace, director of the regional chapter of Pax Christi attended Diocesan Youth Day at Immaculate Conception Center, Douglaston, to personally present Machado with […]
This year’s Diocesan Youth Day brought twice as many teens as last year from Brooklyn and Queens to the Immaculate Conception Center, Douglaston. More than 600 people worshipped God together and learned more about their faith. Auxiliary Bishop Paul Sanchez joined them to help them prepare for the day. Jamique Davis, 19, from Most Precious […]
