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 […]
I want to learn and be fluent in Korean, Japanese and Chinese. I also might want to live in South Korea
Brooklyn ‘All Shook Up!’; Kearney’s Talk is Not Cheap
The youth group at St. Teresa of Avila, Prospect Heights, locked themselves in over night with the Bensonhurst Youth Cluster.
Six juniors from Xaverian H.S. Bay Ridge, left their Brooklyn homes to better understand those who live in poverty just over the Hudson River. They traveled to Camden, N.J., to participate in the Romero Center’s Urban Challenge Program, a service-learning, immersion retreat experience. Raysean Marin, Michael Paparelli, Marvel Tranquille, Francois Naaman, Patrick Saint-Amour and Giuseppe […]
Analia Acevedo, senior Cristo Rey Brooklyn I made the decision to study at Cristo Rey Brooklyn. This decision shaped my life and molded me into the person I always want to look back on. My school has made me a responsible and caring individual, with an education and work experience that will help me succeed. […]
The gospel choir at St. Saviour H.S., Park Slope, performed a benefit concert for the family of their late classmate, Jasmine Guillaume. The St. Saviour H.S. junior passed away in a house fire with her two sisters on Dec. 20, 2013. Performing in front of a packed house, the choir sang new songs and old […]
By Joe Sommo Auxiliary Bishop Raymond Chappetto joined the Archbishop Molloy H.S. community in praying for those who have devoted their lives to religious vocations and for members of the lay community who do God’s work in other important ways. “Who does God call you to be?” he asked the students in Briarwood. To help […]
(See text version below image.) The Tablet, in collaboration with the John Hughes Council of the Knights of Columbus, invites local youth to express their faith through art by participating in this year’s Easter art contest. Eligibility: Students, grades one to 12, residing in Brooklyn or Queens. Judging: Entries will be judged based on adherence to […]
