Congratulations to the new lectors and extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion at St. Saviour H.S., Park Slope. They are pictured, at left, during the school’s opening liturgy. To submit items to the Youth Page contact Antonina Zielinska: 718-517-3132, azielinska@diobrook.org, 800-683-6602 (fax) or 1712 Tenth Ave., Brooklyn, […]
Two Queens teens, Jesse Jaroszewski and Hanna May, spent five days in the heart of East Camden, N.J., to serve and learn. They joined six of their classmates from Loyola School, Manhattan, for a service trip at Romero Center Ministries, an urban retreat and Catholic social justice education center. They participated in the Urban Challenge […]
Jorge Rosales, 15 Holy Family-St. Thomas Aquinas Pope Francis meant that sin is something that can only be gone with repentance, not just by doing something to take your mind off it. Irvin Vidals, 19 Holy Family-St. Thomas Aquinas In life, I will commit sins; there is no doubt in that, […]
Helping bring back a man to life, who no longer had a detectable pulse, earned one senior from Bishop Kearney H.S., Bensonhurst, an Employee of the Month Award from the N.Y.C. Department of Parks and Recreation. Brianna Minogue and her fellow lifeguard, Inez Zuska, performed a by-the-books rescue on Dimitry Zhalkevich, who was drowning at […]
Twenty-five seventh grade students from Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, Dyker Heights, refuse to back down from the fight against Alzheimer’s disease. To date, they have raised over $1,200 for the Alzheimer’s Association under the guidance of Terry Cusmano, catechist at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church. “This very tragic illness causes severe memory loss,” said […]
By Brother Patrick Hogan, F.M.S. Volunteers from Archbishop Molloy H.S., Briarwood, picked up where we left off in February with Superstorm Sandy recovery, because the job is not finished and help is still needed. The St. Marcellin Champagnat Service Society (CMCS) spent a week in August reaching out to the people of Roxbury, Rockaway and […]
by Judith Sudilovsky JERUSALEM (CNS) – Israeli archaeologists have restored part of a 2,000-bed Crusader-era hospital run by the St. John of the Hospital order in the Old City of Jerusalem. Dating to the 11th century, the ancient structure was operated by members of the order, dedicated to St. John the Baptist and also known […]
We always knew that attending a school that is part of the Sisters of St. Joseph Community was a special opportunity. This summer, the eight of us were given a chance to take the sisters’ mission, which we learned about in school and put into practice in real life. We spent a whole week tending […]
What is something you are able to enjoy in the summer that you don’t usually get to enjoy in the winter? Daniel McNally, sophomore Msgr. McClancy M.H.S. The summer weather allows me to play baseball. In the winter, it is too cold to play. Rebecca A. Cora, […]
