Catholic teens from around Brooklyn and Queens gathered on the morning of April 13 to praise God through dance, rap and adoration. To reward and encourage teen leaders, the Office of Faith Formation held its annual Diocesan Youth Day at The Mary Louis Academy, Jamaica Estates. “I felt like I needed to get away from […]
A Drop Blood and a Smidgen of Thought During its annual blood drive, St. John’s Prep, Astoria, collected 71 pints of blood donated by administrators, faculty, staff and students. A shout-out goes to the school nurse, Kathy Sirchia, RN, who organized the drive and to the 11 Student Blood Captains who recruited and educated their […]
The Mary Louis Academy (TMLA), Jamaica Estates, sponsored its third annual Delete Day to increase awareness of the influence of social media. TMLA students led the event by presenting information and facilitating discussions. They also trained their younger peers on how to conduct a Delete Day. More than 75 boys and girls and their teachers […]
The parish youth group at St. Clare’s, Rosedale, performed a live dramatization of the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday at the church. The 20 youth group members are mostly high school students who are parishioners at St. Clare’s, with a few performers being students at the parish’s elementary school. Father Andy Struzzieri, pastor, […]
Over 500 diocesan Jornadistas embarked on their yearly Holy Saturday Caminata bringing their march of faith to Rockaway Beach. This year’s theme, “Go and Make Disciples of All People That No One Should Be Left Behind,” was brought to life as the Jornadistas continue to support their brothers and sisters whose lives were devastated by […]
Five students from St. Saviour H.S. in Park Slope participated in the 2013 Moody’s Mega Math Challenge. The Challenge posed a relevant and ambitious applied math problem to nearly 5,800 high schoolers in 29 eastern U.S. states. The five young women from St. Saviour are pictured. From left to right are: Imani Greeves, Chelsea Miller, […]
Using her artistic talents to spread a positive message, Kristen Walsh, a junior at Bishop Kearney H.S., Bensonhurst, won the Great American Smokeout print advertisement contest for New York State. The contest, sponsored by ENT & Allergy Associates and the American Cancer Society, is a peer-to-peer anti-smoking effort. Walsh’s winning entry is titled: “Your Life […]
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Christ the King R.H.S., Middle Village. The golden jubilee celebrations will begin on Friday, April 19, with a gala dinner-dance at El Caribe, Mill Basin, from 7 to 11 p.m., and continue throughout that weekend with musical performances and a celebratory Sunday Mass. This momentous achievement is predicated […]
