Prom night was an incredible evening for teens with autism from The HeartShare School and HeartShare Respite/Recreation Program.
Parishes
Salute to Sister Roberta
Alumni, students, faculty, parishioners and friends filled Our Lady of the Snows Church in North Floral Park to honor to Sister Roberta Oberle, C.S.J., who is retiring after 28 years as parish school principal.
Nun from Red Hook Is 60 Years with Franciscans
Sister Pauline Sweeney, S.F.P., a native of Visitation B.V.M. parish, Red Hook, who has returned to reside there, is marking her 60th year as a Franciscan Sister of the Poor.
RA Bible School Eases the Way into Summer (with slideshow)
Resurrection-Ascension’s Vacation Bible School eased children – and parents – from the full-day school schedule into the summer by offering a two-week morning program in Rego Park. It is one of several vacation Bible camps offered by diocesan parishes this summer.
‘Zoo Crew’ Helps Run Vacation Bible School (with slideshow)
St. Kevin’s Church, Flushing, was crawling with “little critters” at the parish’s first-ever weeklong Vacation Bible School, held July 7 though 11.
13 New Priests for the Diocese
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio ordained 13 men as priests of the diocese to serve in Brooklyn and Queens on June 28 at St. Joseph’s Co-Cathedral, Prospect Heights.
Tablet TALK
This week’s Tablet TALK highlights a Bayside pastor’s 25th anniversary of ordination, has details about a special novena to St. John Vianney, invites Catholic singles to a beer garden party and much more…
Serving at God’s Altar
The parish of St. Mary Magdalene Church, Springfield Gardens, commissioned and blessed nine new altar servers.
Trials Prepare Deacon For Ordination Day
Fully aware that being a disciple of Christ means embracing the cross, Francisco Hernández stood before Auxiliary Bishop Octavio Cisneros and bound himself to Church service as a permanent deacon.
Parish Feast Day with Bishop Cisneros
Auxiliary Bishop Octavio Cisneros joined the faithful of Corpus Christi Church, Woodside, to celebrate a bilingual Mass and lead a street procession on the feast of Corpus Christi, June 22.