Over 15 years battling breast cancer, Anne Zuschlag, principal of Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic Academy, has never wavered from leading the school community. The work, she said, helps her keep going.
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Cancer-Free Teacher Returns to a Sea of Pink at Our Lady of Hope
Our Lady of Hope Catholic Academy rallied around Pre-K teacher Liz Colon with prayer, a Pink Out, and funds raised after her breast cancer diagnosis.
Sharing ‘Power of the Holy Spirit,’ Faithful Gather for 100th World Mission Sunday in Brooklyn
Bishop Robert Brennan celebrated Mass at the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph in Prospect Heights on Oct. 18 for the 100th anniversary of World Mission Sunday.
Bridging the Generation Gap: St. Bernadette Students Make New Friends at Senior Citizens’ Home
Christopher Trochalides, an eighth-grader at St. Bernadette Catholic Academy, paid a visit to a senior citizens’ home and found that age is not a barrier when it comes to making new friends. He was one of 21 students who spent the morning of Oct. 15 visiting with older adults at the Norwegian Christian Home and Health Center.
St. Joan of Arc Catholic School Faces ‘Nice Dilemma’ With Influx of Students in Queens
St. Joan of Arc Catholic School in Jackson Heights, Queens started off the school year on Sept. 9 with a significant increase in enrollment. According to Principal Agnes Mosejczuk, 105 new students enrolled this year, compared to 60 newcomers last year, bringing St. Joan of Arc’s total to 281.
Mary Louis Academy Grad Sets Sights on Influencing Health Policy
Mary Balid, a rising junior at Princeton University and a 2024 graduate of The Mary Louis Academy in Jamaica Estates, is hard at work as an intern at a health policy think tank in Manila, Philippines. She plans to make health policy her career.
Priests Defeat Principals at Catholic Schools Night, But Students Steal the Show in the Diocese of Brooklyn
Behind a late three-run home run by one of this year’s bobblehead honorees, Father Christopher Bethge, priests and seminarians from across Brooklyn and Queens defeated Catholic school principals and administrators 13-5 after a years-long drought at the diocese’s annual Scholars vs. Collars softball game during Catholic Schools Night at Maimonides Park on June 24.
After Six-Year Journey Back, St. Mel’s Catholic Academy Celebrates a Graduating Class in Queens
St. Mel’s Catholic Academy’s graduation celebration was more than a send-off for 11 eighth graders — it was a milestone six years in the making, marking not only the students’ next step to high school but also a major step in the school’s comeback story.
The Tablet All-Scholastic Team 2026
The Class of 2026 boasts accomplished graduates from Catholic high schools in Brooklyn and Queens who are saying goodbye to their schools and moving on to the next big step in their lives.
St. Joan of Arc Raises a School Record $35,000 for Catholic Education in Queens
Students at St. Joan of Arc Catholic School in Queens poured out of the building and into the streets for their annual Walk for Education.