Father Josephjude Gannon, chaplain at York College, Jamaica, distributed ashes on campus as 200 students, staff and faculty members attended. Afterwards, he spent time taking selfies with students and staff.
Schools
Park Slope Students Aid the Homeless
As part of Catholic Schools Week, students from St. Saviour Catholic Academy, Park Slope, gathered food and supplies to donate to Midnight Run to feed the hungry of New York City.
Scholarship Awards for OLLCA Eighth Graders
Catholic high schools recently sent scholarship award letters to local eighth graders. Seven members of the eighth-grade class at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Academy (OLLCA), Queens Village, received scholarship offers for the fall.
New STEM Lab at Flushing Academy
St. Mel’s Catholic Academy, Flushing, unveiled its new STEM Lab to kick off Catholic Schools Week 2017.
Lincoln Center Concert Nets $1 Million for Catholic Education
Lincoln Center’s Geffen Hall was filled with 2,800 people as the diocese’s Futures in Education presented its Spirit of Christmas Concert on Dec. 12.
Schools Honored for Donations to Worldwide Missions
Children from Catholic schools and religious education programs who either collected the most money or gave consistently throughout the years to benefit missions around the world joined St. James parishioners for their regularly scheduled Sunday morning Mass.
State of Schools Strong But Challenges Remain
An overflow crowd of more than 700 people filled the main chapel at the Immaculate Conception Center, Douglaston, Oct. 18 to attend the diocese’s Catholic Education Summit.
On the Path to Catholic High School
Eighth-grade students in New York City are just two weeks away from taking the Test for Admission into Catholic High Schools (TACHS) and choosing the high schools they wish to attend next year.
TACHS Calendar 2016-2017
This TACHS Calendar will keep students on track from the day they receive their Admit Card to the day they return their Response Card to the high school of their choice.
Keeping the Faith in High School and Beyond
Two new books are available to assist parents with strategies that may foster the lived experience of faith in their children and teens.