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Joan Flynn Celebrates 50 Years Serving Brooklyn Diocese   DeSales Media Group and The Tablet were proud to honor Joan Flynn for her 50 years of service to the diocese at a special luncheon for family, friends and colleagues at Michael’s Restaurant, Marine Park, on March 13. Among the guests were her former boss, Frank […]

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Graduates of St. Edmund Prep H.S., Sheepshead Bay, are invited to celebrate their alma mater’s 80th anniversary in April. Auxiliary Bishop Frank Caggiano will celebrate an anniversary Mass on April 12 at 11 a.m. in the parish church. Alumni who wish to attend may register by calling Grace Carey in the Development Office at 718-743-6100 […]

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Save the date! NET-TV’s own David Bisono, host of Too Blessed to Be Stressed, and founder of the Catholic youth movement, Jovenes de Valor, will be giving a Lenten reflection at Sacred Hearts and St. Stephen Church, Carroll Gardens, Feb. 21 at 7 p.m. His talk is the first installment of the parish’s 2013  Lenten […]

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  Handmade shawls impart warmth and comfort to people of all ages. A Prayer Shawl Ministry is growing at Our Lady of Lourdes parish, Queens Village, and members are accepting donations of yarn. Donations may be brought to the rectory. For more information, call 718-479-5111. Are you hurting from the pain of abortion? As we […]

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During this Year of Faith, here is an event you don’t want to miss: David Haas, composer of contemporary Catholic liturgical music, including “Blest Are They,” “We Have Been Told,” “We Are Called” and “We Will Rise Again,” will be in concert   in the Brooklyn Diocese at Holy Child Jesus parish, Richmond Hill. Haas will […]

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It’s Feeling Like Christmas in Bayside Children at Sacred Heart of Jesus parish, Bayside, opened the Advent season by having breakfast with Santa, making Christmas wreaths, above, enjoying a train display and some sweet treats on Saturday, Dec. 1. Parents had the chance to do crafts with their children and take raffle tickets for baskets […]

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‘Tis the Season to Twirl Get into the Christmas spirit! See the Our Lady of Perpetual Help Twirlers, at left, perform to the song, Rocking Around the Christmas Tree, at the Christmas tree lighting in front of O.L.P.H. Basilica, Sunset Park, this Thursday, Nov. 29 at 5 p.m. (Photo courtesy Cecilia Fedyn)       […]

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Year of Faith Retreat   Ladies of the Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception from Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral, Brooklyn Heights, recently participated in a “Year of Faith” retreat at Graymoor Spiritual Life Center, Garrison, N.Y. They were accompanied by Msgr. James A. Root, cathedral rector, center. Photo © Marleine Aflak Our Lady of Grace […]

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Immaculate Heart of Mary parish, Windsor Terrace, recently hosted its seventh annual “Celebrating the Past; Building the Future” dinner dance at El Caribe, Mill Basin. The parish marked its 119-year history and the formation of St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Academy, created through the union of Immaculate Heart of Mary and Holy Name of Jesus […]

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SJU Students Serve CCBQ Seniors Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens’ Sheridan Senior Residence, Astoria, and St. Louis Senior Center, Crown Heights, hosted St. John’s University volunteers on Sept. 29, as part of the university’s 11th annual Day of Service. At Sheridan Residence, left, volunteers helped seniors clear weeds and debris from their rooftop garden and […]