Amaru in Concert
Amaru Tupacyupanqui, an 8-year-old award-winning classical pianist who lives in Sunset Park and attends Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Academy, will be a special guest performer at Regina Opera Company’s Gotta Sing Concert of classical music, opera and Broadway favorites on Sunday, Nov. 2 at 3 p.m. in Our Lady of Perpetual Help’s auditorium. Tickets are $12 per adult; $5 for teens and free for children. For tickets or more details, call 718-259-2772 or visit www.reginaopera.org. (Photo courtesy Fran Garber)
Singer, storyteller and recording artist ValLimar Jansen will be leading a parish mission at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Kensington, Oct. 19-22. “Come be Called to the Joy of the Gospel and the New Evangelization” is the theme of the parish mission, which begins at all Masses this Sunday, Oct. 19 and then continues Oct. 20, 21 and 22 at 7 p.m. There will also be special sessions on Oct. 21 following 8:45 a.m. Mass and Oct. 22 at 4:30 p.m. children’s faith formation. All are welcome and guests may make a free-will offering. Contact Sister Mary Ann Ambrose, C.S.J. at 718-871-1310 or ihmsma@ihmbrooklyn.org for more details.
In honor of Resurrection-Ascension School’s 75th anniversary in Rego Park, an alumni reunion for all classes will be held on Saturday, Oct. 25, beginning with 5 p.m. Mass. Dinner follows. For details or to attend, call 718-426-4963.
Happy Sweetest Day! Observed the third Saturday of October, this holiday was started in the 1920s to bring happiness to the underprivileged, shut-ins and orphans with small remembrances. Today, it’s a day to show appreciation for the special people in our lives. Celebrate by giving something sweet – a kind note, flower or piece of candy – to family, friends, neighbors or even your pastor.
Holy Trinity Church, Whitestone, is hosting an Alumni Reunion, on Saturday, Nov. 8 beginning with 5 p.m. Mass. A reception will follow. Check out Holy Trinity’s website (holytrinityrcparish.org) for further details.
(WEB EXCLUSIVE) New York Times best-selling author, Regina Calcaterra, will join the Monica Ministries of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Williamsburg, for a book-signing event featuring her autobiographical account, “Etched in Sand,” on Sunday, Oct. 26 at 7 p.m. in the school auditorium in observance of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. All are welcome to attend and bring a friend. Admission is gratis, books will be on sale for $15.99. Light refreshments will be served.
The Passionist Associates of Bishop Molloy Retreat House, Jamaica, are renewing their vows this Sunday, Oct. 19. Anyone who would like to witness the vow renewal and celebration is welcome to attend the ceremony at 11 a.m. on the second floor. For details, call 718-739-1229.
This week’s Tip of the Tablet TALK Top Hat goes to Our Lady of Perpetual Help (O.L.P.H.) Catholic Academy, South Ozone Park. The school was blessed to welcome Father Rodrigo Miranda, IVE, who spoke to the students and faculty about the hardships of the Syrian people, especially in the town of Aleppo, where he has been serving as a missionary for three years. He and the other missionary priests there provide 17,000 meals per day to Christians who have been devastated by the attacks on Aleppo. Under these difficult conditions, they continue to celebrate Mass and serve the needs of the people. Moved by the words and images he presented, the O.L.P.H. school community held a dress-down day to collect funds that will go to assist the community of Aleppo. Way to go!
Rockaway Students Are Powerful in Pink
Everyone donned pink at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Academy, Rockaway Beach, for a breast cancer awareness fundraiser. Under the direction of tuition secretary, Linda Kittle, who organizes this annual fundraiser, students in second through eighth grades formed a symbolic pink ribbon in the school yard. In all, $636 was collected and upon seeing the “ribbon,” the school board’s treasurer Bernard (BJ) Duffy, made a generous donation to round out the students’ collection to an even $1,000.
(Photo © Linda Kittle)