Elmhurst Franciscan Installed
Local Secular Franciscans congratulate Deacon Thomas J. Page of St. Adalbert Church, Elmhurst, on his recent installation as a Secular Franciscan. Following the installation Mass at his home parish, he was greeted by other members. Front row, from left, Carolyn Talento, Carmela Cangialosi, Deacon Page and Maryann Page. Back row, Catherine Woesthoff, Constance Watz, Father Raphael Zwolenkiewicz, O.F.M. Conv., spiritual assistant, and Daniel Page. Secular Franciscans are men and women, single and married, who follow in the footsteps of St. Francis and live the Gospel. (Photo © Benjamin Schiff)
Students in the religious education program at St. Mary’s Church, Long Island City, have an invitation for anyone caught up in the hustle and bustle of the season.
Set the preparations aside and share in the true joy of Christmas with the children at their Christmas pageant, “The Nativity Story,” this Sunday, Dec. 21, at 10:30 a.m. in church.
A second performance will be given on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, at the 5 p.m. Christmas Vigil Family Mass. For more details or directions, call 718-786-0705.
One of the country’s top schools for military veterans and servicemembers is right here in Brooklyn: St. Joseph’s College (SJC). The college, which has campuses in Clinton Hill and Patochgue, L.I., was recently named to Military Advanced Education’s 2015 Guide to Colleges and Universities.
The annual guide evaluates institutions on their best practices in military and veteran education and highlights schools that go out of their way for servicemembers.
For the eighth year, more than 600 higher education institutions were evaluated based on military culture, financial aid, on-campus support, online support services and criteria recommended by the veterans’ affairs and military services.
With more than 230 military-connected students between the two campuses, SJC offers a number of degree programs with flexible course schedules. For more information, contact Shannon O’Neill, assistant dean of military and veteran services, at 631-687-2678 or smoneill@sjcny.edu.
St. Pancras Church in Glendale invites Tablet TALK readers to join the parish community on Saturday, Jan. 3 for an 8:30 a.m. Mass and living Nativity, sponsored by the St. Padre Pio and St. Joseph societies.
This week’s Tip of the Tablet TALK Top Hat goes to Jason Remy, an eighth-grade student at Immaculate Conception School, Jamaica, who was quoted in the latest issue of New York Magazine. The magazine offers its 10th annual listing of “Reasons to Love New York,” and coming in at No. 3 was a quote from Remy titled: “Because This Is What 9/11 Looks Like Through the Eyes of Someone Born on September 10, 2001.”
Remy was interviewed by the magazine following a visit to the 9/11 Museum. Check out what he said at nymag.com/news/articles/reasonstoloveny/2014/9-11-kids/
If you want some peace and quiet to reflect on the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, consider signing up for Hermit Day: The Benefits of Solitude, on Wednesday, Dec. 31 at Bishop Molloy Retreat House, Jamaica Estates. Stay from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. To register, call 718-739-1229.
Submit items for Tablet TALK to Marie Elena Giossi, megiossi@desalesmedia.org.
Organic Puts Hope in Action
David Bisono, far left, is well known in the diocese as the co-host of NET-TV’s Too Blessed to Be Stressed and Dios Nunca Duerme, but his roots are in street ministry to youth and adults.
On Thanksgiving, he and members of his newest ministry, Organic, which is dedicated to living a life of real faith with simplicity, took to the streets to eat, pray and offer their presence among undocumented day laborers working in the cold.
To learn more about Organic, visit creerescrecer.org/site.
(Photo courtesy David Bisono)