On a snowy first day of spring, members of Holy Child Jesus parish, Richmond Hill, raised over $600 at the third annual Lenten Soup Supper to benefit the parish’s outreach mission and food pantry, led by Walter Cooper. The evening was hosted by both the English and Spanish RCIA members and served by Deacon Chris Heanue’s Confirmation class, as well as Brownies and Girl Scouts. Music was provided by Steve Pulick and the youth choir. Bishop Octavio Cisneros, pastor, also attended the benefit.
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Easter will be particularly joyful in Forest Hills thanks to the good people of Our Lady of Mercy parish. Parishioners donated canned goods and cash to provide holiday dinner baskets for 35 struggling families.
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St. Stanislaus Kostka parish, Greenpoint, is trying to start a Polish-speaking Knights of Columbus Council this Eastertide. They’re looking for Catholic men, age 18 and older, who practice their faith, care about family values and want to help the community. If you’re interested, call Father Marek Sobczak, C.M., pastor, at 718-388-0170.
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St. Sebastian’s Service Awards
Servant hearts abound at St. Sebastian, Woodside, where the fourth annual St. Patrick’s Dinner Party, March 22, was an occasion to honor three individuals who have generously served the parish community. Father Kevin Abels, pastor, proudly presented awards, from left, to Sister Theresa Ryan, S.C., longtime mission coordinator at the parish school; Robert Haggerty, accepting on behalf of the late Margaret Haggerty, who dedicated her time and talents to the parish center, and Msgr. Michael J. Hardiman, former pastor.
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Our Lady of the Angelus, Rego Park, is sponsoring a Divine Mercy Pilgrimage, April 12. For more details, call Barbara Johnson at 718-592-9329.
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Correction: On the March 14 Tablet TALK page, the Our Lady of Grace, Gravesend, parishioners bidding farewell to Father John Tino, from right, were Dolores Stracquadaine, Marie Rocca and Marie Cope.
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A Congress for the New Evangelization, hosted by the Koinonia John the Baptist Community, will be April 24-26 at Visitation B.V.M., Red Hook. For tickets, call Sister Frauke, 917-515-4225.
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This week’s Tip of the Tablet TALK Top Hat goes to Dr. Sara Haviland, a history professor at St. Francis College, Brooklyn Heights, who’s been named to the Nerd Scholar list of “40 Under 40: Inspiring Professors.” She was nominated by one of her students, Elizabeth Peralta ’15, who said Dr. Haviland convinced her to stick with being a history major. After graduation this spring, Peralta will realize her dream of going to work at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.
Nerd Scholar chose professors who leave “impressions on our lives that change the way we think, work and view the world around us.”
In addition to teaching, Dr. Haviland has written the forthcoming book, “James and Esther Cooper Jackson: Love and Courage in the Black Freedom Movement.”
She has worked with the Brooklyn Historical Society’s Students and Faculty in the Archives project to teach history students about using archives and was also part of the American Historical Association’s Tuning Project.
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