Italian residents in Williamsburg have been carrying on the Giglio tradition every July for more than 100 years. Among the special guests at this year’s feast at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church were General Paolo Serra, a military and police advisor at the Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations, far right, and his wife, Antonella. They enjoyed the sights, sounds and aromas of the feast with Msgr. Joseph Calise, pastor. (Photo courtesy Msgr. Calise)
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St. Alphonsus Liguori, the founder of the Redemptorists, is the patron of arthritis sufferers. If you suffer from arthritis, you may receive a special blessing during the novena to Our Mother of Perpetual Help, next Wednesday, Aug. 5 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Sunset Park. The blessing will be bestowed at the 8:45 a.m. and 12:10 p.m. Masses.
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Just because school is out, don’t ditch those Box Tops. Each one is worth 10 cents for your local school or academy. A total of 13,095 Box Tops were collected at St. Matthias School, Ridgewood, this past school year. In return for those little cut-outs, the school received $1,309.50. Keep clipping!
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Save the date for “St. Therese – Story of a Soul,” a one woman live performance based on the life of St. Therese of Lisieux at Our Lady of Grace Church, Gravesend, Sept. 19. Presented by St. Luke’s Productions, the show will begin at 7 p.m. and run through 9:30 p.m. in Father Cutrone Gym. Tickets are $10 and are available by calling 718-627-2020. For more details, visit www.theresedrama.com.
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Did you graduate from St. Mel School, Flushing, in 1976? Plans are underway for a 40th reunion. Contact Robert Cotumaccio at Cot15@aol.com.
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An evening of great choral music awaits at St. Teresa Church, Woodside, on Aug. 16. St. Teresa’s Adult Choir will perform at 7 p.m. in the auditorium. Light refreshments will be served and a 50/50 raffle will be held. Admission is only $5 and all proceeds will benefit the church.
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This summer, Daughter of Wisdom, Sister Ann Gray of Ozone Park, is in Rome, Italy, where she is representing her order’s USA Province and members of its Justice Peace and Integrity of Creation Commission team at a congregational meeting with representatives from 21 countries and four continents. The session is addressing a range of justice issues, especially those relating to women and children, immigrants, war and the environment.
In representing her province, she will share information about its initiatives for justice, talk about the sisters’ Litchfield, Conn.-based retreat and conference center, which demonstrates a number of practices that support a sustainable environment, and share experiences about the sisters’ work with immigration, and efforts to raise awareness and put an end to human trafficking. Sister Ann is also marking her 60th anniversary of profession this year.
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Welcome Into the Faith, Elias!
Tablet reporter Antonina Zielinska Schlenker and her husband Jordan Schlenker baptized their son, Elias Forest Schlenker Zielinski at St. Joseph’s Co-Cathedral, Prospect Heights, July 19. On his christening day, above, from left, are: Joshua Dresen, godfather; proud parents; Magdalena Zielinska, godmother and grandmother; and Msgr. Kieran Harrington, rector, who performed the baptism. Antonina and Jordan welcomed Elias into the world on April 16 of this year. He weighed in at seven pounds, eight ounces.
(Photo by Corey Bechtle Dresen)
