The Catholic schools of Bay Ridge were the big recipients of the proceeds from the 23rd annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade held on Sunday, March 20.
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Xaverian Goes Gold For Frankie
On Sept. 16, students from both Xaverian’s middle school program, Genesis, and high school in Bay Ridge joined forces to Go Gold to raise awareness of pediatric cancer. The Go Gold effort has been spearheaded by Camille Orichio-Loccisano, who lost her son, Frankie, a member of Xaverian’s class of 2008, to pediatric cancer in 2007. […]
Tablet TALK: Lithuanian Dignitary Visits Williamsburg
This week’s Tablet TALK features a visiting Lithuanian dignitary in Williamsburg, a new postulant from Hollis, a health fair in Fresh Meadows, details about 9-11 tributes in Brooklyn and much, much more.
Before the New Year Starts
Before welcoming the 2015-2016 school year, here is a couple of stories you might have missed from last year with this final tribute to the 2014-2015 school year in the Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens.
Tablet TALK: Flushing Scouts Earn Silver Awards
In this week’s Tablet TALK, St. Kevin’s Girl Scouts are honored, St. Mel’s new servers are installed, a chance to help clean up the Vanderbilt Motor Parkway, and more.
Catholic Schools Shine in Bay Ridge St. Patrick’s Day Parade
The Catholic schools in Bay Ridge were on the march in the neighborhood’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade held March 22.
Brother Emmett Corry, O.S.F.
Brother Emmett Corry, O.S.F., who wrote the history of the Franciscan Brothers of Brooklyn, died Feb. 25 at Lutheran Augustana Center, Sunset Park. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated March 2, at Our Lady of Angels Church, Bay Ridge. The son of Irish immigrant parents, Patrick J. Corry graduated from St. Francis de Sales […]
Despite Blizzard, St. Patrick’s Celebrates Catholic Identity
St. Patrick Catholic Academy, Bay Ridge, didn’t let a potential blizzard dampen its annual Catholic Schools Week celebration, which got underway with a Mass on Sunday, Jan. 25. At the Mass, which was celebrated by Msgr. Michael Hardiman, pastor, Principal Andrea D’Emic presented the academy’s first-ever Distinguished Graduate Award to Eastern District Magistrate Judge Vera […]
Not Even Limited by the Sky
The Internship Program at Xaverian (IPAX), Bay Ridge, is a dynamic opportunity for rising juniors in the Honors Program to learn about a wide variety of careers in hands-on experiences with talented professionals.
Bay Ridge Lights Focus On the Nativity Scene
The house on the corner of Colonial Rd. and 81st St. in Bay Ridge is so festively lit for Christmas that it has become a stop for New York City tourist buses. “I met the director of A Slice of Brooklyn tours and he asked if it would be all right if the buses pulled […]