Well, Tablet readers have done it again! Our Bright Christmas Campaign finished with its second highest total, second only to 2012 when we were responding to Hurricane Sandy.
This year, 3,962 readers – 389 less than last year – donated $133,611 – $1,574 more than last year. That’s an average of $33.72 per donation, which also is higher than last year’s average contribution of $30.77.
Dear Editor: I wish to take this opportunity to thank you and the Bright Christmas campaign for your generous donation to Visitation B.V.M. Church. It will indeed be used to brighten Christmas for the parish’s children. Many thanks and God bless you. May you have a wonderful Christmas and a healthy and happy New Year. […]
The donations for Bright Christmas are coming in. This week, I would like to tell from where and whom they are coming. Many of the donors are old friends like Sam Repole, who tells me that he now lives in Our Lady of Guadalupe parish, Dyker Heights. If you ever lived in Park Slope, or […]
Sister Tesa Fitzgerald, C.S.J., recently gained national notoriety when she was named the winner of the 2014 Opus Prize for faith-based humanitarian work. We’ve known for years about the good work of Sister Tesa and Hour Children. We’ve been fortunate enough to be able to extend Bright Christmas assistance to them over that time. Hour […]
Next weekend, The Tablet will officially launch its annual Bright Christmas Campaign to assist the poor and the needy in our diocese that takes in the boroughs of Kings and Queens. Every year for more than 40 years, The Tablet has collected funds that are passed on to parishes and church leaders in order to […]
Bright Christmas Funds If your parish or parish group needs financial help this Christmas season, we want to know. The Tablet’s Bright Christmas Campaign will be underway shortly. This is our annual fundraising drive that helps diocesan- and parish-based groups provide Christmas gifts to the needy. To qualify for a grant from Bright Christmas, we […]
The Our Lady of the Snows (OLS), North Floral Park, Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) program recently donated $282 toward the diocesan Philippines’ relief effort and also donated $359 to the OLS Human Concerns Center. Pictured with the OLS sub-novice girls’ basketball team is Joan Geiger, OLS Human Concerns Center director, and Father Kevin McBrien, pastor […]
The weather outside was frightful. The wind-swept snow and chilly temperatures were hardly delightful. But that didn’t stop the show from going on at St. Athanasius Church in Bensonhurst and St. Bernard’s Church in Mill Basin. Actor-singer Robert Davi (“The Goonies,” “License to Kill,” “Die Hard”) braved the elements to perform two concerts, one at […]
DeSales Media Group, the parent company of The Tablet, offers its staff opportunities to grow spiritually as well as materially. Last weekend, as part of our quarterly retreat program, the folks who work for The Tablet, NET-TV and the Catholic Television Network participated in a day of service. We visited the residents at SS. Joachim […]
Let the Bright Christmas Campaign begin! Actually, requests for funding have already arrived. Some donations are being processed. Now, for the official opening! For more than 40 years, The Tablet has conducted its Bright Christmas drive to help needy kids enjoy Christmas. The process is simple. We make a plea to our readers for money. […]
