Nearly 1,400 students from Brooklyn and Queens entered The Tablet’s annual Christ Is Risen Easter Art Contest. Here are the winners, honorable mentions and their artwork.
Brooklyn
New Rector Installed at Cathedral
Father Peter Purpura was installed by Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio as the rector of St. James Cathedral-Basilica, Downtown Brooklyn, on Good Shepherd Sunday.
Flushing Pilgrims Tour Brooklyn Churches
Two busloads of parishioners embarked on a journey from Queens to Brooklyn, the “Borough of Churches,” to visit three historic structures.
St. Edmund Cares for Earth
Students in the St. Edmund Prep Education Program, Sheepshead Bay, recently taught an Earth Day lesson to Phil Fama’s ninth grade art class.
Diocese Announces Capital Campaign
Generations of Faith, an $80 million capital campaign, aims “to strengthen the heart of our Diocese, fulfill the promise to those who have faithfully served us, and foster the formation of future generations of Catholics.”
Tablet TALK: Scouts Enjoy Mass with Bishop Cisneros
This week in Tablet TALK, a Mass for Scouts in Richmond Hill, a celebration of scholarship and leadership at St. Francis College, “Active Catholics” on NET TV, and more.
Co-Cathedral Was Rockin’ During Diocesan Youth Day
Cars slowed and passersby paused to witness the exuberance emanating from St. Joseph Co-Cathedral as nearly 1,200 teenagers gathered for Brooklyn Catholic Youth Day.
Visiting a Saintly Site
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio celebrated a Mass to observe the 75th anniversary of the death of Msgr. Bernard Quinn, a Brooklyn priest whose cause for sainthood is being studied at the Vatican. The bishop and a contingent of parishioners from St. Peter Claver, Bedford-Stuyvesant, processed to Msgr. Quinn’s burial site for a prayer service. For the […]
Tablet TALK: Blessing of the Baskets
In this week’s Tablet TALK, Easter basket blessings at St. Stanislaus Kostka, a retreat for young adults, an evening of dinner and doo-wop, and more.
Claverites Think Their Pastor Was a Saint
It’s been 75 years since the death of Msgr. Bernard Quinn, the founder of St. Peter Claver parish in Bedford-Stuyvesant, and the founder of Little Flower Camp in Wading River, L.I. His legacy is such that people believe he was a saint and his cause for canonization is currently before the Congregation of the Saints […]