In anticipation of Catholic Schools Week 2016, The Tablet proudly presents this special pullout section with valuable information for current and prospective Catholic school parents on Catholic schools in Brooklyn and Queens.
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Catholic Schools: Communities Of Faith, Knowledge and Service
In anticipation of Catholic Schools Week 2016, Dr. Thomas Chadzutko, diocesan superintendent of Catholic schools, sat down with Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio to discuss Catholic education and Catholic Schools Week.
English Cardinal Warns Teachers Against Islamic State Recruitment
It can take just one month to turn a disenfranchised teenage Catholic student into fanatical Islamic terrorist, an English cardinal planned to warn Catholic teachers.
Whitestone Blessing: St. Luke School Rejoices Over Renovation
Celebrating the completion of its facade restoration, St. Luke Elementary School in Whitestone hosted a building blessing and the raising of the flag with Auxiliary Bishop Raymond Chappetto Nov. 23. (With slideshow)
The Tablet as Historical Record
Dear Editor: The letters to the editor during recent weeks had me thinking about this. The letters told of the effect of the sisters and brothers on the lives of their former students. Little is written about the effect of the religious on Catholic education. The present younger generation has a “skewed” opinion of the way education might have been conducted in those days. They think that we “learned or else” – facing certain punishment if we answered incorrectly.
Lidia Opens Up Her Menus for the Popes
Lidia Bastianich, an Italian-born parishioner of St. Anastasia’s, Douglaston, who escaped with her family after her region in Italy was awarded to communist Yugoslavia and the Iron Curtain erected, said she got the request to cook for Pope Benedict XVI for his 2008 visit to the United States.
Futures in Education Raises $2.3 Million
At its annual Scholarship Fund Dinner, Futures in Education raised $2.3 million in scholarships for students of low-income families of Brooklyn and Queens, surpassing last year’s record.
Visit to East Harlem
Pope Francis greets students and talks with immigrant families at Our Lady Queen of Angels School in East Harlem (photos)
Pope Goes Back to School, Meets Students in Harlem
Pope Francis encouraged an audience of Catholic school students and immigrants to live with joy and dare to dream.
Brisbane to Brooklyn
St. Edmund Prep, Sheepshead Bay, warmly welcomes the students from St. Aidan’s School in Brisbane, Australia. The Australian students were greeted with a welcome breakfast sponsored by the Student Council. They met the students they will be staying with for the time they are in Brooklyn. They will be visiting the United Nations, seeing a […]