Dear Editor: Thank to Bishop DiMarzio for sharing his reflections (“The ‘Catholic School Difference’,” Put Out Into the Deep, June 8).
Catholic schools of Brooklyn and Queens
St. Anselm Spirit Day
The teachers, faculty, staff and students of St. Anselm Catholic Academy, Bay Ridge, came to school with their orange Spirit Day 2019 t-shirts May 24, and the excitement was palpable.
Cristo Rey’s Backers Lauded at 10th Anniversary Gala
A Catholic high school in East Flatbush that serves students from low-income families − celebrated its 10th anniversary on May 23 with a dinner at Cipriani Wall Street, where the school honored Robert Catell, a former chairman and CEO of KeySpan who’s now chairman of Cristo Rey’s board of directors.
St. Francis Academy Wins Diocesan Competition
Eighteen students from Catholic schools and academies throughout Brooklyn and Queens competed in the annual public speaking contest held last week at Our Lady of Mercy in Forest Hills.
In Bensonhurst, a School That Prays the Rosary Together…
Bead by bead, or in this case balloon by balloon, students prayed the rosary at St. Athanasius Catholic Academy in Bensonhurst.
Students from St. Andrew Avellino Get Their Art On
Young artists from St. Andrew Avellino Catholic Academy dazzled members of their community with whimsical displays and extraordinary works of art during their annual art show June 1 at the school in Flushing.
The ‘Catholic School Difference’
My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord,As all of our Catholic high schools are coming close to graduation day, this may be a good opportunity to consider the network of Catholic high schools that remain in the Diocese in Brooklyn and Queens.
After 115 Years, St. Joseph HS to Close in 2020
Citing declining enrollment and higher expenses, St. Joseph H.S., Downtown Brooklyn, said it will shut down after the upcoming 2019-2020 academic year.
Bishop Kearney High School Announces Permanent Closure
Bishop Kearney H.S., an all-girls high school in Bensonhurst that was founded in 1961, is shutting its doors this summer.
Kids Were Winners When Collars Took on Scholars
Being Editor of The Tablet has taken me to places where I never would have gone. Take for instance last Monday evening when I walked onto the field at MCU Park in Coney Island to umpire the softball game between the Collars and the Scholars.
