Alexandria Bay, a teacher at Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Academy in Jackson Heights, was one of nearly 100 teachers from five Catholic schools in Queens who spent the morning at St. Leo Catholic Academy in Corona on Jan. 20 taking part in a training on how to protect themselves and their students in the event of a school shooting.
When Ramya Ramakrishnan and her husband, Tanuj Palvia, were deciding where to send their daughter, Sahaana, and son, Rohan, to school, all it took was one visit to Saint Saviour Catholic Academy to convince the couple it was the right fit.
A former classroom at Immaculate Conception Catholic Academy is home to its new Wellness Center, a meditation space where students can spend quiet time as part of their religion class.
Bishop Robert Brennan visited St. Leo’s to mark the start of the Diocese of Brooklyn’s celebration of National Catholic Schools Week and heard a presentation by students on the Holy Rosary, enjoyed students singing and visited classrooms.
Taneeya Alexander, who teaches journalism at St. Clare Catholic Academy in Rosedale, is the founder of a non-profit organization called the Fashion Design Youth Sorority. She meets with sorority members after school on Fridays to design and make costumes for school plays.
Bishop Robert Brennan has appointed Father Peter Purpura, pastor of Our Lady of Hope in Middle Village, Queens, as the next chancellor for the Diocese of Brooklyn.
hanks to the generosity of The Tablet’s readers, the annual Bright Christmas campaign raised $106,149.72, topping last year’s total by nearly $2,000.
Foreign-born Catholic priests and religious brothers and sisters whose futures in the U.S. have become uncertain in recent years amid a federal immigration processing backlog have received some long-awaited relief.
Chinese immigrants who came to the U.S. in hopes of building a better life worked hard at low-wage jobs in restaurants and factories. When they died, many cemeteries refused to bury them or buried them in out-of-the-way spots. Father Andrew Tsui calls them the “Forgotten Souls,” and he is determined to remember them.
Students from Notre Dame Catholic Academy in Ridgewood pitched in to help families displaced by a five-alarm fire in the neighborhood. The students worked with Assistant Principal Lisa Leistmman to collect food, clothing and emergency supplies for the victims.
