It was a big night at the Waldorf-Astoria in Manhattan when the Futures in Education Foundation held its annual Scholarship Dinner. There were big names in the crowd and big dividends for needy students who want to attend Catholic schools in Brooklyn and Queens. By the end of the evening, Msgr. Jamie Gigantiello, the diocese’s […]
Futures In Education, the non-profit organization dedicated to helping underprivileged students in Brooklyn and Queens benefit from a Catholic education, closed out the summer with a networking fundraiser at Manhattan’s Hudson Terrace. The event, held Aug. 22 and titled “Kick Back to the Futures,” drew a large crowd with 95 percent new prospects. Guests had […]
Futures in Education of the Diocese of Brooklyn held its annual Angels on the Fairway golf outing, raising approximately $410,000 to benefit the scholarship recipients attending Catholic schools in Brooklyn and Queens. Following Holy Thursday Mass, celebrated by Msgr. Jamie Gigantiello, vicar for development, at the Creek Golf Club, about 100 golfers waited out the […]
Futures in Education hosted its 2013 Angel Reception at Citi Field, Flushing. The “Be an Angel to a Student” program is one way Futures in Education provides students with need-based scholarships and adults the chance to change the life of a child through the gift of education. The Angel Reception brings together students and their […]
Longtime Catholic school educator Anne J. Pitaro, 85, of Greenwich, Conn., died Feb. 8 from complications of lymphoma. She worked in the Catholic schools of the Diocese of Brooklyn for 29 years as both teacher and principal at the former St. Elizabeth School in Ozone Park. Born in Ozone Park, she graduated from Nativity B.V.M. […]
Nicholas J. Vendikos has been named the director of development for The Catholic Foundation for Brooklyn and Queens and Futures in Education. The appointment was announced by Msgr. Jamie Gigantiello, diocesan vicar for development. Joseph E. Geoghan, chairman of the board of the Catholic Foundation and Robert Catell, chairman of the board for Futures in […]
The annual Scholarship Dinner conducted by the Futures in Education Foundation raised slightly more than $2 million to assist children in Catholic schools in Brooklyn and Queens. Entertainment was presented by school children from St. Kevin’s, Flushing; St. Nicholas of Tolentine, Jamaica; and Resurrection-Ascension, Rego Park.
When friends saw me casually chatting with basketball Hall of Famer Chris Mullin, they asked me if I personally knew him. I told them that I did. As a young sports writer, I had covered Mullin on the CYO, CHSAA, and NCAA levels. I always knew he was a great ballplayer but it would have […]
Bishop DiMarzio Visits St. Columba Sept. 16 was not the average Sunday at St. Columba Church, Marine Park. Clergy and parishioners joyfully received a special guest, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, who made his pastoral visit to the church. The bishop was the main celebrant of the 10 a.m. Mass, at left. Father Charles Matonti, pastor emeritus, […]
Paying tuition to send a child to Catholic elementary school is an investment in his or her future – one that will have a positive, life-changing effect. Families who send their children to Catholic schools understand this better than anyone and are more than willing to make the necessary sacrifices to give their children the […]
