This week’s Tablet TALK highlights a back-to-school backpack blessing in Mill Basin, invites readers to a conference on end-of-life issues from a Catholic perspective, salutes a local college that has earned “Best Bang for the Buck” honors and much more.
“Catholic Considerations on End-of-Life Decision-Making” will be the focus of a presentation in Our Lady of Angels parish auditorium, Bay Ridge, Oct. 5.
This week’s Tablet TALK features a fun reunion for St. Ephrem’s Class of ’66, details on a visiting relic, a cause for celebration for Haitians in New York City and much more.
“I’ve learned that I don’t have to be afraid to ask people for help,” Msgr. Noone shared of his experience in the campaign, “People are very willing to give a hand – never underestimate their generosity!”
Father Richard Skarbek, who was ordained by Pope John II at age 54, died on June 22 at Good Samaritan Hospital in West Islip, L.I.
Twenty-six boys and girls were formally installed as altar servers at St. Sebastian Church in Woodside, on Sunday, June 5.
The religious brothers of the diocese were honored along with women religious at a jubilee celebration May 22 at Immaculate Conception Center, Douglaston. They were guests of honor at a liturgy celebrated by Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio and at the dinner that followed.
Three of the men who were ordained by Bishop Thomas E. Molloy on June 9, 1951, at St. James Pro-Cathedral, Downtown Brooklyn, are marking their 65th years as priests.
The Catholic schools of Bay Ridge were the big recipients of the proceeds from the 23rd annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade held on Sunday, March 20.
Many parishioners of Our Lady of Angels, Bay Ridge, participated in a Lenten retreat.
