Our Lady of Grace Soccer Hosts Clinic for Autistic Children

The weather might be a bit chilly outside, but that didn’t stop members of the Our Lady of Grace, Howard Beach, Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) soccer program from taking to the field – the indoor field that is. On Feb. 15, team members joined with the North American Soccer League’s New York Cosmos, the Adelphi […]

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Rookie of the Year Restores City Bus Line and Helps Keep Streets Clean

Priscilla Consolo, a young parishioner of Our Lady of Grace, Gravesend, is this year’s Rookie of the Year. The Brooklyn Spectator and Home Reporter newspapers honored her as such during their annual 40 Under 40 Rising Stars event. Consolo, 19, was the youngest honoree at the ceremony. A freshman at Fordham University’s Lincoln Center campus, Consolo received the […]

The Greatest Loss: Gravesend Parish Mourns Teacher Who Died as Victim of Hurricane

by Marie Elena Giossi  Wife, mother and Catholic schoolteacher Nancy Sorenson, who tragically lost her life during Hurricane Sandy, was laid to rest following a funeral Mass at Our Lady of Grace Church, Gravesend, Nov. 8. Sorenson, 50, died Oct. 30 in her Rockaway Park home when water surged into the family cellar, causing a […]