Final Rites for Slain Cop

Police chaplain Msgr. Robert Romano, who is pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe parish in Dyker Heights, celebrates the funeral Mass for police officer Brian Moore at St. James Church in Seaford, L.I., May 8. More than 30,000 police from around the U.S. attended the funeral of the 25-year-old officer, who was shot in the […]

Tablet Talk May 9 2015

Tablet TALK: Bridges of Support for Life

This week, The Bridge to Life honors pro-life champions, a religious art exhibit in Bay Ridge, details about the 2015 Edward Cardinal Egan Lecture, Girl Scouts in Dyker Heights and more.

Sister Margaret Wenzel, O.P.

Sister Margaret Wenzel, O.P., a Sister of St. Dominic, Amityville, for 76 years, died Feb. 27. She was 96. Born in Brooklyn, she was raised in St. Martin of Tours parish in Bushwick. After attending the Dominican Sisters’ H.S. Juniorate, she entered the congregation on Sept. 8, 1938. She pronounced her vows on Aug. 17, […]

Our Lady of Guadalupe Combines New and Old

Our Lady of Guadalupe School (OLG) is committed to its students’ futures. The Bensonhurst school includes the typical kindergarten through eighth grade enrollment, but also has its own pre-school program for 3- and 4-year-olds. Students work in a multimedia, wireless environment and study the origins of English in the Latin and Greek Roots Challenge Program. Parents […]

Tablet TALK: Long Island City Magi

Long Island City Magi The Feast of the Epiphany brought gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh to St. Mary’s Church, Long Island City, where adult parishioners dressed in royal robes as they reenacted the visit of the Wise Men to the Christ Child. (Photos by Giovanna Varlese) Sister Ave Clark, O.P., is starting the new […]

Our Lady of Guadalupe at Holy Cross H.S.

At Holy Cross H.S., Flushing, Father Carlos C. Velásquez from St. Sebastian, Woodside, celebrated the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe with faculty and students on Dec. 12.

Dyker Heights Let Lights Shine

The Chorale Group of Our Lady of Guadalupe School, Dyker Heights, was featured when the Knights of Columbus’ Archbishop John Hughes Council lit up its Christmas tree and also the outdoors creche and displays. The Knights’ motto at this time of the year is Keep Christ in Christmas. Msgr. Robert Romano, chaplain of the council, […]

Dyker Heights School Spreads Christmas Spirit – Our Lady of Guadalupe Continues Tradition of Gift-Giving

Joined together in prayer and song, the school community of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Dyker Heights, recently celebrated its decades-old Christmas Gift-Giving Day tradition. Sponsored by the Student Council, the annual program encourages students and faculty to provide gifts of toys and clothing to children ranging from newborns to teenagers at two Brooklyn parishes: Our […]