For centuries, Catholics and others have sought the hope, refuge and strength associated with the prayers and veneration of St. Jude Thaddeus, also known as the Apostle of Hope.
Our Lady of Lourdes – Queens Village

Sports Round-Up June 17
GCHSAA softball, CHSAA baseball and CYO flag football championships were recently crowned. New records were set in CYO outdoor track.

Portuguese Meet in Queens To Celebrate Fatima Feast
Nearly half a million people attended the 100th anniversary of the Marian apparitions of Fatima in Portugal, but it was thousands of miles away across the Atlantic Ocean where the Portuguese community from Our Lady of Lourdes parish, Queens Village, faithfully gathered to offer the same devotion during a bilingual Mass and rosary procession May 13.

Fancy Footwork Earns Gold For Forest Hills Students
This week’s Tablet TALK highlights ballroom dancing students in Forest Hills, an art show fundraiser for Haiti, an upcoming benefit for Mercy Home and much more.

Sports Round-Up March 4
The Catholic Youth Organization of Brooklyn and Queens recently crowned its indoor track champions for the 2017 season. Xaverian swimmer heading to USCGA.

Scholarship Awards for OLLCA Eighth Graders
Catholic high schools recently sent scholarship award letters to local eighth graders. Seven members of the eighth-grade class at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Academy (OLLCA), Queens Village, received scholarship offers for the fall.
Obituary: Mary V. Wilson
Mary V. Wilson, the mother of Father Joseph Wilson, parochial vicar at St. Nicholas of Tolentine, Jamaica, died Nov. 1 at Ozanam Hall, Bayside.

‘Saint’ of India Finds a Home in Queens
For the first time, a statue of Our Lady of Velankanni, commemorating apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in southeastern India, is resting next to the altar area of a church in the Diocese of Brooklyn.

Farewell and Greetings at Greenpoint Parish
This week’s Tablet TALK highlights a novena to Our Lady of Velankanni, anniversary events in Astoria and Brooklyn, an upcoming event with Bishop Caggiano in Brooklyn and much more.

Astoria Faithful Seek Healing on Assumption
This week’s Tablet TALK highlights a hardworking youth ministry group in Woodside, a retreat with the African Community of St. Fortunata, upcoming San Lorenzo Ruiz festivities and more.