Tablet Talk Easter basket

Tablet TALK: Blessing of the Baskets

In this week’s Tablet TALK, Easter basket blessings at St. Stanislaus Kostka, a retreat for young adults, an evening of dinner and doo-wop, and more.

Support and Prayers for NYPD After Tough Year

The 95th annual Communion-breakfast of the Brooklyn-Queens Holy Name Society of the NYPD was held Sunday, March 15, in Queens Village. Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio was the main celebrant of the Mass.

Shrine of Padre Pio

Tablet TALK: Locals Enjoy Italian Holiday

Brooklyn and Queens pilgrims visit the Shrine of Padre Pio in San Giovanni Rotondo, a NET-TV correspondent gets engaged, Brooklyn community board openings and more in this week’s Tablet TALK.

French President Francois Hollande is assisted as he walks in a damaged street of Saint-Beat in southwestern France June 20, two days after the village was submerged by flash floods. Heavy flooding in southwestern France killed three people and forced the closure of the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes for the second time in eight months.

Lourdes Shrine Digs Out After Massive Flooding

TOULOUSE, France (CNS) – Work crews rushed to clear mud and remove debris June 21 after a massive flood inundated sections of the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes so that tourists could return to the popular pilgrimage site. Much of the shrine complex was under water for two days as floods swamped much of […]

Our Lady of Lourdes Sweeps CYO Track Championships

The boys’ and girls’ Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) track teams from Our Lady of Lourdes, Queens Village, pulled off a sweep by each capturing their respective championships June 2 at St. Anthony’s H.S., South Huntington, L.I. Competitors from four divisions (Novice, Bantam, Junior and Senior) competed in nine total events over the course of three […]

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Ready To Serve Bensonhurst Community   Regina Pacis, Bensonhurst, celebrated the installation of four new extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion on the Feast of the Epiphany, Jan. 8. Sister Anna O’Brien, M.F.I.C., pastoral ministry director, far left, and Father Vincentius Do, parochial vicar, third from right, congratulate the new ministers, from left, Salvatore Friscia, Mary […]