The National Association for Lay Ministry has picked Nelsa Elías, a longtime lay worker for the Diocese of Brooklyn known for her dedication and profound humility, for its 2021 Juan Diego Award.
Rego Park
Fencing Game ‘On Point’ for Maspeth Parishioner
Bernard Witek, a rising senior at Loyola School, Manhattan, and a parishioner at Holy Cross, Maspeth, runs cross-country and plays baseball during the school year, but in the summer, it’s all fencing all the time.
Rego Park Student on Jeopardy!
This week is Kids Week on Jeopardy!, and Gabriella Fusco, a sixth-grade student at Resurrection Ascension School in Rego Park, will compete on the popular game show, Wednesday, Dec. 3. She is pictured above with host Alex Trebek. The results are under wraps, so be sure to tune in! See an interview with Fusco on […]
75 Years of Ethnic Diversity in Rego Park (with slide show)
Seventy-five years ago, Catholics in Annadale Park rejoiced when a new parish was formed to serve the growing Irish and Italian families in this community of creeks and fields dotted with small houses and a few stores.
RA Bible School Eases the Way into Summer (with slideshow)
Resurrection-Ascension’s Vacation Bible School eased children – and parents – from the full-day school schedule into the summer by offering a two-week morning program in Rego Park. It is one of several vacation Bible camps offered by diocesan parishes this summer.
Healing Mass in Rego Park
Father Osmin Vargas will conduct a healing Mass sponsored by the Servants of the Holy Spirit Prayer Community at Our Lady of the Angelus Church, Rego Park, on Sunday, Aug. 19, at 8 p.m. Confessions and Rosary at 7 p.m.