For some, volunteering is a hassle, but for others, it’s a calling. For Phil McBride, coaching boys’ CYO basketball across multiple age groups has been his calling for more than 50 years.
St. Andrew Avellino Church in Flushing
Five Sisters Take Their First Steps Toward Catholic Faith Together
Parents usually feel joy and anticipation on the day their child is baptized into the Catholic faith. Philip and Jessica Chan were no different, except they experienced those emotions five times over. The Chans watched as their five daughters — Olivia, 7, Madeline, 5, twins Camile and Eloise, 4, and Genevieve, 2 — were baptized by Father Gregory McIlhenney at St. Andrew Avellino Church in Flushing on Jan. 26.
A Statue Outside Queens Church Vandalized; Third Attack on a Church in a Week
Police are investigating a case of vandalism in which someone broke off the hand of a statue of the Blessed Mother outside St. Andrew Avellino Church in Flushing during the overnight hours of Monday into Tuesday, Oct. 30-31.