SAA Artists Dominate Local Contest Fourth through seventh grade students at St. Andrew Avellino School (SAA), Flushing, were big winners in the annual art contest sponsored by the Edward F. McGoldrick branch of the Queens Public Library in Flushing. The branch was named after the founding pastor of St. Andrew Avellino parish, who was alsoa library […]
A Mass of Christian Burial for Father Kevin J. O’Donoghue, pastor emeritus of St. Cecilia parish, Greenpoint, was celebrated May 24 in the chapel at Immaculate Conception Pastoral Center, Douglaston. He died May 20 at Long Island Jewish Medical Center after a brief illness. Born in Brooklyn, he attended Cathedral College and Immaculate Conception Seminary, […]
Several hundred people attended outdoor Stations of the Cross on Good Friday, March 29, at St. Andrew Avellino Church, Flushing. More than 40 confirmandi from the parish school and religious education program conducted the Stations in full costume under the direction of Maria Tortorella, religious education director. Ivan Barrera was selected to portray Jesus. Father […]
Four hundred parishioners and friends met in the school cafeteria at St. Andrew Avellino, Flushing, for the 15th annual Multicultural Sunday. The late January celebration included dancers in a dozen acts from Flamenco to Hip Hop and 20 food stations featuring ethnic offerings prepared by parishioners. It followed a special Mass with a procession of […]
A Home Away From Home St. Andrew Avellino is a Catholic elementary school in Flushing and is home to over 300 students. We are dedicated to living the principles of the Catholic tradition rooted in the Gospel of Jesus Christ, which allows students to learn to serve God and others, to develop their unique […]
Carol Elizabeth Brostek of Flushing died Nov. 9. A lifelong resident of Queens, she was a graduate of Queens College, Bishop McDonnell H.S., Crown Heights, and St. Mary’s Nativity School, Flushing. She served on reunion committees of her college and high school alumni organizations, and she was also a devoted and and active member of […]
