This week in Tablet TALK, a Mass for Scouts in Richmond Hill, a celebration of scholarship and leadership at St. Francis College, “Active Catholics” on NET TV, and more.
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Tablet TALK: HCJ Soup Supper Supports Pantry
This week in Tablet TALK, Holy Child Jesus holds a Lenten Soup Supper, service awards at St. Sebastian’s in Woodside, and a national honor for a St. Francis professor.
St. Patrick’s Day in Brooklyn
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and Al O’Hagan of the Ancient Order of Hibernians hosted the annual St. Patrick’s Day Breakfast at Brooklyn Borough Hall. St. Francis College President Brendan Dugan was honored as the Irishman of the Year. Also feted were Judge Elizabeth A. Foley, the William T. Bellard Award; Kevin Peter Carroll, the […]
St. Francis Women Capture NEC Title
The St. Francis Brooklyn Women’s Basketball Team defeated Robert Morris, 77-62, and are headed to the NCAA Tournament and will be going dancing.
St. Francis College Falls Just Short for NEC Title
The St. Francis Terriers dropped a heartbreaker, 66-63, to Robert Morris University, Moon, Pa., at the Pope P.E. Center. Robert Morris thus earned the automatic bid to this year’s March Madness tournament.
Brother Emmett Corry, O.S.F.
Brother Emmett Corry, O.S.F., who wrote the history of the Franciscan Brothers of Brooklyn, died Feb. 25 at Lutheran Augustana Center, Sunset Park. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated March 2, at Our Lady of Angels Church, Bay Ridge. The son of Irish immigrant parents, Patrick J. Corry graduated from St. Francis de Sales […]
Bough Broke Color Barrier at St. Francis
Just a few months after Jackie Robinson joined the Dodgers, Levi Bough became the first black basketball player at St. Francis.
Tablet TALK: ‘Thank-yous’ Are Music to Their Ears
Music groups from Our Lady of Guadalupe in Dyker Heights, a Lenten Mission at Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament in Bayside, free tax preparation and more in this week’s Tablet TALK.
Tablet Talk: Community-Focused Catholic Schools Week
News from around the diocese, including a celebration of Catholic Schools Week at St. Camillus Catholic Academy in Rockaway and the return of Father James Martin, author of “My Life With The Saints.”
Swish For Kids Classic Provides Needed Break (with video)
At the Swish for Kids Classic, the men’s basketball teams from St. Francis College and the College of Mount St. Vincent put on a clinic for children battling cancer and those who have completed their treatment.