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.
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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.
Islamic-Church Relations On Tap for Lecture Series
Brooklyn’s 12th Street Bar and Grill may not be the first place you think of when considering where to go for a discussion on Catholicism. But the Park Slope pub was the latest venue where the Diocese of Brooklyn’s Office of Faith Formation held a Theology on Tap event with a presentation on church history.
St. Francis College Men’s Soccer Wins NEC Championship
From St. Francis College, Brooklyn Heights Loretto, Pa. – The St. Francis Brooklyn men’s soccer team claimed its second consecutive Northeast Conference (NEC) Tournament Championship and clinched a trip to the NCAA Men’s College Cup after defeating Saint Francis University 2-1 in overtime. The Terriers have now won six NEC men’s soccer titles, just one […]
St. Francis Terrier Hoops Star Turns Pro
Former St. Francis College basketball standout Ben Mockford signed a pro contract with Caceres, a team in the Spanish Basketball Federation.