On Nov. 18, CCBQ hosted its ninth annual turkey drive, which received about 700 more birds than last year. CCBQ President and CEO Msgr. Alfred LoPinto said the combination of the organization’s renovated resource center and a new distribution system that has parishes pick up and distribute the turkeys and chickens themselves are welcome changes to this year’s drive.
More than 2,000 middle school and high school students from nearly 60 parishes across the diocese spent their Saturday at St. John’s University for Brooklyn Catholic Youth Day. Part day-retreat, part praise and worship concert, the full-day schedule was coordinated by the diocesan School of Evangelization.
This week’s Tablet TALK highlights an upcoming vocation retreat for women, a Knights of Columbus Council marking 50 years in Douglaston, a Memorial Day observance in Ozone Park and much more.
Children played soccer and raced in potato sacks in the churchyard while adults sat back enjoying some barbecue and the sight of freshly carved pumpkins.
This week’s Tablet TALK features an animal awareness event inspired by St. Francis, Hispanic Heritage Month honors for Sunnyside’s Juan Rodriguez, an alternative Halloween celebration and much more.
This week’s Tablet TALK invites readers to the “Care of the Earth and Climate Change” conference and a Sept. 11 memorial concert, highlights the work of Jornadistas this summer, an award for a HeartShare exec and much more.
This fall, St. Laurence Church, East New York, celebrated its 50th anniversary with a Mass of thanksgiving and a gala celebration at El Caribe Country Club, Mill Basin. At the dinner dance, Father Bony Monastere, pastor, presented the following awards:
