Seeing Green: 20th St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Bay Ridge

  Sister Virginia Lake, C.S.J., of Bishop Kearney H.S., Bensonhurst, served as Grand Marshal of the 20th annual Bay Ridge St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Other contingents included Xaverian H.S. Pipes and Drums, Bishop Kearney’s Marching Band, St. Ephrem’s Cheerleaders, St. Patrick’s School, Holy Angels Academy and Our Lady of Perpetual Help School. Middle, Congressman Michael […]

St. Patrick’s Parade In the Rockaways

Still reeling from the destruction of Hurricane Sandy, the Rockaways played host to their annual Queens St. Patrick’s Day Parade on March 2. Bottom right, Parade President Michael Benn interviews Grand Marshal John Ahern. Just above, Msgr. John Brown, pastor of St. Francis de Sales parish, Belle Harbor, which has played a major part in […]