Michael Benn, chairman of the Queens County St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee, addresses the gala dinner and installation of the Grand Marshal and Deputy Marshals held at Antun’s, Queens Village. The parade will take place on Saturday, March 7, in Rockaway Beach. Steve Cassidy, president of the Uniformed Firefighters Association of New York, will lead […]
St. Patrick’s Day
Firefighters’ Union Head to Lead Parade in Queens
The parade, which attracts up to 50,000 spectators and features a number of marching bands, bagpipes, drummers and more, will be held March 7.
Tablet TALK: Locals Enjoy Italian Holiday
Brooklyn and Queens pilgrims visit the Shrine of Padre Pio in San Giovanni Rotondo, a NET-TV correspondent gets engaged, Brooklyn community board openings and more in this week’s Tablet TALK.
Irish Eyes Are Smiling In Brooklyn Nabes
It was great to see Al O’Hagan back in Brooklyn. It was St. Patrick’s Day and where else would the great Hibernian leader be but back in his beloved Brooklyn. Health problems forced Al to move to southern Jersey a few years back. After years leading the Great Irish Fair, the Coney Island Chamber of […]
Irish Asked to Ring for Faith on St. Patrick’s Day
by Michael Kelly DUBLIN (CNS) – Organizers are encouraging parishes and communities across Ireland to use the feast of St. Patrick, March 17 – to intensify preparation for the International Eucharistic Congress. Their initiative, Ring for Renewal, “invites people to pause for a moment in their day to ring a bell on St. Patrick’s Day […]
St. Patrick’s Day Special
Next week, The Tablet will publish its St. Patrick’s Day special edition. It will include coverage of the Queens St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Rockaway; an interview with Frank Comerford, Grand Marshal of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Manhattan; and the latest in upcoming St. Patrick’s events in the parishes in Brooklyn and Queens. […]