Youth and young adults from Saint Teresa, Queen of Angels, Saint Sebastian and Blessed Virgin Mary Help of Christians teamed up for the March for Life in Washington, DC. This is what they had to say about their experience.
St. Sebastian – Woodside Queens
Keep Christ in Christmas Art Contest Winners
For the 10th consecutive year, colorful expressions of faith were on display at The Tablet’s annual Keep Christ in Christmas Art Contest award ceremony Jan. 25. Out of the nearly 1,000 student-entries, only 11 winners were selected to celebrate their creative achievements at the Archbishop John Hughes Knights of Columbus Council, Dyker Heights.
St. Sebastian Catholic Academy
The road to academic success begins at St. Sebastian Catholic Academy. Located in the culturally diverse neighborhood of Woodside, the academy offers a values-centered curriculum and an academically challenging environment.
St. Sebastian’s Church, Woodside: Old Movie Theater Is One of the Most Unique Churches in Diocese
This is the first in an ongoing series based on the Emmy-Award winning NET-TV’s City of Churches series that profiles houses of worship in the diocese. The program takes an in-depth look at the art and architecture of churches, highlighting the unique history that connects different generations and cultures.
Two New Features
The Tablet begins two new features this week.
Sister Jean Wilson, S.C.
Sister Jean Wilson, S.C., a Sister of Charity, Halifax, Nova Scotia, for 60 years, died Dec. 19 at Mount St. Vincent, Wellesley, Mass. She was 88.
A Long Island City Christmas
This week’s Tablet TALK announces the building up of a Bath Beach church, highlights a Whitestone parish’s Christmas album and salutes a school that brought Christmas smiles to pediatric cancer patients.
Bishop DiMarzio Ordains Eight Transitional Deacons On Their Way to Priesthood
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio ordained 16 men to the transitional diaconate Nov. 5 at St. Joseph’s Seminary, Dunwoodie
Obituary: Helen Coyne
Helen Coyne, who started the girls’ Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) swimming program at St. Sebastian parish in Woodside, in 1965, died Oct. 14. She was 91.
Schools Honored for Donations to Worldwide Missions
Children from Catholic schools and religious education programs who either collected the most money or gave consistently throughout the years to benefit missions around the world joined St. James parishioners for their regularly scheduled Sunday morning Mass.