Teen News Flash for March 18, 2017

Challenging themselves to stay up all night and live their faith out loud, students shared in Holy Hour and Midnight Mass at the eighth annual youth Lock-in/Stay Awake-A-Thon Friday, March 3 at St. Thomas Aquinas, Flatlands.

Black History Month Mass Pays Tribute to Ancestors

Living a holy life is “the finest tribute we can give to our slave ancestors, to our parents, grandparents and great grandparents, who walked the gauntlet of segregation, discrimination and annihilation … in heroic Christian fashion,” Chicago Bishop Joseph N. Perry told attendees at a Black History Month Mass in Douglaston Feb. 19.

For Black Catholics, The Struggle Continues

On the day when the nation pauses to reflect on the life, witness and ministry of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Catholics in Brooklyn and Queens gathered to celebrate the Baptist preacher’s life, and keep his dream alive amid the challenges in today’s world.

VBCC Mission Trip to Jamaica

Early July, 25 youth and young adults journeyed with Father Dwayne Davis from the Vicariate of Black Catholic Concerns (VBCC) Youth Leadership Ambassador Program to Jamaica, West Indies. The mission sought to serve the poorest of the poor in Kingston.

Tablet TALK: Easter Fun in Bay Ridge

This week’s Tablet TALK features a new Divine Mercy image in Williamsburg, highlights a Tenebrae service held in Flatbush, an upcoming event for job seekers, details for the VBCC gala and much more.