This week’s Tablet TALK highlights ballroom dancing students in Forest Hills, an art show fundraiser for Haiti, an upcoming benefit for Mercy Home and much more.
Visitation Monastery – Bay Ridge Brooklyn
Sister Mary Antonia DeLucie, V.H.M.
Sister Mary Antonia DeLucie, V.H.M., a member of the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary at Visitation Monastery, Bay Ridge, for over 60 years, died Nov. 28. She was 95.
SJU Students Meet and Pray with Religious
This week’s Tablet TALK features a visiting Our Lady of Charity statue in Queens, invites readers to run, walk or bike to benefit a Brooklyn food pantry, highlights a meet and greet event for college students and religious men and women and more.
Newest Visitation Sister Professes Vows in B’klyn
Sister Ana Maria Gomez, V.H.M., made her lifelong commitment as a Visitation Sister at the Visitation Monastery in Bay Ridge last month.
Mother Teresa Visited Bay Ridge
The Sisters of the Visitation, a semi-cloistered contemplative community in Bay Ridge, are observing the canonization of Mother Teresa this weekend by remembering the visit she paid to Visitation Monastery in 1986.
Bay Ridge Hosts 23rd St. Patrick’s Parade
The Catholic schools of Bay Ridge were the big recipients of the proceeds from the 23rd annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade held on Sunday, March 20.
Tablet TALK: Giving Thanks for Parents and Saints
This week’s Tablet TALK highlights two new saints and some beloved parents in Woodside, an update on a Dyker Heights girl who was blessed by the pope and hopes to walk again, a Mass honoring the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Mary and much, much more.
Local Religious Remember Their Roots in the Diocese
The seven original religious communities that served the people of Brooklyn and Queens were honored at a Mass of thanksgiving in Downtown Brooklyn.
Wife’s Kidney Helps Save Husband’s Life
Bensonhurst residents Zaida and Jose Cordero know that marriage requires a willingness to sacrifice for the other. Four weeks ago, Zaida made the biggest sacrifice of their married life thus far when she gave one of her kidneys to Jose.
Sister Marie deChantal Mannino
Sister Marie deChantal Mannino, a member of the Visitation Sisters, died June 13 at Georgetown Visitation Monastery, Washington, D.C. She was a former resident of Visitation Monastery, Bay Ridge. Burial was in Georgetown Visitation Cemetery.