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Queens Charity Bucks Giving Trend
Jeffrey Smith, left, started volunteering with Hour Children, founded by Sister Tesa Fitzgerald, in the 1990s. When he met the families, he was hooked. He has worked there for seven years. (Photo:...
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The Legacy Lives on at St. Joseph HS
Students from St. Joseph H.S., Downtown Brooklyn, participated in the final Women’s Professional Day, Nov. 22. After 115 years, the all-girls Catholic school will close its doors after the 2019-2020...
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Queens Youth Group Visits the Retired Sisters of St. Joseph
The young volunteers made new friends at Stella Maris Convent, the assisted living facility in Rockaway Park, that houses retired members of the Sisters of St. Joseph. (Photos: courtesy of The ROCK...
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Obituaries, Week of October 31, 2020
Deacon Edward Albert Smolinski, a retired deacon who served at the parish of Our Lady of Mercy, Forest Hills, died on Oct. 24. He was 92. Deacon Edward Albert Smolinski Born on Jan. 6, 1928, he was an...
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Obituaries, Week of Dec. 26, 2020
Sister Lucy Mary Blyskal, C.S.J. Sister Lucy Mary Blyskal, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph for 61 years, died on June 23. She entered the congregation in 1959 from Our Lady of Perpetual Help parish,...
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Young People Garden and Farm for a Better Future
Gabrielle Pelicci spent some of her summer working at the garden site on the Sisters of St. Joseph’s Brentwood campus. (Photos: Erin DeGregorio) Seven ecology interns and Worldwide Opportunities on...
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African American Sister Says Prayer, Listening Can Lead to Racial Healing
By Rebecca Drake SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (CNS) — The topic of racism can be a source of conflict. But when Sister Melinda Pellerin found herself in a conversation with a woman who denied the existence of...
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Only In Print: TMLA Dedicates Chapel of St. Joseph
The Mary Louis Academy in Jamaica Estates, Queens, formally dedicated the newly renovated Chapel of St. Joseph on its campus on March 8. More than 40 Sisters of St. Joseph returned for the...
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Mother’s Long-Lost Memorial to Child Revived in Marian Garden at St. Agnes
Father Paul Anel, pastor of St. Agnes Parish in Carroll Gardens, snips the ribbon at the rain-soaked but joyous grand opening of the new Marian Garden. (Photo: Bill Miller) CARROLL GARDENS — The grand...
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Sunset Park Parish Supports College-Age Parishioners With Memorial...
Dennis Morales was a longtime member of St. Michael’s Church. He died in 2012 from an illness contracted from inhaling toxic fumes during the attacks on the Twin Towers. (Photo: St. Michael’s Church)...
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