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The Tablet May 17, 2021
High School students from throughout the Diocese of Brooklyn renew the baptism promises made for them by parents and godparents at baptism. The renewals were part of the Annual High School Rite of Confirmation service at American Martyrs Parish in Bayside, Queens. (Photo: Bill Miller)
BAYSIDE, QUEENS Nineteen high school students from throughout the Diocese of Brooklyn assembled on Sunday, May 16, to receive God’s greatest gift through the rite of confirmation.
They received the Holy Spirit and his extraordinary gifts during the annual High School Rite of Confirmation service. The event this year was held at American Martyrs Church in Bayside, Queens …
View from the Pew-Our Lady of Lourdes Church January 27, 2021
Carmen Cruz has been a parishioner of Our Lady of Lourdes Church for nearly 50 years and can usually be found sitting in a front pew at Mass. She removed her face mask for a moment to pose for this photo. (Photo: Paula Katinas)
How Buying a House Across from Church Changed a Woman’s Life
QUEENS VILLAGE Even before Carmen Cruz set foot in Our Lady of Lourdes Church, she felt a connection to the parish.
When Cruz and her husband, William, moved to Queens Village in 1973, they purchased a house across the street from Our Lady of Lourdes.