Ready for St. Patrick’s Day

Father Dennis Farrell, pastor of Resurrection, Gerritsen Beach, was installed as Grand Marshal of the Brooklyn Irish American St. Patrick’s Day Parade, which steps off in Park Slope on Sunday, March 18, at 1 p.m. Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio will celebrate a 9 a.m. pre-parade Mass at Holy Name Church, Father Farrell’s former parish. Seated, from left, Bridie Gregory and Kathryn Killen, Aides; Charles Joseph Hynes, Brooklyn D.A.; Father Farrell; Hon. Brendan O Caollai, Deputy Consul General of Ireland; Mary Bozzone, Aide; and Kathleen McDonagh, parade chairperson. Standing from left, are Kevin McGovern, Thomas Crocket, Joseph Clark, and Robert Gibson, Aides.

The Bay Ridge Cluster invites young adults to Theology on Tap on six Monday evenings, March 19 - April 23.

TOT gives young men and women in their 20s and 30s a chance to socialize in a local pub and hear a guest speaker. On March 19, Joe Campo, director of St. Francis/St. Joseph Houses and Youth 2000 New York, will speak on “The Christ Who Can Heal All Wounds.” Come to Chadwicks, 8822 Third Ave. for 7 p.m. Happy Half Hour followed by the talk and then more socializing.

For more information, contact Father John Maduri at 718-238-1508.

Father Gerald P. Fogarty, S.J., will deliver a lecture, “Overture to War: Pope Pius XII, the Vatican and the U.S. Government in the 1930s,” on March 25 at the Oratory Church of St. Boniface, Downtown Brooklyn, at 4 p.m.

The Pontifical Congregation of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri hosts Father Fogarty, who is professor of religious studies and history at the University of Virginia, for the 2007 Baronius Lecture in Church History.

Father Fogarty’s lecture will come at the conclusion of Vespers. Sung Lenten Vespers will be celebrated on all other Sundays in Lent at 4 p.m. with guest speakers at each.

The Drama Club at St. Sebastian School, Woodside, will proudly present Mary Poppins on Friday, March 23, and Saturday, March 24, at 7 p.m. in the school auditorium. Tickets are $8; $5 for children 13 and under, in advance, or $10 at the door. Call 718-429-1982.

This Week’s Tip of the TabletTalk Top Hat goes to Girl Scouts Eileen Donahue, Fiona Hogan and Emily White who are working to earn their Silver Award at St. Kevin’s parish, Flushing. They are helping P.S. 691 to open its first school library. You can help them by donating new or gently used books for students in grades pre-K through five and dropping them in collection boxes at the church or at the school, 45-50 195th Street.

St. Kevin’s fifth-grade Girl Scouts are collecting gently used women’s business attire to earn their Bronze Award. Donations can be placed in the back of the church.

The Justice and Peace Committee at Sacred Heart, Bayside, invites you to a free showing of the award-winning film, Dead Man Walking, on Monday, March 12 at 7:30 p.m. in the Jobo Center at 215-35 38th Ave., Bayside. For more information, call 718 428-2200.

The Rosary Society of St. Catherine of Sienna, St. Albans, invites you to a one-day Lenten Retreat themed, “Understanding and Knowing Who We Are in Christ,” on Saturday, March 24, beginning at 9 a.m. and closing with 5 p.m. Mass.

Breakfast and lunch will be served. $20 donation. For tickets, call Linda Dunn 718-926-3487.

Christ the King Regional H.S., Middle Village, is proud to announce this year’s Hall of Fame inductees: Ray Abruzzo, Class of 1972; Robert Coli, Class of 1975; Barbara Rosa Kirwin, Class of 1966; Pasquale DeSerio, faculty member; Barbara Koehler, staff member; Miriam Muccchi, community award; Tania Broschart, community award and Sister Emma Rohn, community award.

The awards dinner is April 21 at 7 p.m. For more information, call Mimi Valenti, at 718-366-7400 ext. 223.

If you are interested in a pilgrimage to Greece and Turkey, “In the Footsteps of St. Paul,” come see a slide show at Blessed Virgin Mary, Help of Christians, Woodside, on Sunday, March 25, at 1:30 p.m. The trip, which will be led by Father Noel Moynihan, pastor, is scheduled for Oct. 3-12. Cost is $2,990 for a double. Call 672-4848 for more information.

Members of the Class of 1968 are organizing a golf tournament to benefit St. Gabriel School, East Elmhurst. They are looking for other guys to help the Brothers and their work at St. Gabriel’s. The tournament will be held on Monday, April 30, in Queens. For more information, contact Bill Lavelle at wlavelle@optonline.net.

Planning for the Future

Parishioners at St. Athanasius parish, Bensonhurst, work together to plan the future of St. A’s at the recent trilingual Parish Assembly. Nearly 300 people took part in the assembly held in English, Spanish and Italian. More than 200 “one-to-one conversations” preceded the assembly. After the discussions, children and young adults presented the Youth Visioning Project, their ideas for the future.