Jr. High Math Bee Winners

The Diocesan Junior High Math Bee went 27 rounds at the Immaculate Conception Center, Douglaston, on March 20. The winners are pictured with Anthony Biscione, associate superintendent for Instruction and Curriculum Development, left to right, Lance Hipolito, second place, Holy Family School, Flushing; Patrick McCarthy, first place, St. Bernadette School, Dyker Heights; Christopher Seimer, third place, St. Pancras School, Glendale. Congratulations to the 13 other students who also made the Math Bee finals.

A hopeful sign of spring – St. Josaphat, Bayside, will hold an Easter Flower & Craft Sale on Saturday, March 31, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m., and Sunday, April 1, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., in the parish hall. There will be many interesting items at bargain prices. For more information, call 718-229-1663.

St. John’s University, Jamaica, will sponsor its Annual Walk for the Homeless on Good Friday, April 6.

All of the money raised by walkers will be donated to organizations that help the homeless. They hope to surpass the $30,000 raised at last year’s event. The 5K walk begins at St. Thomas More Church on the university’s Queens campus at 9 a.m.

For more information and sponsorship forms, call Angela Seegel at the Office of Campus Ministry at 718-990-2680.

If you have a devotion to St. Padre Pio, come join St. Josaphat’s prayer group in Bayside on Tuesday, April 3, at 7 p.m., for Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and Rosary. Auxiliary Bishop Frank Caggiano will celebrate 8 p.m. Mass.

For more information, call 718-229-1663.

Come to the Coffee House evening at St. Mary’s, Woodside, on Saturday, April 14, 6 - 10 p.m. in the auditorium. The evening includes live alternative, folk, Irish and blues music, an art show and photo gallery. $3 donation. Call the rectory at 718-672-4848 for more information.

This Week’s Tip of The TabletTalk Top Hat goes to Emily Figueroa, who will be honored with the Mercy Spirit Award on April 13 at the First Annual Dorothy Bennett Mercy Center Benefit.

The Sisters of Mercy’s center, which is located in St. Lucy-St. Patrick parish, Fort Greene, offers an after-school program, immigration services, and housing assistance. Figueroa assumed responsibility for the after-school program from its beginning 11 years ago. She is described as having “unlimited energy and enthusiasm.”

To join in the festivities at the Belle Harbor Yacht Club, call 718-622-7448 or e-mail dorothybmc@verizon.net.

Join Churches United on April 18 as they honor Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio at their Second Annual Awards Dinner. The Msgr. Bryan Karvelis Award is presented annually to a person whose leadership and dedication in the name of social justice has improved the lives of people in the community.

The dinner is planned for Giando’s on the Water at 400 Kent Ave. in Brooklyn. Part of the ticket price of $100 will go to support affordable housing advocacy in north Brooklyn.

Contact Mary Rivera at 718-388-3774 or mrivera@churchesunitedcorp.org.

The Long Island Chapter Knights of Columbus has announced a change to their High School Tuition Assistance Program for September 2007.

The Chapter will make five awards to students from Brooklyn and Queens (any academic year) who are attending any Catholic high school in the fall of 2007. Each award will consist of a one-time payment of $1,000. The winners will be selected at a random drawing of all the applications received.

For an application, please contact your local Council or send a stamped self-addressed envelope to Tuition Award Application, LIC Knights of Columbus, 106-12 Liverpool St., Jamaica, N.Y. 11435.

The Catholic War Veterans of the United States is celebrating its 71st anniversary. There are currently 14,000 members in 224 posts. New members are welcome.

If you are interested, contact Michael Connors at 718-238-6500.

Did all those St. Patrick’s Day parades make you long for Ireland? Father Vincent Daly of Queen of Angels, Sunnyside, will lead a pilgrimage Sept. 9 -18 to Knock, Galway, the Cliffs of Moher, Dublin, Waterford, the Ring of Kerry and Bunratty. Call Father Daly at 718-392-0011 for more information.

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Green Eggs and Ham

The kindergarten class at Immaculate Conception School, Jamaica Estates, ate green eggs, as in “Green Eggs and Ham,” for lunch recently as a way to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the classic Dr. Seuss book “The Cat in the Hat,” the first chronicling of that troublesome cat. The school children enjoyed a day filled with events celebrating the well-known

children’s author.