Nine New Altar Servers

Nine new altar servers, front row, were installed recently at St. Catherine of Sienna parish, St. Albans, to join the veterans who serve the parish. The youngsters were trained by Deacon Luis Taylor, top row, sixth from left, and Debbie Cleveland. Father William Sweeney, pastor, stands next to Deacon Taylor.

Come join members of the Haitian Apostolate for a Spiritual and Cultural Evening on Saturday, May 31, 7 p.m., at the Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts, Brooklyn College, at Nostrand Ave. and Ave. H.

Admission is $30 in advance or $40 at the door.

Children under 12, $15. For more information, call 718-451-4514 or visit www.hadob.org.

The Sisters of the Visitation invite everyone to join them for their annual Sacred Heart Novena, May 22-30 at 7:30 p.m. in the Visitation Monastery Chapel at 8902 Ridge Blvd., Bay Ridge.

For more information, call Sister Mary Cecilia at 718-745-5151.

Maggie’s Little Theater of Middle Village will be holding auditions for its summer production of “Big, the Musical,” on Sunday, May 18 at 1 p.m., Monday, May 19 at 7:30 p.m. and Wednesday, May 21 at 7:30 p.m. Please prepare a song for the audition. Maggie’s Little Theater is located at St. Margaret Church, Middle Village.

For more information, call 347-707-0473 or visit www.maggieslittletheater.org.

Come support a great cause at the annual Hour Children Golf Outing on Monday, June 2, to be held at Hamlet Wind Watch, Hauppauge. Hour Children helps formerly incarcerated women and their children to get a fresh start in life.

The event begins with 11:30 a.m. brunch, with a 1:30 p.m. tee-off and ends with 6:30 p.m. cocktails and buffet dinner. Call 516-997-1950.

This Week’s Tip of The TabletTalk Top Hat goes to Philip Manetta, an Eagle Scout candidate from Troop 45 Maspeth who lives in St. Adalbert parish, Elmhurst. “St. Adalbert has done a lot for me. This is why I have chosen to do something for St. Adalbert,” he said explaining that his Scout project will be to clean, paint and organize two storerooms in the basement of St. Adalbert Elementary School. Along with other members of Troop 45, Philip will reorganize boxes, supplies and materials used by school, church and other ministries. Their efforts will make it easier for staff to locate what they need, when they need it.

If you enjoy Polish choral music, you are invited to hear the Polish Singers Alliance of America’s choruses from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania as they gather for their District Convention festival concert at 2:30 p.m., May 31, at Our Lady of Czestochowa-St. Casimir Church, 183 25th St. in Park Slope. Mass will be celebrated at 6:30 p.m.

For more information, call Frances at 718-852-6812.

If you went to Our Lady of Perpetual Help grammar school in Sunset Park during the 1970s, ’80s or ’90s, your school would like to hear from you. Please call the rectory at 718-492-9200 and ask for Mary Lawson at x103 or Sister Madeline at x148.

Congratulations to the members of St. Bernadette’s School Band of Dyker Heights, above, who participated in the New York City Catholic School Honor Band Concert recently at St. John’s Prep H.S., Astoria. The young musicians were from left, John Ruggiero, Susan Bazik, Monica Mangano, Vincent DiDonato, Giovanni Rocco and John Bazik.

“Among Friends” is a group that meets at 6 p.m. most Saturday nights at St. Matthias, Ridgewood. They are people drawn to spirituality who get together to talk about their faith and the questions they may have.

If you would like to join them, call Father Ed at 718-821-6447.

Check out St. Francis College’s website at www.stfranciscollege.edu which features a whole new look.

Please send news items and photos of parish events to lbusetti@thetablet.org or call 718-965-7333 ext. 2021.

Wax Museum in Jamaica

The Great Historical Wax Museum opened on April 30 at Immaculate Conception School, Jamaica. Visitors were able to stroll through the exhibit of more than 100 presentations, see above, created by fifth- and sixth-graders. The exhibits included audio presentations. A coin deposited in a slot in front of each “wax figure” activated the historical character. Presentations included Abraham Lincoln, Amelia Earhart, Archbishop Oscar Romero, Queen Mary of England, Annie Oakley, and ancient Egyptians.