Humanitarian Honored

Charles J. Maikish was honored at the Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens Bishop’s Humanitarian Award Dinner recently. He is former executive director of the Lower Manhattan Construction Command Center. Above, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio presents the award to Maikish as WNYW FOX 5 news anchor Ernie Anastos, left, who served as emcee, and Robert Siebel, CEO/executive director of Catholic Charities, look on.

Come to Our Lady of Grace’s Family Festival Aug. 1-5 in Howard Beach for food, games, rides and 50/50 raffle, 6-11 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 6-10 p.m. Sunday. Benefits the school and parish.

For more information, call 843-6218.

The Capt. Vinny Brunton Golf Outing will be held at Jacob Riis Park Pitch and Putt on Aug. 10. The fundraiser is a memorial to a firefighter who died on 9/11.

Since the event began, money raised has funded eight scholarships to Bishop Ford H.S., Park Slope.

For $85 golfers receive a golf shirt and enjoy a full barbecue at Fort Tilden. For information call John Powers at 788-8779 or Mike Kennedy at 917-670-5303.

The Worldwide Marriage Encounter organization will hold a weekend on Aug. 10-12 at Immaculate Conception Center, Douglaston.

The weekend is for married couples who want to enrich their marriages by learning to communicate better with one another. Presentations are by three couples and a priest. Time is set aside for couples to share in private. No group discussions.

The weekend starts at 7:30 p.m. Friday and ends at 4 p.m. Sunday. Registration is $100 a couple. For more information, contact Ron or Marie Cameron at 718-533-9483 or visit www.wwme.org.

This Week’s Tip of The TabletTalk Top Hat goes to Sister Saint Claude Lenox, C.S.J., director of the religious education office at St. Camillus, Rockaway Beach.

After serving the parish in a number of roles over the past 19 years, Sister Claude is moving on to a new assignment out in Brentwood, L.I.

The parish honored her at a farewell reception on July 22.

Celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Knock, Queen of Ireland, at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Sunset Park, on Sunday, Aug. 19, during noon Mass in the upper church.

Mass will be followed by a corned beef and cabbage dinner in Notre Dame Hall, 552 59th St., 1-5 p.m. Entertainment by Gabriel Donohue plus the Golden Dancers.

Admission is $20. Tickets are available through the rectory, 492-9200.

Mark your calendar for the next Blood Drive to held at St. Matthias, Ridgewood, on Sunday, Sept. 30, 9 a.m.- 2 p.m.

Call the parish office at 821-6447.

Come to the 28th Annual Lawn Festival of the Sisters of the Holy Name of Nazareth, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Sept. 15 in Monroe, CT.

Admission is free; bus is $20. A bus leaves St. Adalbert, Elmhurst, at 8:15 a.m. The day includes American and Polish food, music, entertainment, homemade babki, children’s games, rides, crafts and a huge tag sale.

Following Mass and a raffle drawing, the bus departs from Monroe at 5:30 p.m.

For reservations, call 424-2376 or 639-0212.

Will you be traveling this summer? Nationwide Sunday Mass times can be found by calling 1-800-627-7846 or by checking online at www.masstimes.org. Have a safe trip!

The Diocesan Pilgrimage Office is coordinating four pilgrimages in 2008.

Now is the time to make plans to take part in one of them: A pilgrimage to Lourdes and Paris scheduled for April 14-21 with a tour extension to Rome or Fatima; a pilgrimage to the 49th International Eucharistic Congress in Quebec, Canada, June 17-23; World Youth Day, 2008, in Sydney, Australia, with Pope Benedict XVI, July 12-21 with a tour extension to Melbourne; and the bi-annual pilgrimage to the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., Oct. 24-25, 2008.

For cost and registration information call the Pilgrimage Office at 965-7313 or visit www.dob-pastoral-life.org and click on News Around the Diocese.

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Remember Sister Marian?

Sister Marian Keane (formerly Sister Charles Borromeo) is celebrating 60 years as a Dominican. From 1969 to 1999 she served St. Andrew Avellino parish, Flushing, by teaching middle school, working in pastoral ministry, teaching CCD and remedial reading and working with the homeless and elderly. Sister Marian, who turns 99 soon, lives in Columbus, Ohio.