Honored for Rescuing Dad

The Boy Scouts of America’s Medal of Merit was awarded to Life Scout Daniel Foulds, right, pictured with his parents Eileen and Charles and State Sen. Frank Padavan. Foulds, of Troop 18, St. Fidelis, College Point, rescued his father while the two were on a duck hunting trip on the Hudson River in upstate New York last November.

Part of the 175th Anniversary of St. Michael parish, Flushing, will be the celebration of Nuestra Senora de la Caridad del Cobre, patroness of Cuba.

Auxiliary Bishop Octavio Cisneros will celebrate Mass at the parish on Monday, Sept. 8 after a 6:45 p.m. procession through the neighboring streets. For more information, call 718-961-0295.

Holy Cross parish in Maspeth will celebrate its parish feast day on Sunday, Sept. 14, with a procession with a relic of the True Cross.

The procession occurs after the 11 a.m. Mass and before 1 p.m. Mass There will be an opportunity to venerate the relic upon return to the church at the end of the procession. Call 718-894-1387.

The Families of Nazareth Prayer Group at American Martyrs, Bayside, invites everyone who wants to deepen their union with God and experience His unconditional love to join them at their prayermeeting Monday, Sept. 15, as the group reconvenes after summer vacation. Meet in the rectory chapel.

For information, call 718-464-4582.

Come to Our Lady of Perpetual Help’s Big Money Game and Bonanza, a fundraiser on Oct. 19, 3-7 p.m., at the Sunset Park church.

Top prize is $6,000, with three $1,000 second prizes and six $500 prizes. Tickets are $100 and only 300 will be sold.

For tickets and information call 718-492-9200.

This Week’s Tip of The TabletTalk Top Hat goes to Sister Loretta D. Rybacki, starting her 14th year as principal of St. Teresa of Avila School, S. Ozone Park, who celebrates her 50th anniversary in religious life.

Sister entered the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth in 1958. From 1960-1995 she taught at St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr, Ozone Park; St. Joseph, Jamaica; and St. Adalbert, Elmhurst. Sister joined the Society of Sisters for the Church and professed final vows in 1995. She will become president of the SSC community in 2009.

Have a great school year, Sister Loretta!

After Mass each Sunday at Our Lady of the Angelus, Rego Park, there is plenty going on. A Flea Market is held 9 a.m.-4 p.m. in the school yard at 98-05 63rd Dr. Yoga classes are offered from 3:30-4:45 p.m. (except the second Sunday) in the rectory basement and Dance O’Rama is held 2-4 p.m. in the school basement.

Call 718-897-4444 for more information.

Make reservations for Immaculate Heart of Mary parish’s Annual Dinner Dance Oct. 3, 7:30 p.m. at El Caribe.

The Windsor Terrace parish will honor two school alumni, Sister Mary Ross, JD CSJ, (’61) and Captain John J. McKenna, IV, (’90) who was killed in Iraq in 2006, as well as Jospeh Bavoso, a longtime volunteer and member of the parish for 40 years.

The evening includes raffles and silent auction of a weekend in Atlanctic City.

Tickets are $90. Call 718-871-1310 ext. 10.

If you like jazz, mark Sept. 27 on your calendar for an Evening of Jazz at Queen of All Saints, Fort Greene, at 8 p.m. The fundraiser will feature the Ahnee Sharon Freeman Trio.

For tickets, call 718-638-7625.

Our Lady of Mt. Carmel choir from Astoria will sing during the televised Sunday Mass for Sept 7 and Sept. 14.

Father Owen Lally, C.P., of the Immaculate Conception Monastery, Jamaica, will be the celebrant for the Sept. 28th Mass. Tune in to the Prayer Channel each Sunday at 9:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Time Warner channel 97 or Cablevision channel 30.

CYAC (Catholic Young Adult Community) of Brooklyn has a busy fall schedule. Aside from the usual volleyball, bowling and football, they are planning a trip to the Bloomsburg Fair and Fall Foliage on Sept. 20 and a night on the town at a Broadway musical on Sept. 25. Call Michael at 718-209-8241.

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

Pilgrimage to Holy Land

Parishioners from St. Benedict Joseph Labre, Richmond Hill; St. Thomas the Apostle, Woodhaven; and Our Lady of Perpetual Help, S. Ozone Park, joined Father Thomas Gilbert of St. Benedict’s on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land and Egypt. Here they are in front of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem where they had Mass.