The Tablet . Youth | Diocese of Brooklyn

Alumnus Father Joseph Gancila distributes Communion at Xaverian’s opening Mass of the school year.

Young men wore their best polo shirts and slacks for the opening Mass of the school year at Xaverian H.S., Bay Ridge, on Sept. 10, the first full day of classes.

The all-boys Catholic high school, founded and sponsored by the Xaverian Brothers, celebrates its 50th year this fall. As the school community commences the golden jubilee, it’s also embracing a new academic structure, having shifted from a conventional high school model to a small college governance over the summer.

Graduates from the 1960s sat alongside Dr. Sal Ferrera, school president, and amid the current student body at the opening liturgy. Father Joseph Gancila, parochial vicar at St. Bernadette, Dyker Heights, class of ’87, distributed Communion to his fellow Clippers.

Xaverian is planning a 50th Anniversary Dinner Dance on Oct. 20, 7 p.m. at the school. RSVP by Oct. 13. Contact Robert Oliva, director of Alumni Relations, 718-836-7100 ext. 118 or e-mail roliva@xaverian.org.

New extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion, lectors and altar servers were installed at Fontbonne Hall Academy’s opening school Mass in Bay Ridge. Msgr. Robert Romano, school chaplain, Sister Dolores Crepeau, CSJ, principal, Gilda King, assistant principal and Sister Dorothy Zachorowski, campus minister, gather with the Bonnies who have dedicated themselves to serving the school community at Masses throughout the school year.

Brandon Armstead
Msgr. McClancy M.H.S.
Senior

I will always remember my visit to Penn State University. It greatly influenced my perspective on the world and now I realize that it’s much bigger than I’d ever known before.

Antonino Davi
Msgr. McClancy M.H.S.
Senior

I will always remember the first cruise I went on. I was able to spend time with my entire family and visit many different and extraordinary islands. I also went jet-skiing for the first time and enjoyed it.

Jason Fallon
Msgr. McClancy M.H.S.
Sophomore

I will always remember using my RipStik. It is a skateboard on two wheels. I like riding it because it makes me feel like I’m surfing a wave or riding a snowboard.

Joseph Herrmann
Msgr. McClancy M.H.S.
Senior

I will always remember a baseball tournament that I played in. It was in Reading, PA. Even though we lost all three games, each game was very close and I had a good time with my teammates.

Michael LaCovara
Msgr. McClancy M.H.S.
Sophomore

What I’ll remember most was a family trip to Philadelphia. I was in the room where the Declaration of Independence was signed. I also ran up the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, just like Rocky.

The Test for Admission to Catholic High Schools (TACHS) will be given Saturday, Nov. 10, at all 20 Catholic high schools in Brooklyn and Queens. Deadline: Oct. 10 for paper registration, Oct. 25 for telephone and Internet registration. Log onto www.tachsinfo.com or call (866) 618-2247.

Monday, Oct. 8
- Regis H.S., Manhattan (Boys) — 1 - 4 p.m. Call Eric DiMichelle, 212-288-1100.

Thursday, Oct. 11
- Catherine McAuley H.S., Flatbush (Girls) — 6 - 8 p.m. Call 718-462-7282.
- Loyola School, Manhattan (Co-ed) — Info Session, 6 - 8 p.m., for potential students whose last names begin with A - M. Contact Loyola-nyc.org

Saturday, Oct. 13
Msgr. McClancy M.H.S., East Elmhurst (Boys) — 1 - 4 p.m. Call 718-898-3800.
Sacred Heart Academy, Hempstead (Girls) — 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Call 516-483-1016.

Sunday, Oct. 14
- Archbishop Molloy, Briarwood (Co-ed) — 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Call 718-441-2100.
- St. Edmund Prep, Sheepshead Bay (Co-ed) — tours at 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Call 718-743-6100.
- The Mary Louis Academy, Jamaica Estates (Girls) — 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Call 718-297-2120.
- Holy Cross H.S., Flushing (Boys) — presentations at 1, 2 and 3 p.m. Call 718-886-7250.
- St. John’s Prep, Astoria (Co-ed) — 11 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Call 718-721-7200.
- St. Saviour H.S., Park Slope (Girls) — 12 - 2:30 p.m. Call 718-768-4406.
- Xaverian H.S., Bay Ridge (Boys) — 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Call 718-836-7100.

Tuesday, Oct. 16
- Marymount School, Manhattan (Girls) — 6-8 p.m. Call 212-744-4486 ext. 183.

Wednesday, Oct. 17
- Cathedral Prep Seminary, Elmhurst (Boys) — 12 - 3 p.m. Call 718-592-6800.

Thursday, Oct. 18
- Stella Maris H.S., Rockaway Park (Girls) — 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Call 718-634-4994.
- St. Joseph H.S., Downtown Brooklyn (Girls) — 6 - 8 p.m. Call 718-624-3618.

Saturday, Oct. 20
- St. Agnes Academic H.S., College Point (Girls)— 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Call 718-353-6276.
- St. Francis Prep, Fresh Meadows (Co-ed) — 12 - 4 p.m. Call 718-423-8810.

Sunday, Oct. 21
- Fontbonne Hall Academy, Bay Ridge (Girls) — 12:30 - 3:30 p.m. Presentations: 1 and 2:15 p.m. Call 718-748-2244.
- Cathedral H.S., Manhattan (Girls) — 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Call 212-688-1545.

Tuesday, Oct. 23
- Bishop Kearney H.S., Bensonhurst (Girls) — 7 - 9 p.m. Call 718-236-6363.
- St. Edmund Prep, Sheepshead Bay (Co-ed) — tours at 7:30 p.m. Call 718-743-6100.

Thursday, Oct. 25
-LaSalle Academy, Manhattan (Boys) — 4 - 7 p.m. Call 212-475-8940.

Saturday, Oct. 27
- Xavier H.S., Manhattan (Boys) — 1 - 4 p.m. Call 212-924-7900 ext. 1442.

Sunday, Oct. 28
- Bishop Ford Central Catholic H.S., Park Slope (Co-ed) — 10 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Call 360-2500.
- Bishop Loughlin M.H.S., Ft. Greene (Co-ed) — 1 p.m. Call 718-857-2700.
- Nazareth R.H.S., Flatbush (Co-ed) — 1 - 4 p.m. Call Jorge De Jesus 718-763-1100 at ext. 226.
- Notre Dame School, Manhattan (Girls) — 2:30 - 5 p.m. Call 212-620-5575.

Tuesday, Oct. 30
- St. Saviour H.S., Park Slope (Girls) — 7 - 8:30 p.m. Call 718-768-4406.
- - Loyola School, Manhattan (Co-ed) — Info Session, 6 - 8 p.m., for potential students whose last names begin with N - Z. Contact Loyola-nyc.org

Wednesday, Nov. 7
- Catherine McAuley H.S., Flatbush (Girls) — 6 - 8 p.m. Call 718-462-7282.

Thursday, Jan. 24
- St. Joseph H.S., Downtown Brooklyn (Girls) — 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Call 718-624-3618.

Thursday, Jan. 31
- LaSalle Academy, Manhattan (Boys) — 4 - 7 p.m. Call 212-475-8940.