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On June 5th the St. Anselm Catholic Academy (SACA) 8th Grade graduates began the celebrations with a fabulous “Masquerade Ball.”  Graduates, parents, SACA faculty and staff, and our Parish Priests entered a transformed Meletia Hall that was decorated to the nines with large colorful masks, beautiful table arrangements, a “Wall of Fame” photo montage of every grad, …

Memorial Day is typically the unofficial start to summer, but the St. Anselm Catholic Academy (SACA) Home Academy Association has begun a new tradition for “ringing in” the summer— the “Year End BBQ”!  On Saturday, May 30th SACA families and friends gathered in the St. Anselm Courtyard to feast on delicious burgers, hot dogs, beans …

On Holy Saturday morning the altar and the sanctuary were still bare from Morning Prayer and the Blessing of the Easter Food, but the joy of Easter was certainly felt, as more than a dozen volunteers gathered to beautify the church, so that parishioners could more fully enjoy our newly renovated church building as the …

March 29, 2015 – Holy Name Society Palm Sunday Blood Drive     Holy Name Society Palm Sunday Blood Drive    This year for the first time, the traditional spring blood drive of the Holy Name Society for the benefit of the New York Blood Center was held on Palm Sunday. And, for the first …

How Sweet the Sound!   Everyone had their Irish on at the 2nd Annual St. Patrick’s Day Party at St. Anselm on March 22nd.  Parishioners and guests of all ages enjoyed the lively music of “Band of Rogues” who kept us on our toes with fun Irish songs including “Irish Rover” & “No, Nay, Never”.  There …

  It was a cold winter’s day outside but there was a great deal of warmth inside the Academy Auditorium at our St. Anselm Sunday Social, which was held on March 15th.  Parishioners warmed themselves with coffee, tea, or hot cocoa and enjoyed a scrumptious donut (or two) as they caught up with each other! …

More than 250 supporters of St. Anselm Catholic Academy (SACA) attended the Ladies’ Night Extravaganza Dinner & Raffle, which was held at the Dyker Beach Golf Course Clubhouse on March 13, 2015.  Participants caught up with old friends while perusing the information guide outlining the many fabulous prizes and raffles, which included trips, designer bags …

Jesus – Our Hope   St. Anselm Parish Lenten Mission March 9th – 12th, 2015    The St. Anselm Parish community came together on the evenings of March 9th – 12th for the St. Anselm Parish Lenten Mission. Led by Fr. Francis Gargani and Fr. Edmund Faliskie, of the Redemptorists, Bro. Robert Duffy, Christine Deem, and all the …

The Bay Ridge Community Council honors St. Anselm Parishioners   The Bay Ridge Community Council presented its Hidden Treasures of the Community Awards for 2015 on Tuesday, February 24th in the community room of Shore Hill Residence. Three parishioners of Saint Anselm: Maria Gambino, Josephine Ghorra, and Terence Greene were among the honorees. The Saint Anselm …