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St. Anselm’s Young at Heart Club (YAH) began another year of fun, fellowship and service on Monday, September 14th. YAH meets weekly on Mondays from 10 am to 1 pm though June in Meletia Hall (the St. Anselm Catholic Academy basement at 83rd Street & 4th Avenue). Fr. Saffron led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance, …

September 8th was a busy but productive first day back for SACA (St. Anselm Catholic Academy) teachers and staff.  The day began with updates from principal, Jim McKeon and was followed by an opportunity to work in classrooms and most importantly, to attend the 11 am Mass, celebrated by Fr. Saffron, whose homily touched on our …

We visited our Fr. Stephen Saffron’s garden in May and again in September and are happy to report that he enjoyed a banner year.  Little plantings grew big and healthy, yielding a bumper crop of tomatoes, cukes, eggplant, string beans, leeks, various types of peppers, zucchini, arugula, basil, dill, lavender, rosemary, sage, chocolate mint, and …

St. Anselm Parishioners, who attend the 8 a.m. Mass on Sunday mornings, have for the past five years been lifted up in song by the inspirational playing of organist RickMeditz. Rick began music lessons on the organ at the age of twelve. In college he switched to piano, which he studied under international scholar John …

  St. Anselm Blood Drive donors are a hardy and dedicated lot. In the past they have braved intense cold for December Blood Drives and pouring rain for both winter and spring Drives. On Sunday, July 19th, one of the hottest and muggiest days of 2015, they came to share the gift of life by …

Welcome Seminarian Simon!   St. Anselm Parish is happy to welcome Seminarian Simon Galazyn for the summer. A native of Malbork, Poland, Seminarian Simon is studying for the priesthood here in the USA at the Seminary of Ss. Cyril and Methodius.   In Seminarian Simon’s own words: My name is Szymon Andrzej Gałażyn (Simon Andrew) …

  Congratulations Fr. Jose Andres Henriquez Castano (aka “Seminarian Jose”)   Fr. Henriquez’s Ordination and First Mass   On Saturday, June 27th Deacon Jose Henriquez was ordained to the Priesthood by Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of the Diocese of Brooklyn. Fr. Jose, who has been affectionately known to us here at St. Anselm Parish as “Seminarian …

The Young at Heat Club (YAH) of St. Anselm, under the guidance of President Pat DeStasio, celebrated the conclusion of another successful year with a luncheon on June 15th at the Bay Ridge Manor. The group, which is open to all, holds its meetings in Meletia Hall in St. Anselm Catholic Academy on Mondays from September …

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 …