By Ed Wilkinson The annual Bishop’s Dinner for Scouting was held Sept. 22 at El Caribe Country Club, Mill Basin. Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio and the diocese’s Catholic Committee on Scouting hosted the event which honors Scouting volunteers in Brooklyn and Queens. The Good Scout Award, the highest honor, was presented to Auxiliary Bishop Frank Caggiano, […]
by John Thavis FREIBURG, Germany (CNS) – Pope Benedict XVI’s four-day visit to Germany highlighted two closely connected challenges for the Church: how to re-evangelize traditionally Christian countries in the West, and how to regain a credible voice in modern society. In a sense, the pope’s German homeland was a test case for the “new […]
by Judith Sudilovsky JERUSALEM (CNS) – At the Damascus Gate of Jerusalem’s Old City, history is literally etched in stone. From its monumental Roman base to the top of its newly restored Ottoman crown and its stones scarred by bullet holes, the city’s most elaborate gate has been witness to the comings and goings of […]
by Antonina Zielinska Brother William Zaydak, C.S.C., officially installed Father Walter E. Jenkins, C.S.C., as the new president of Holy Cross H.S., Flushing, during an installation Mass celerbated by Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, with faculty and students in attendance. Brother William serves as chair provincial of the Board of Directors of Holy Cross H.S. “Being president […]
The annual Bishop’s Dinner for Scouting was held Sept. 22 at El Caribe Country Club, Mill Basin. Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio and the diocese’s Catholic Committee on Scouting hosted the event which honors Scouting volunteers in Brooklyn and Queens. The Good Scout Award, the highest honor, was presented to Auxiliary Bishop Frank Caggiano, Vicar General; Det. […]
by J.D. Long-Garcia PHOENIX (CNS) – Plans are under way in the Diocese of Phoenix to implement new local norms for the distribution of Holy Communion. As a result, the wine that becomes Jesus’ blood at consecration will not be offered at every Sunday Mass, but instead will be reserved for special occasions, left to […]
Father Donald J. Harrington, C.M., president of St. John’s University, Jamaica, along with Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio welcomed back students, faculty, administrators and staff with an opening school Mass of the Holy Spirit at St. Thomas More Church located on the Queens campus. A special commission and blessing of St. John’s student campus leaders also took […]
by Jennifer Willems PEORIA, Ill. (CNS) – That James Fulton Engstrom celebrated his first birthday Sept. 16 is amazing. In fact, some would call his life a miracle. Considered stillborn one year ago after his mother’s healthy pregnancy and “a beautiful, short labor,” James was without a pulse for the first 61 minutes of his […]
A relic of St. Damien of Molokai, revered for his ministry among the victims of Hansen’s disease (leprosy) in Hawaii, will be available for public veneration in the Brooklyn Diocese on three occasions in November: • Friday, Nov. 4, 7-10 p.m., St. James Cathedral-Basilica, Downtown Brooklyn; • Sunday, Nov. 6, 1:30 p.m., St. Nicholas […]
by Nancy Frazier O’Brien WASHINGTON (CNS) – The proposed religious exemption to the federal mandate that health insurance plans cover contraceptives and sterilization is “wholly inadequate to protect the conscience rights of Catholic hospital and health care organizations,” the head of the Catholic Health Association (CHA) told the Department of Health and Human Services. Sister […]
