Responses to the 2012 Annual Catholic Appeal, Sharing Our Gifts to Build God’s Kingdom in Brooklyn and Queens, continues to grow. After conducting in-pew weekends in the parishes of the Diocese, pledges have exceeded $6.1 million with actual receipts exceeding $3.75 million from over 24,800 donors. As of April 20, the following additional parishes have […]
Month: April 2012
Ten Years of Laity Training
The Pastoral Institute’s Lay Ministry Program will celebrate its tenth year of formation and training of lay persons on June 16. Celebrating Lay Ministry: Working in the Vineyard of the Lord will be celebrated at a Mass and reception at the Immaculate Conception Center, Douglaston. Sister Angela Gannon, C.S.J., diocesan Secretary for Catholic Education and […]
Obituaries
Msgr. Graham Served as Pastor Of Rosedale Parish for 30 Years A Mass of Christian Burial for Msgr. Thomas A. Graham, 75, pastor of St. Pius X parish, Rosedale, for the past 30 years, was celebrated Wednesday, April 25 at the church. Msgr. Graham, who would have celebrated his 50th anniversary of ordination on June […]
MLB Annuity Plan Affects Local Pitcher
April 21 marked the one-year anniversary of Major League Baseball’s agreement on a new plan to pay life annuities to men who weren’t originally eligible to receive pensions. After years of waiting, hundreds of former players who didn’t qualify for any retirement benefits were finally rewarded by the league for their contributions to the national […]
The Good Shepherd Still Calls
by Father James Rodriguez On this fourth Sunday of Easter we continue to rejoice, feeling the warmth and light of the paschal flame, divided but undimmed. However, as human beings we have a tendency to forget. Good Friday already seems so long ago. The hunger of fasting is replaced with feasting and the pounds lost […]
Blood in the Urine
Dear Dr. Garner, I am very scared. When I got up to go to the bathroom today, my urine looked bloody. I never had anything like this before. It really doesn’t hurt. It is more the sight of it that bothers me. I am 58 years old, and aside from smoking, I am fine with […]
I Vote for Reading
by Father Robert Lauder I am trying to start a campaign among my friends and the students whom I teach at St. John’s University to encourage reading. In encouraging others, I am hoping to improve my own habits of reading. Though I do not watch a great deal of television, I wonder if I succumb […]
Most Cherished Liberty
In summoning “all the energies the Catholic community can muster” in defense of our religious liberty, the American bishops are demonstrating a keen awareness of what good fatherhood demands and that they are up to the charge. Their latest statement on point – “Our First, Most Cherished Liberty” – issued by the USCCB Ad Hoc […]
A Sign of Hope in a Changing Neighborhood
At the end of the Migration Day Mass last Sunday at St. Joseph’s Church on Pacific St. in Prospect Heights, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio announced that he has petitioned the Vatican to name the church as a Co-Cathedral for the Diocese of Brooklyn. In addition, he also challenged the various ethnic apostolates of Brooklyn and Queens […]
Theology of the Body, Part I
My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, This is first in a series on Theology of the Body. As bishop, I have noticed one particular area today that seems to be misunderstood, even within church-going Catholic circles, is the human person and sexuality as seen from Sacred Scripture. Over the next few weeks, I […]