‘Tis the Season to Twirl Get into the Christmas spirit! See the Our Lady of Perpetual Help Twirlers, at left, perform to the song, Rocking Around the Christmas Tree, at the Christmas tree lighting in front of O.L.P.H. Basilica, Sunset Park, this Thursday, Nov. 29 at 5 p.m. (Photo courtesy Cecilia Fedyn) […]
When St. John’s Prep, Astoria, reopened following Sandy, students, faculty, staff and administrators put their heads together to figure out how to react to the crisis in the region. After consulting with Catholic Charities, a three-part plan was developed. First, each club, team, department and office were asked to assemble bags of canned and dried […]
Auxiliary Bishop Raymond Chappetto celebrated a Mass of Thanksgiving at St. Francis Prep, Fresh Meadows, with the faculty, staff and members of the seven organizations that were recipients of the Thanksgiving food drive. The bishop spoke about the Year of Faith. He said faith comes alive by good deeds done by the individual and the […]
by Marie Elena Giossi Floodwaters have receded and electricity has been restored, but the post-Sandy rebuilding efforts have just begun for residents in Canarsie. Having been designated as a Zone B evacuation area with only a moderate flood risk, Canarsie residents weren’t expecting the seven- and eight-foot high floodwaters that Sandy brought ashore late last […]
Auxiliary Bishop Octavio Cisneros presided at the diocesan celebration of Our Lady of Divine Providence, patroness of Puerto Rico, at All Saints Church, Williamsburg, Nov. 17. Hundreds of Brooklyn and Queens residents, many of Puerto Rican descent, attended the 7:30 p.m. Mass, which was followed by traditional Puerto Rican fare and a cultural program in […]
by Antonina Zielinska In honor of the centennial of the founding of Our Lady Queen of Martyrs parish, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio and retired Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Sullivan joined the Forest Hills community for the closing liturgy of its year-long celebration. “Today we come back to realize that we stand on the shoulders of those who […]
by Ed Wilkinson Rockaway Beach residents battered by Hurricane Sandy came to St. Rose of Lima Church on Thanksgiving Day for one reason: to give thanks for the blessings they have. Recognizing the trials of the previous two weeks, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio made his fourth trip to the Rockaway peninsula since the devastating storm to […]
by Ed Wilkinson When Auxiliary Bishop Paul Sanchez laid hands upon the head of Belen Gonzalez y Perez Nov. 20 at St. James Cathedral-Basilica, Downtown Brooklyn, Father Gonzalez y Perez became the first former Anglican priest to be ordained a Catholic priest in Brooklyn. He concelebrated a First Mass of thanksgiving Nov. 25 at St. […]
