Dear Dr. Garner, I am 19 and have severe colitis. I have cramps all the time and need to always be around a bathroom. I have no social life. My doctor said it might be ulcerative colitis or Crohn disease. He said the two were similar, and he didn’t know which one I have. Could […]
Sister Mary Beata Gerrity, R.S.M., a Sister of Mercy for 53 years, died in Winthrop Hospital, Mineola, L.I., Oct. 27. She was 70. Born in Brooklyn, Sister Beata attended St. Teresa of Avila School, Prospect Heights, and then Catherine McAuley H.S., Flatbush, before entering the Sisters of Mercy on Sept. 7, 1959. She earned her […]
Sister Maria Kim Brech, M.M., educator and missioner to Guatemala for nearly 40 years, died peacefully on Nov. 1, at Maryknoll Sisters Residential Care III. She was 88 and had served as a Maryknoll Sister for 67 years. Born in Brooklyn, she felt the call to missionary life at age 19, while working as a […]
Over 1,400 children in five Catholic schools in the Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens have been displaced by Hurricane Sandy. The affected schools include: Ave Maria Catholic Academy, Howard Beach; St. Camillus School, Rockaway Beach; St. Francis de Sales School, Belle Harbor; St. Helen’s School, Howard Beach; and St. Rose of Lima School, Rockaway Beach. […]
by Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio Hurricane Sandy has left her trail of death and destruction across our city and region. On Wednesday, I had the opportunity to visit with the communities affected by the storm. We all pray first and foremost for our fellow New Yorkers and their families who perished. While things may always be […]
With nearly 50,000 runners registered for the 43rd ING N.Y.C. Marathon, Nov. 4, the Diocese of Brooklyn will be well-represented. Sharing a Brotherly Bond John Conway, 22, will be running his first N.Y.C Marathon. However, just two years ago, this wasn’t even a remote possibility. The Holy Family Elementary School graduate and altar server […]
by Antonina Zielinska An estimated 2,000 pilgrims from Brooklyn and Queens made their way to Washington, D.C., for a daylong pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, on Saturday, Oct. 27. Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, Auxiliary Bishop Octavio Cisneros and retired Auxiliary Bishop Guy Sansaricq joined the priests and faithful of […]
by Marie Elena Giossi The name Patrick Scannell has become so synonymous with St. Mary Gate of Heaven School, Ozone Park, that it’s difficult to mention one without the other. That wasn’t a problem at St. Mary Gate of Heaven Church last Saturday, Oct. 27, when the parish and school community gathered for […]
Some church buildings in the Rockaways sustained water damage from Hurricane Sandy, but many parishioners’ lives were turned upside down when more than 100 homes burned to the ground in the oceanside community of Breezy Point. The storm knocked out power to huge swathes of the nation’s most densely populated region, swamped New York’s subway […]
