by Antonina Zielinska Our Lady of Refuge parish, Flatbush, holds the record for the number of graduates from the diocesan lay ministry program. Twenty-seven people have graduated from the curriculum, and three more are graduating this year. Father Michael A. Perry, pastor, said this has been an incredible blessing for the parish. A couple of […]
Lay Ministry Sunday will be celebrated in the diocese with a special vespers service at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Church, Forest Hills, on Sunday, Feb. 10, beginning at 4:30 p.m. Dr. Robert McCarty, executive director of the National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry, will speak about the state of lay ministry in light of […]
An information session for the Pastoral Institute’s Lay Ministry Program, which begins classes in September, will be held at St. Margaret’s School, Middle Village, on Saturday, March 18, beginning at 7:15 p.m. For more information about the program or registration, e-mail pastoralinstitute@diobrook.org or log onto dioceseofbrooklyn.org/layleadership.
NET TV, in association with Riverhorse Entertainment, traveled to the March for Life in Washington, D.C., to sponsor free screenings of the Vatican-endorsed film, “Doonby.” Actors from the film, Jenn Gotzon and Joe Estevez, pictured above, attended the screenings and rally. Though the film doesn’t consider itself a pro-life movie, it offers a strong argument […]
by George P. Matysek Jr. BALTIMORE (CNS) – When the Baltimore Ravens defeated the San Francisco 49ers on Thanksgiving night in 2011 – and John Harbaugh beat younger brother, Jim, in the first NFL matchup of coaching brothers – Jack Harbaugh peeked into the Ravens’ locker room after the game. Jack Harbaugh, John and Jim’s […]
St. Sebastian’s Church, Woodside, hosted its 23rd annual celebration of the Santo Nino of Cebu. It takes place on the third Sunday in January and commemorates the statue given to the Queen of the Philippines by explorer Ferdinand Magellan upon her conversion to Christianity. At left, Msgr. Michael Hardiman, pastor, was the main celebrant of […]
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – A Turkish court sentenced Murat Altun to 15 years in prison for the 2010 murder of Bishop Luigi Padovese, apostolic vicar of Anatolia. Altun, now 29, had been the bishop’s driver. He was arrested and confessed almost immediately after the murder, although in the months after his arrest, he gave several […]
by Hugh F. Kelly Two particular categories of individuals seem most highly sceptical of alleged coincidences. The first are street-wise cops. The second are spiritually-wise believers in God’s Providence. Each for their own reasons instinctively look to “connect the dots” to find patterns in apparently random events. Consider this unlikely chain of occurrences. • I […]
by Father Raymond P. Roden In the late 1960s when many religious sisters reclaimed their baptismal and family names, Sister Mary Marcellus, C.S.J., became Sister Mary Anne Ricioppo, C.S.J. Curiously, the name didn’t stick. It was one of those funny things in a time of whirlwind change that she continued on as Marcellus in spite […]
