MELBOURNE, Australia (CNS) – Dr. Evelyn Billings, who with her husband, John, pioneered research that led them to develop a form of natural family planning supported by the Catholic Church, died Feb. 16 after a short illness. She was 95. The Australian pediatrician joined her physician-husband’s team in 1965 as he was researching a more […]
Sometimes the best medicine for someone battling cancer is partaking in one’s passion. For three CHSAA coaches who were diagnosed with breast cancer, coaching was the passion that allowed them to stay strong throughout their treatment. Of course, the medical forms of treatment were crucial to saving these coaches’ lives, but these coaches will all […]
Longtime Catholic school educator Anne J. Pitaro, 85, of Greenwich, Conn., died Feb. 8 from complications of lymphoma. She worked in the Catholic schools of the Diocese of Brooklyn for 29 years as both teacher and principal at the former St. Elizabeth School in Ozone Park. Born in Ozone Park, she graduated from Nativity B.V.M. […]
Once we knew it simply as “Confession.” In post-conciliar years, it’s been referenced as the Sacrament of “Reconciliation” or of “Peace.” Now we are back (officially) to Penance. All these descriptors reveal aspects of a great healing sacrament. Whatever name we call it by, it remains the same sacrament with the same four elements: contrition, […]
The New York Times ran a column this past week asking the question about whether or not Benedict XVI will still be infallible when he retires. The answer, of course, is no! Only the reigning pontiff is infallible and only when he makes a definitive statement about faith or morals. In fact, the Holy Father […]
My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, As we begin Lent in this Year of Faith, the people of the Diocese of Brooklyn are asked in a special way to place their faith in charity in order to assist the ministries of the diocesan church by contributing to the Annual Catholic Appeal. Allow me […]
Graduates of St. Edmund Prep H.S., Sheepshead Bay, are invited to celebrate their alma mater’s 80th anniversary in April. Auxiliary Bishop Frank Caggiano will celebrate an anniversary Mass on April 12 at 11 a.m. in the parish church. Alumni who wish to attend may register by calling Grace Carey in the Development Office at 718-743-6100 […]
Christ Our Hope was the theme of Pope Benedict XVI’s apostolic journey to the U.S. in 2008. The six-day trip, April 15-20, began in Washington, D.C., and concluded in New York City. The Diocese of Brooklyn was present to welcome the Holy Father when he arrived at John F. Kennedy International Airport… While in New […]
by Carol Zimmerman WASHINGTON (CNS) – U.S. Catholic Church leaders who awoke to the news of Pope Benedict XVI’s announcement that he will retire at the end of February said they were surprised by the news but admired the pontiff’s courage and humility for making the decision. Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York, president […]
by Antonina Zielinska More than three months after superstorm Sandy brought devastation upon New York, people in the Brooklyn Diocese are still struggling to recover. However, they have not been forgotten. Earlier this month, a three-ton truck, packed with donations for Sandy victims, drove up to Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, Red Hook, […]
