What Indonesian Catholics in Brooklyn and Queens may lack in numbers, they make up in enthusiasm and fanfare. There are about 500 Catholics from the Asian nation that is made up of more than 17,000 islands in Southeast Asia and Oceania, who come together to celebrate their faith here. With colorful costumes and joyous singing, […]
Judging from the ubiquity of its symptoms this time of year, Halloween and its lucrative progeny of horror flicks, costumes, candy and other paraphernalia has become an American celebration, second only to Christmas. Parades in the larger cities push already fragile limits of propriety even as manufacturers produce apparel that spares no one’s religious or […]
My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, Hurricane Sandy has scarred the lives of many families in our Diocese. Even after a year, some of our families have yet to move back into their own homes. Others families are permanently displaced. The trauma that was inflicted was financial, physical and psychological. We were all […]
by Stephen Kent All Souls’ Day, Nov. 2, is yet another way that Catholics are able to show our way to the world – by celebrating death. This is indeed countercultural. In today’s climate, death is a situation to escape, a topic to be avoided. All Souls’ Day is more than a piety. It is […]
The Xaverian H.S., Bay Ridge, varsity football team defeated Nazareth R.H.S., East Flatbush, by a score of 28-14 on Oct. 26.
On Tuesday, October 29th at 7:30 p.m., on the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, family and friends of one of the hardest hit parishes in the Diocese of Brooklyn will gather for a commemoration and healing Mass at St. Mary Star of the Sea, located at 1920 New Haven Avenue, Far Rockaway. After the […]
From the Mayotte Hurst Tennis Academy As Long Island middle school and high school girls tennis players conclude their fall seasons and PSAL players prepare for the spring season, former Top 10 ATP Tour player and Olympic Silver medalist, Tim Mayotte of the Mayotte Hurst Tennis Academy at Cunningham Sports Center in Fresh Meadows, N.Y is offering […]
Wednesday, Oct. 16 was a busy day at the diocesan headquarters in Park Slope. Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio celebrated a Mass commemorating the 10th anniversary of his installment as bishop of Brooklyn. Bishop DiMarzio also installed Auxiliary Bishop Raymond Chappetto as vicar general and Father James Massa as moderator of the curia. Bishop DiMarzio said that […]
It’s no secret that Holy Cross H.S., Flushing, and Christ the King R.H.S., Middle Village, have built up an impressive sports rivalry over the years. On the football field, the Knights and Royals have not matched up in a CHSFL game for quite some time, but that does not take away from these two storied […]
For the sixth year in a row, St. Bernadette’s School in Dyker Heights has raised more money for the missions around the world than any other school in the diocese. The students were honored for their efforts at a World Mission Sunday ceremony at St. James Cathedral-Basilica, Downtown Brooklyn. (See photos in centerfold.) Last year, […]
