Our parishes and Diocese must look to the future with plans to strengthen our faith. With that in mind, we are embarking on a bold initiative entitled Generations of Faith.
Month: April 2015
Christ Is Risen Art Contest 2015
Nearly 1,400 students from Brooklyn and Queens entered The Tablet’s annual Christ Is Risen Easter Art Contest. Here are the winners, honorable mentions and their artwork.
New Rector Installed at Cathedral
Father Peter Purpura was installed by Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio as the rector of St. James Cathedral-Basilica, Downtown Brooklyn, on Good Shepherd Sunday.
Flushing Pilgrims Tour Brooklyn Churches
Two busloads of parishioners embarked on a journey from Queens to Brooklyn, the “Borough of Churches,” to visit three historic structures.
Around the Diocese: May 2, 2015
BROOKLYN Visitation Monastery, Bay Ridge — First Friday Mass with the Sacred Heart Apostolate, May 1, 7:30 p.m. Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Sunset Park — Scripture Study: “The Holy Spirit in the Gospels of Luke and John,” May 1, 11 a.m. with Father John Murray, C.Ss.R. Bring a Bible. Call 492-9200. St. Patrick, Bay […]
Tablet TALK: From Jackson Heights to Nepal
In this week’s Tablet TALK, students raise funds for earthquake victims in Nepal, a visit from Bishop Frank Caggiano, details about anniversary celebrations and more.
Bishop Urges New Catholics to Share Their Experiences
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio encouraged the newest members of the Catholic Church in Brooklyn and Queens to learn more about their faith and to share it with others.
Awakening Cuba: The New Face of the Cuban Parish
Church leaders say the communities that have operated out of mission houses have been crucial to Catholicism’s survival in Cuba, and they proudly call them the “new face of the Cuban parish.”
Students call all to ‘Bring Back Our Girls’
Students from The Mary Louis Academy, Jamaica Estates; St. Edmund Prep H.S., Sheepshead Bay, and St. Joseph H.S., Downtown Brooklyn, joined with others in Dag Hammarskjold Plaza near the United Nations to commemorate the kidnapping of the students in Chibok, Nigeria. Ayana Gay, a senior from St. Joseph, said the students came to “be the […]
St. Edmund Cares for Earth
Students in the St. Edmund Prep Education Program, Sheepshead Bay, recently taught an Earth Day lesson to Phil Fama’s ninth grade art class.