By Father Anthony F. Raso CONVERTS TO THE Roman Catholic faith are always a great blessing to the rest of us who were baptized as babies. Whenever we get to forgetting how inspiring our faith really is, the converts will remind us well by the sound of their voices and the look in their eyes. […]
For the past few years, the Diocese of Brooklyn has been working with the other Catholic dioceses in New York State, as well as Jewish and Protestant leaders, to build support for the Education Investment Tax Credit (A2551). Here are some of the diocese’s efforts thus far in 2015: • Futures in Education, the foundation […]
Pick Up Art Contest Entries Students who submitted entries for the Christ Is Risen Art Contest 2015 can pick up their art work until June 1. Call 718-499-9705 to schedule a pick-up time. Summer Academy The St. Francis Prep Summer Academy, Fresh Meadows, runs July 27-July 31, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. It offers courses […]
Melissa Lent, Junior Christ the King R.H.S. Jasmine rice always brings back good memories of family dinners. Any Chinese dish reminds me of my dad cooking for us and the conversations we had over dinner. Karol Gajewski, Junior Christ the King R.H.S. Pierogi because when I would be in Poland, my […]
Thomas Hardy’s 1874 novel “Far from the Madding Crowd” returns to the big screen, and “Marie’s Story” is a fictionalized profile of Marie Heurtin, often called the “French Helen Keller.”
Sister St. Timothy Connolly, C.S.J. a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 72 years, died May 1, in Brentwood. She entered the congregation in 1943 from O.L. Mercy, Forest Hills. She attended Manhattan College, and the Catholic University of Puerto Rico. She taught at O.L. Perpetual Help, Sunset Park, 1945-48; Mary’s […]
Elena J. Papa, 93, a longtime parishioner and teacher in St. Mary Mother of Jesus parish, Bensonhurst, died May 1. She taught fourth and fifth grades in St. Mary Mother of Jesus School for 25 years until she retired in 1982. A funeral Mass was concelebrated by Msgr. Andrew J. Vaccari, St. Mary Mother of […]
ST. MEINRAD, Ind. (CNS) – A funeral Mass was celebrated May 21 at St. Meinrad Archabbey in St. Meinrad for Benedictine Father Cyprian Davis, who died May 18 at Memorial Hospital in Jasper. He was 84. Father Davis wrote six books, including “The History of Black Catholics in the United States,” published in 1990. He […]
Father James M. Gilligan, M.M., 87, a Maryknoll priest who only this month marked his 60th anniversary of ordination, died May 17. Born in Brooklyn, he attended P.S. 193, and graduated from St. John’s Prep, Bedford-Stuyvesant. He attended Maryknoll School of Theology, Ossining, N.Y., and he earned a degree in canon law from St. Thomas […]
Robert M. Muccigrosso, 73, longtime Catholic educator and Bay Ridge resident, died May 13 following bypass surgery. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at St. Anselm Church, Bay Ridge, May 16. A graduate of Fordham University, New York University and Hofstra University, his professional career includes a total of 17 years as the principal […]
