“Jesus is the Messiah,” an ecumenical congress, will take place at Visitation Church, Red Hook, Oct. 30 – Nov. 1.
Month: October 2015
Diocesan Assignments – October 24, 2015
PASTOR Rev. Darrell DaCosta, from pastor of St. Paul the Apostle, Corona, to pastor of Our Lady of Fatima, Jackson Heights, effective Nov. 1. Rev. Antonius P. Gopaul, from administrator to pastor of St. Vincent Ferrer, East Flatbush, effective Sept. 27. Rev. Jean M. Delva, from administrator to pastor of Our Lady of Miracles, Canarsie, […]
Synod Topics Include Mixed Marriages and Abusive Spouses
Observers told the Synod of Bishops on the family to discourage Christian women from marrying Muslim men, urge priests not to tell women to return to abusive husbands, share the truth of Church teaching about marriage, and embrace single mothers who are alienated from the Church.
Walking Together
This past week, some in both the religious and the secular press, began reporting about the massive divide along ideological lines that exists between the American bishops attending the 2015 Extraordinary Synod on the Family.
Father Bradley Honored on Retirement from Charities
In honor of his longtime service as coordinator of Services for Persons with Disabilities for Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens, Father James P. Bradley was honored with the Bishop Joseph M. Sullivan Service Award. He will retire Oct. 31.
Film Festival in Astoria
Immaculate Conception Church in Astoria is conducting a Fall Film Festival beginning Nov. 13, at 7 p.m.
50th Anniversaries in Elmhurst
A Mass of thanksgiving was held at St. Adalbert Church, Elmhurst, to mark the 50th anniversary of priesthood for Fathers Herman Czaster, O.F.M. Conv., and Patrick Gallagher, O.F.M. Conv., who are in residence at the parish.
Franciszka Poltorak
Franciszka Poltorak, the mother of Father George Poltorak, S.A.C., a member of the Pallotine Fathers who serves as pastor of St. Aloysius parish, Ridgewood, died Oct. 10 in Poland.
Sister St. Elizabeth Montgomery, C.S.J.
Sister St. Elizabeth Montgomery, C.S.J., a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, for 72 years, died Oct. 13.
Sister Vincent Louise Tesoriero, C.S.J.
Sister Vincent Louise Tesoriero, C.S.J., 96, a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 73 years, died Sept. 29, in Sacred Heart Convent, Hempstead, L.I.