Catherine Laboure Special Education Program celebrated its 50th anniversary with students, past and present staff and alumni at the Bay Ridge Manor, April 3.
Month: April 2016
Chancery Alert
The Chancery of the Diocese of Brooklyn has sent an alert to all parishes that Father Wisdom Akalefu has remained in the diocese after having been informed in December, 1999 that he was to leave and return to his home diocese in Nigeria.
The Most Important Day of Your Life
DURING TALKS AROUND the country in recent years, I’ve been asking Catholic audiences how many of those present know the date of their baptism. The high-end response is a little under 10 percent. The average is about 2-3 percent.
Solution for Conscience Clause?
The religious nonprofits challenging their participation in the contraceptive mandate under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) agreed with a U.S. Supreme Court proposal that such coverage be provided through an alternative health care plan without involving the religious employers in a legal brief filed with the court.
Youth Views: What is a virtue that you hold true?
I believe that no matter what is happening in your life, you must always remain faithful. No matter how difficult things are getting, if you stay faithful, God will repay you in double because there is always a light at the end of the tunnel.
Solidarity Festival Shows Catholic Social Teaching in Action
Immigrant workers shared stories of wage theft and exploitation with college students April 16 at the first Solidarity Festival to be held on the campus of Vincentian-run St. John’s University, Jamaica.
Generosity With Diversity Rings True in Canarsie
Holy Family parish in Canarsie is one of the most diverse parishes in the diocese, welcoming worshippers of 51 ethnicities speaking 36 different languages – some of these parishioners speaking English as their third language!
Archbishop Clarifies Church’s Position on Teachers’ Pensions
The retirement plan’s last statement showed it was supposed to disburse around $370,000 per month, but its monthly income was approximately $75,000, according to archdiocesan sources.
Around the Diocese: April 23, 2016
Brooklyn and Queens events: April 22-May 1.
Obituary: Sister Mary Fritz, C.S.J.
Sister Mary Fritz, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 66 years, died April 4, in Maria Regina Residence, Brentwood.