“The Road to Character” is an excellent book. … He (Brooks) stresses what I guess should be obvious, namely that the best teacher is good example …
Month: June 2016
Special Issue
In accordance with our printing schedule, this week’s edition is a special double issue and no edition will be published next week.
Obituary: Sister Mary Thaddeus Glass, C.I.J.,
Sister Mary Thaddeus Glass, C.I.J., a member of the Congregation of the Infant Jesus, popularly known as the Nursing Sisters of the Sick Poor, for 65 years, died at Villa St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I. She was 91.
Around the Diocese: July 2-9, 2016
This week’s listing features events in Brooklyn and Queens through the end of July.
Obituary: Frances J. Slattery
Frances J. Slattery, the sister of Father Joseph M. Nolan, a retired priest of the diocese, died June 6.
Obituary: Virginia Tighe
Virginia Tighe, the mother of Father James L. Tighe, pastor of Queen of Peace parish, Kew Gardens, died June 25.
Obituary: Sister Christine Francis Kennedy, O.P.
Sister Christine Francis Kennedy, O.P., a member of the Sisters of St., Dominic, Amityville, L.I., for 64 years, died June 20 at the age of 86.
Obituary: Sister Madeleine Merritt, I.H.M.
Sister Madeleine Merritt, I.H.M., a member for 69 years of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, died June 25.
Statue of Mary Adorns Front of The Chancery
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio blessed a statue of the Virgin Mary that was installed June 22 outside the Diocese of Brooklyn’s Chancery building in Park Slope. Dozens of diocesan employees and three auxiliary bishops were present for the ceremony that followed a noontime Mass.
For God and Country: Priests Navigate US Armed Forces as Military Chaplains
At first glance, it’s difficult to distinguish Father Lukasz J. Willenberg, 34, as a Catholic priest as he gathers with U.S. Army paratroopers preparing for a training jump near Fayetteville, North Carolina. Instead of traditional black clerics, he sports fatigues, a camouflage helmet and a parachute.