The world’s oldest Catholic bishop, retired Archbishop Peter L. Gerety of Newark, died Sept. 20 while in the care of the Little Sisters of the Poor at the order’s elder-care facility in Totowa, N.J. He was 104.
Month: September 2016
Trump Names Catholics To Faith Advisory Group
The campaign of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump announced Sept. 22 that it has formed a group of Catholic leaders to advise him “on those issues and policies important to Catholics and other people of faith in America.”
Religious Liberty May Be at Stake in Election
As recent years have brought religious liberty court battles and the federal contraceptive mandate infringing on operations by church entities – along with a U.S. Supreme Court vacancy to be filled – 2016 might be a seminal electoral year.
Reuniting St. Catherine’s Nurses One Last Time
A tradition that spanned five decades and brought together classmates, friends and many memories came to an end on Sept. 24 as graduates of St. Catherine’s Hospital School of Nursing in East Williamsburg held their final reunion breakfast.
Italian Ministry Celebration to Remember Earthquake Victims
On Sunday, Oct. 2, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio and Italian Catholics will gather in prayerful remembrance of the victims of the earthquakes in Italy last month. There will be a procession from Grand Army Plaza and Mass at St. Joseph’s Co-Cathedral, Prospect Heights. The Mass will air live on NET-TV.
Speaking of ‘Deplorables’
You’d think presidential candidates would have learned that shooting from the lip in front of deep-pocket donors is asking for trouble.
The Great Irish Fair Continues at New Site
The new Ford Amphitheater on the Coney Island Boardwalk brought the 35th annual Great Irish Fair to a new venue: a 5,000 seat open-air arena that on Saturday, Sept. 24, was home to the Irish who turned out by the thousands to sing and dance and generally throw the Blarney with old and new friends.
35th Annual Great Irish Fair
Irish culture was on display at The Great Irish Fair, conducted on Saturday, Sept. 24 at the new Ford Amphitheater on the Boardwalk in Coney Island.
Obituary: Robert Wood
Robert Wood, the brother of Father Paul Wood, pastor of St. Stanislaus and Transfiguration parish, Maspeth, died Sept. 19.
Obituary: Mary Cremins
Mary Cremins, the mother of the late Father John Cremins, who had served as a priest of the Brooklyn Diocese, died Sept. 21.