Brother Stephen Glodek, S.M., will mark the 50th year of his profession as a member of the Marianist community (Society of Mary) at a jubilee celebration at Immaculate Conception Center, Douglaston, Saturday, Aug. 5.
Month: June 2017
Trilingual Flushing Parish Marks 50 Years of Faith
If you walked along Flushing’s Union Street on Saturday afternoon, June 24, you would have witnessed a diverse community thriving with the sounds of a sweet celebration: drums thumping, cymbals clanging, confetti streams hissing and voices singing.
Catholic and American
The solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, June 29, is a curious one. In many countries, it is a holy day of obligation. It is not one in the United States. In the Vatican, it is the day when the Holy Father presents the pallium, the symbol of service and authority, to metropolitan archbishops.
Knights’ Tradition: Honor What Is Great About America
Fully Catholic. Fully American. That’s how the late NYPD Detective Steven McDonald was described last weekend at the Knights of Columbus’ 112th annual Fourth of July Parade in Brooklyn on June 24.
Making Democracy Work
It has been a long time since I read the Declaration of Independence, but in preparation for this July 4th weekend, I printed it off the Internet. You may recall in the first paragraph, “When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve political bonds. . .”
Coney Island Alliance Sparks Resort’s Revival
The Catholic Church joins the celebration that is Coney Island in a new way this summer.
Diocese Sets Up New Secretariat For Evangelization and Catechesis
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio has announced the formation of the new Secretariat for Evangelization and Catechesis and named Theodore Musco as the Secretary of the Office.
Diocesan Assignments: July 1 – July 8, 2017
PAROCHIAL VICAR Rev. James A. Hughes, from parochial vicar of St. Elizabeth, Ozone Park, and St. Benedict Joseph Labre, Richmond Hill, to parochial vicar of Corpus Christi, Woodside, effective July 31. Rev. John Tino, released from diocesan assignment, and ministry in the Archdiocese of New York, and from private residence, to parochial vicar of St. […]
Catholic Foundation Grants Assist Parishes and Schools
The Catholic Foundation for Brooklyn and Queens announced that it has re-launched its signature Grant Program, awarding 36 new grants totaling nearly $300,000.
Scorsese: Reel Faith Always on His Mind
Faith and films have been lifelong obsessions for director Martin Scorsese, obsessions that he said have given him moments of peace amid turmoil, but also challenges and frustrations that, in hindsight, he will accept as lessons in humility.