This week’s listing includes events in Brooklyn and Queens throughout July.
Month: July 2017
Faith, Family and Tradition All Alive at Feast of Mount Carmel
It was a day 58 years in the making. And for Gerard Langone serving as Capo No. 1 at the 12-day Feast that honors Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St. Paulinus in Williamsburg, it was well worth the wait.
Recapturing Our Reverence for the Eucharist
My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord,
Recently, a letter was sent to all pastors regarding the current Mass schedules that are maintained in our parishes. The shortage of clergy necessitates that we must look at the current Mass schedules to see if we can sustain each long term. We are particularly sensitive to the need for language Masses in our diocese in Brooklyn and Queens which may not have the attendance of other Masses.
HeartShare Hosts Inaugural Bill Guarinello Golf Classic
HeartShare Human Services of New York honored two of Bill Guarinello’s passions – HeartShare and golf – when the nonprofit human services agency renamed its annual golf classic in honor of its president and CEO.
SFC Golf Outing Honors Dugan, Funds Big Dreams
In a show of appreciation for the late Brendan J. Dugan ’68, former president of St. Francis College, Brooklyn Heights, friends of the college donated $375,000 at the first Brendan J. Dugan ’68 Memorial Meadow Brook Club Golf Outing in June.
Prayer for Life at Kings Plaza
A pro-life Rosary Rally was held outside Kings Plaza Shopping Center in Mill Basin on Sunday evening, July 9.
Sports Round-Up July 15
The Catholic Youth Organization of Brooklyn and Queens closed out its sports year by crowning diocesan champions in baseball, softball and soccer.
Update: Cops Arrest Man Suspected of Threatening to Kill Nun in Brooklyn Church
Police have arrested a suspect who is believed to be the man who walked inside a Prospect Heights Church and threatened to kill a nun July 5.
Exciting Time to Be an Evangelist, Convocation Delegates Told
Delegates at the “Convocation of Catholic Leaders. The Joy of the Gospel in America” have their work cut out for them but they are equipped to do it, said speakers at the final plenary session July 4.
Catholic Leaders Sent Home to Imitate Jesus in Reaching the Margins
Jesus took a few loaves and fishes and turned them into a feast for thousands, offering the church an example of faith in action, Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston said in sending 3,500 delegates home from the “Convocation of Catholic Leaders: The Joy of the Gospel in America.”