Having spent four years preparing and reflecting together as part of the V Encuentro (Fifth Encounter), Hispanic Catholics in Brooklyn and Queens are gearing up for the next stages of the nationwide movement.
Month: March 2018
Faith on Downward Spiral In a ‘Post-Catholic’ Ireland
In two months time, voters in Ireland will head to the polls to decide whether to liberalize the eighth amendment – the Republic of Ireland’s constitutional provision that grants an equal right to life to unborn children and pregnant women, which was established in 1983 and effectively banned abortion within Ireland.
Honoring the Finest of the Finest
NYPD Deputy Chief Charles M. Scholl of Patrol Borough Brooklyn South received the inaugural Bishop Thomas V. Daily Memorial Award at the NYPD Brooklyn and Queens Holy Name Society’s 98th annual Communion Mass and Breakfast March 11.
Our Saints Help Overcome Ethnic Differences
In the next few days, the Church celebrates two important feasts: St. Patrick’s Day and St. Joseph’s Day. In our own Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens, it seems to be that the Irish celebrate St. Patrick and the Italians celebrate St. Joseph. As we know, however, intermarriage has made our families multi-ethnic.
OL Angelus Academy, Rego Park, Will Close Its Doors in June
Our Lady of the Angelus Catholic Academy, Rego Park, has become the second school within a week to announce that it will close in June. Declining enrollment has led to severe budget deficits. The declines are due to changing demographics.
Retired Diocesan Priest Is Murdered in Colombia
A Brooklyn priest who had returned to Colombia to live in retirement, was brutally murdered there on Saturday, March 10. Father Dagoberto Noguera, 68, was killed in his residence in Mamatoco, Colombia. He was currently doing social work in the capital of Magdalena.
Assessing Francis’ First Five Years
Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected pope just a few days after telling the College of Cardinals that the Catholic Church faced a clear choice between being a church that “goes out” or a church focused on its internal affairs.
Catholic Schools Add Prayer to Walkout Day Over Gun Violence
As schools across the United States participate in the National School Walkout Day March 14 to raise awareness of gun violence, a number of Catholic institutions are adding a prayerful component to the day’s events.
Sports Round-Up March 17
The following GCHSAA teams won diocesan titles this season.
Team USA Hockey Star Fulfills Olympic Dream
Matt Gilroy, a 33-year-old defenseman, recently suited up as an assistant captain for Team U.S.A.’s men’s ice hockey team at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. This crowning achievement of his hockey career was even more special, since he wore his brother’s No. 97 on his back.