This week’s listing includes events in Brooklyn and Queens throughout February and into March.
Month: February 2019
Bed-Stuy Parish Fights Street Naming for Controversial Figure
More than 100 members of St. Peter Claver Church, Bedford-Stuyvesant, are fighting for their church’s history.
Abuse Summit: Voices Highlight Global Dimension of the Crisis
Ahead of a summit of presidents of bishops’ conferences and other Church officials in Rome Feb. 21-24 on clerical sexual abuse and child protection, voices from around the world are emphasizing that it’s a global problem requiring a global solution.
On Parkland Anniversary, Catholic Leaders Seek to Curb Gun Violence
Ashes marked the foreheads of parents as they waited outside of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School – physical signs of the beginning of Lent, which would also serve as tragic markers of the crosses they bore after a gunman opened fire on the school last February 14, killing 17 teachers and students and wounding over a dozen others.
Romilda Raso
Romilda Raso, the mother of Father Anthony Raso, parochial vicar at Our Lady of Guadalupe, Dyker Heights, died Jan. 29.
Sister Francis Gerard Kress, C.S.J.
Sister Francis Gerard Kress, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, for 87 years, died Jan. 17 at Maria Regina Residence, in Brentwood. She was 104.
Sister Rita Maria McCauley, C.S.J.
Sister Rita Maria McCauley, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, for 56 years, died Jan. 18 on hospice care at Maria Regina Residence, Brentwood.
Sister M. Bernardus Dwyer, I.H.M.
Sister M. Bernardus Dwyer, I.H.M., of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary died Jan. 27 at Our Lady of Peace Residence, Scranton, Pa. She had just turned 93 on Jan. 2
New Jersey Dioceses Release Names of Priests Credible Accused of Sexual Abuse
Following a trend throughout the country, New Jersey’s five Catholic dioceses released on Feb. 13 the names of its priests credibly accused of sexual abuse.
Diocesan Assignments: Feb. 16, 2019
Rev. Msgr. Jamie J. Gigantiello, from pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and administrator of Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Williamsburg, to pastor of the newly merged parish of Our Lady of Mount Carmel-Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Williamsburg, while remaining Vicar for Development and director of Parish Giving Programs, effective, June 1, 2018.