St. James Beams New Tower Lights, Adds Exclamation to Bicentennial Celebration

A few days after becoming pastor and rector of the Cathedral Basilica of St. James in June 2019, Father Bryan Patterson noticed something odd about the historic church. He had been in DUMBO running errands; his evening stroll back to the parish came after sundown. But as he approached the campus at Jay Street and Cathedral Place, the basilica itself was anything but glorious. 

My Personal Relationships And Sunday Communion

Once I became aware of communion as both an orientation toward loving put into us by God and also as a goal that each of us is called to reach, I began to think about various relationships that I have and how I can possibly achieve communion through them.

Obituaries, Week of Jan. 21, 2023

Sister M. Daria McGinn, IHM; Sister Ellen Patrice Hopkins, OP; Sister Elizabeth (Betty) O’Brien, CSJ; Sister Therese Mary Jayne, O.P.

A Place of Light, Peace, and Hope

In 2019, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio asked me to be the rector of the Cathedral Basilica of St. James in Downtown Brooklyn.