The Archdiocese of Armagh’s celebration of the 150th anniversary of the opening of St Patrick’s Cathedral culminated with Mass Aug. 27 celebrated by Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York during which he paid tribute to the “cycle of evangelization” between Ireland and the United States.
The U.S. bishops gave their consent for the advancement of the sainthood causes of three U.S. Catholics at the local diocesan level.
Mark C. Edwards, the president of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, Division 21, in the Rockaways, is receiving the Thomas Cuite Memorial Award.
Father Brian Jordan, O.F.M., chaplain at St. Francis College, Brooklyn Heights, was a personal friend of Father Mychal Judge, O.F.M., for 25 years, and last spoke to him during morning prayer on Sept. 11, 2001.
Grace Sullivan is the Colleen Queen; CYO basketball coaching clinic; St. John’s University women’s soccer senior forward Rachel Daly became the all-time leader in goals in school history.
Accounting professional Martin McManus, a second-generation Irish American, is receiving the Celtic Cross Award at the 2015 Great Irish Fair of New York.
At this year’s Great Irish Fair, NYPD Assistant Chief Michael E. Shea is receiving the Police Officer Edward Byrne Award, named in memory of New York City Police Officer Edward Byrne who was killed in the line of duty at age 22.
Forty students and six teachers from St. John’s Prep, Astoria, embarked on an international pilgrimage to better understand their faith, the world, and their school’s heritage. They traveled to Ireland, Wales, England and Paris under the leadership of their director of campus ministry, Cristina Varriale. The group started in Killarney, County Kerry, where they attended […]
Civil engineering designer Caitlin Bowen is receiving the 2016 Great Irish Fair’s Jerry Forest Memorial Award.
BROOKLYN Resurrection, Gerritsen Beach — Lenten Series: Repentance, Feb. 26, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Speaker: Father James Devlin. Future dates: March 5 and 12. Call 743-7234. Visitation B.V.M., Red Hook — Healing Mass, Feb. 27, 7 p.m. Call 624-1572. Holy Family, Canarsie — Youth Stations of the Cross, Feb. 27, 7 p.m. Call 257-4423. Our Lady of […]
