Since 2014, Anthony Masi has had an all-consuming goal: to photograph all the cathedrals and basilicas in the United States.
Author: Alicia Venter
Pantry Angels: Two Shy Best Friends Canvass a Brooklyn Neighborhood to Help a Parish Feed Needy
As 13-year-old best friends Giuliana Astore and Angelina Aviles strode down 5th Avenue in Bay Ridge on Aug. 21, they had a community-driven mission in mind.
Local Knights Strive to Sign Up Additional Hispanic Members
In its 2022 annual report, the Knights of Columbus reinforced the importance of maintaining the “missionary zeal of our forefathers.” This can be done, in part, through their initiative to engage more Hispanic Catholics, a boots-on-the-ground effort that has been implemented throughout the Diocese of Brooklyn.
Parish Community Conflicted About Migrant Shelter at Creedmoor
A massive tent shelter is set to be opened in the parking lot of the former Creedmoor Psychiatric Center in the coming weeks, drawing concern from some area residents. Confirmed by Mayor Eric Adams on July 27, the city is set to build a 1,000-bed shelter for adult male migrants on the Queens Village site.
Brooklyn Native Starts Journey To Answer Salesian Sister Calling
Until Jessica Castillo was 16 years old, she did not consider herself a practicing Catholic. Though she was born into the faith, “lack of information and understanding” caused her and her family to drift away from her local parish, St. Rita in East New York.
Young Faithful Minister to 300 Refugees and Homeless During a Service Trip
A group of 17 teenagers from Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Tenafly, New Jersey, ministered to hundreds of refugees and homeless people in Portland, Maine, during a weeklong service trip this summer.
Sunset Park Parish Supports College-Age Parishioners With Memorial Scholarship Funds
When Dennis Morales, longtime member of St. Michael’s Church, died in 2012, his wife Linda was desperate to do something in his memory. The NYPD captain had grown up a few blocks away from the parish, and it was there that Linda went to confide with then-pastor Father Kevin Sweeney.
Lawler Annual Dinner Honors Lay Community Leaders for First Time
The St. Francis de Sales Parish community came together to honor two members of the diocese that have supported senior priests at the annual Kathie & Christopher Lawler Foundation Dinner Dance, held at the Belle Harbor Yacht Club on July 29.
Knights of Columbus Celebrate Founder On His Road to Sainthood
The Diocese of Brooklyn celebrated its third feast day for Blessed Michael McGivney, the founder of the Knights of Columbus who is on the journey to sainthood, on Aug. 13 at the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph.
WYD Pilgrims Reflect on ‘Seeing God’s Face’ at the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima
On Aug. 1, the first official day of World Youth Day, the pilgrims from the Diocese of Brooklyn spent the entire day at the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima.