Family life and the new evangelization were the themes for this year’s diocesan Polish Heritage Mass.
Author: Antonina Zielinska
Egyptian Patriarch Visits B’klyn Flock
On his first trip to the U.S. as the head of the Coptic Catholic Church in Egypt, Patriarch Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak paid a pastoral visit to his Brooklyn flock at Resurrection Coptic Church in Park Slope Sept. 28. “Egypt is going out of this dark tunnel,” he said. “It needs time. We are trying.”
Queens Students Among First at 9/11 Museum
Taking care to keep the memory of the events of Sept. 11, 2001 alive, students from Jamaica Estates visited the memorial museum at the site of the twin towers. The Aquinas Honor Society from Immaculate Conception School was the first group to ever schedule a classroom workshop at the 9/11 Memorial Museum, for which they […]
Queens Students Among First at 9/11 Museum
Taking care to keep the memory of the events of Sept. 11, 2001 alive, students from Jamaica Estates visited the memorial museum at the site of the twin towers. The Aquinas Honor Society from Immaculate Conception School was the first group to ever schedule a classroom workshop at the 9/11 Memorial Museum, for which they received an official certificate from the museum.
Neighborhood Tradition
Carrol Gardens Continues Devotion to Maria Addolorata: The neighborhood, now a trendy home to many young professionals, got a blast from the past last Sunday in true Catholic Italian style.
Faith on Parade at West Indian Carnival (with slideshow)
“We come to show the world that yes, we are Caribbean and we know how to praise the Lord!”
A Summer Working At the World’s Fair
Fifty years after she landed a summer job that put her face-to-face with Michelangelo’s Pieta and the pope himself, Joan James still smiles when speaking about her time at the Vatican Pavilion in the 1964 World’s Fair.
Poetry Alive and Kicking
Standing on the same stage once occupied by Billy Holiday and Michael Jackson, a junior from St. Saviour H.S., Park Slope, poured herself out for her audience during a spoken word competition for teens in Harlem.
Children Grow in Faith At IHM Summer Camp
Bible camp at Immaculate Heart of Mary, Windsor Terrace, meant learning about extraordinary animals such as the axolotls, as well as saintly role models, such as a nun who cared for lepers, and of course Gospel stories.
Summer Grants Help Parish Food Pantries
Barely a month after the Frederick Foundation contacted Catholic Charities Brooklyn Queens wishing to donate $150,000 to parish-based food pantries, Auxiliary Bishop Paul Sanchez stood in St. Helen Church, Howard Beach, ready to give out 76 checks, each addressed to a different parish, to help feed struggling New Yorkers.