Having the example of two saintly popes who brought change to the Church, Catholic Poles of Borough Park took to the streets to celebrate the canonizations of Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II.
Author: Antonina Zielinska
Celebrating a World Youth Day in Brooklyn
The youth group from Holy Family-St. Thomas Aquinas parish, Park Slope, joined their counterparts at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Kensington, for Brooklyn’s very own World Youth Day 2014.
Polish Tradition
To commemorate Palm Sunday, the feast day on which Jesus rode in on a donkey into Jerusalem, the Polish community of Borough Park welcomed their Savior as their forefathers have done for centuries before them, with colorful handcrafted palms.
Maspeth Has a Saintly Way
Having stood tall atop the Maspeth hills for over a century, Holy Cross can now be identified as the church in Maspeth on Pope John Paul II Way.
Parishioners Knew Pastor Was Listening
The parish community of St. Matthias, Ridgewood, has mixed emotions when it comes to their former pastor and former neighborhood boy, Msgr. Edward Scharfenberger, becoming the next bishop of Albany, N.Y.
Pax Christi Teen Peacebuilders
New to this year’s Diocesan Youth Day was the Young Peacebuilder Awards presented by Pax Christi. The main honor went to Shayla Machado, a senior at St. Joseph H.S., Downtown Brooklyn. Rosemarie Pace, director of the regional chapter of Pax Christi attended Diocesan Youth Day at Immaculate Conception Center, Douglaston, to personally present Machado with […]
Youth Day At Pastoral Center Draws Overflow Crowd
This year’s Diocesan Youth Day brought twice as many teens as last year from Brooklyn and Queens to the Immaculate Conception Center, Douglaston. More than 600 people worshipped God together and learned more about their faith. Auxiliary Bishop Paul Sanchez joined them to help them prepare for the day. Jamique Davis, 19, from Most Precious […]
Catholics Visit Albany
Catholics from throughout the State of New York, including diocesan locals, travelled to Albany March 19 to speak with and pray for their state representatives.
Brooklyn Parish Hosts Concert for Ukraine
As protestors continue to stand their ground in Maidan Square, Ukraine, Our Lady of Refuge parish, Flatbush, will host a benefit concert in solidarity with those fighting for independence and government accountability. Andriy Zinchuk decided to organize the event as a way to bring diversity to the New York efforts in support of his home […]
Brooklyn Ukrainians Put Their Hope in God
As Russian troops continue their military invasion of Crimea, a strategic peninsula in Ukraine, local Ukrainian Catholics fear Russian aggression will once again bring havoc to their homeland and the rest of the world. “(Vladimir) Putin looks like a huge devil for the whole world. If nobody is going to stop him, he will […]