A year after Hurricane Sandy hit Breezy Point, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio visited Blessed Trinity parish to install a new pastor and to continue to show support for the Rockaway Peninsula. “Here in Breezy, you have been people of perseverance,” he told the congregation gathered at St. Thomas More Church. “I think you know exactly […]
Author: Antonina Zielinska
Cemetery Field Masses Observe All Souls’ Day
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio celebrated Mass Nov. 2 on the feast of All Souls at St. John’s Cemetery, Middle Village. The Mass was one of six field Masses sponsored by Catholic Cemeteries in the Diocese of Brooklyn
Tablet Forum – 50th Anniversary of Death of C.S. Lewis
by Antonina Zielinska Fifty years ago on Nov. 22, the same day as President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, C.S. Lewis collapsed in his Oxford home and died. Back then, the nation was in too much of a shock to pay much attention to his death, said Ed Wilkinson, editor of The Tablet. Nonetheless, he […]
St. Athanasius: A Place Of Welcome for 100 Yrs. (with slideshow)
One hundred years after a little wooden church was dedicated to the great Church Doctor, St. Athanasius, in what is now Bensonhurst, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio joined the still thriving parish community in celebration and thanksgiving, Oct. 27.
Murder Victims – Remembrance Service Helps Ease the Pain of Those Affected by Loss
by Antonina Zielinska ough Doreen Lesane had to do some major reconstruction to her busy schedule in order to come down from the Bronx to Brooklyn last Sunday afternoon, she said she simply had to attend the remembrance service for murder victims held at the Convent of Mercy in Fort Greene. “I came here to […]
Italian Apostolate Mourns Shipwreck
by Antonina Zielinska In the wake of the tragic deaths of over a 100 immigrants off the coast of Italy, the faithful of Italian descent gathered for the 32nd annual Italian Apostolate Day in honor of Our Lady of Pompei. After reciting the Rosary in Italian, the congregation in the Basilica of Regina Pacis, Bensonhurst, […]
St. Aloysius Alumni Recover A Piece of Parish History
by Antonina Zielinska Although they graduated St. Aloysius School, Ridgewood, nearly half a century ago, alumni said they have not forgotten about the school that helped shape them. Graduates of St. Aloysius have kept in touch through Facebook by creating an alumni page to share stories and old photos. At first, this served to simply […]
Flushing Parish Dedicates Shrine to Filipino Saint
by Antonina Zielinska The first Filipino saint, St. Lorenzo Ruiz, now holds a prominent place in Mary’s Nativity Church, Flushing. Auxiliary Bishop Raymond Chappetto blessed the new statue of St. Lorenzo, which stands in a shrine surrounded by candles at the front of the church. “St. Lorenzo reminds us of the vocation we all have, […]
Bishop Has a Personal Touch to His Ministry
by Antonina Zielinska Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio and the employees of the Diocese of Brooklyn came together in eucharistic prayer to formally thank and say goodbye to Bishop Frank Caggiano as he prepares to begin his ministry as the Bishop of Bridgeport, Conn. “It’s not a goodbye, but it’s a farewell till we meet again,” Bishop […]
Immigration Reform: Bishop DiMarzio Prays with Latin American Community in Corona
by Antonina Zielinska As the U.S. Congress debates immigration reform, Catholic Bishops throughout the U.S. prayed with immigrant communities on Sunday, Sept. 8, in a unified effort to promote change in the country’s legal system. In an answer to the call of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio celebrated a standing-room-only Spanish […]