Seven months after Egyptians took to the streets in massive political protests, the patriarch of the Coptic Catholic Church came to the United States to reassure those of his flock who live here. Patriarch Antonios Naguib, who was named a cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI last year, met with Egyptian Catholics who are concerned about […]
Author: Antonina Zielinska
Flushing Pilgrims Ready for ‘Spiritual Party’
Twenty-four young people from Holy Family parish, Flushing, will join about 500 pilgrims from the Brooklyn diocese to celebrate their faith during World Youth Day (WYD) in Madrid next week. “Some are afraid that the youth have fallen astray, fallen asleep,” said pilgrim Claudia Goncalves. “We are not. We are alive in the faith. World […]
I-Confess Winners – Californians Win National Video Contest
Nearly 200 students from all around the country responded to the i-Confess challenge of making a one-minute YouTube video encouraging viewers to partake in the sacrament of reconciliation. They competed for the grand prize of $50,000 to be shared equally by the winner and his or her school. The contest was sponsored by the […]
WYD Pilgrims – Faith-filled Venture for Williamsburg Youth
by Antonina Zielinska After a year and a half of spiritual preparation and fundraising, 10 young people from Transfiguration parish, Williamsburg, are less than two weeks away from joining thousands of pilgrim from throughout the world to celebrate World Youth Day in Spain. “It will be an experience of a lifetime,” said Arisleidy Maran, one […]
Summer of Service Prepares Youth for WYD
by Antonina Zielinska During World Youth Day in Madrid next month four young people from Sacred Heart Church, a worship site of Mary of Nazareth parish, Fort Greene, will continue their desires to grow closer to God. The four college students: Omar Barragan, Maria Arteaga, Kelly Ortiz and Alejandro De Anda have been chosen to […]
Cathedral Program Teaches Boys How to Lead as Men
by Antonina Zielinska School may be out for summer vacation, but the Father Troike Summer Leadership Program at Cathedral Preparatory Seminary, Elmhurst, is in full swing. During the four-week program students from Cathedral Prep work alongside professional educators to provide a leadership program for boys in grades six-to-eight. “These young men are the future of […]
Brooklyn Cloister in Stitches
by Antonina Zielinska When World Youth Day pilgrims go to confession in Spain this August and kneel to kiss the stole of their confessor, they may come in contact with purple cloth hand stitched in Brooklyn. The Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matará Sisters, who reside in the contemplative monastery of St. […]
Diocese Announces New Media Venture
by Antonina Zielinska Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio used the annual Diocesan World Communications Day luncheon to announce his plans to merge diocesan communications efforts into a single entity to be named the DeSales Media Group. The new company will combine the ministries of The Tablet, NET TV, and the Catholic Television Network along with new media […]
One Bread, One Parish – Newly Merged Parish in Crown Heights Celebrates Unity on Corpus Christi
Parishioners from St. Matthew, St. Gregory the Great and Our Lady of Charity, all in Crown Heights, came together in Brower Park as a recently formed single parish under the name of St. Matthew, to celebrate the feast of Corpus Christi and to proclaim to everyone around that Jesus is “dynamite.”
St. Luke’s, Whitestone, Celebrates 100 Years (with slide show)
by Antonina Zielinska To commemorate the close of the centennial year of St. Luke’s school, Whitestone, the parish invited Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio and school alumni to participate in a Mass of thanksgiving and a dinner-dance. “Our celebration of 100 years is in gratitude to all of those who answered the challenges of the past,” said […]