For 27 years, people have filled a triangle park in this neighborhood around Memorial Day to honor its namesake, Marine Corps Maj. Eugene McCarthy, who died in Operation Desert Storm. But this year’s observance on Sunday, May 19, took on a new significance — a rededication to include a plaque for McCarthy’s older brother, Dennis.
Author: Bill Miller
Statue of St. Joan of Arc at Queens Church Stands in Memory of Heroic WWI Chaplain
Throughout World War I, Catholics in the French village of Ban-de-Laveline had no pastor, because their priest was taken hostage by the Germans. But in 1918, a U.S. Army chaplain from Brooklyn came to bury 18 of his men killed in action, and a special bond formed between the village and a new parish in Jackson Heights, Queens.
Mom With 16 Children Had Devotion to St. Gerard Majella, Patron of Motherhood, Unborn Children, and Fertility
Sienna Napoletano is 3 years old, but she already knows about St. Gerard Majella, the 18th-century Italian lay brother who became patron saint of motherhood, unborn children, and fertility.
Statue at Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph to Show It’s ‘a Place of Action and Creation’
A craftsman needs the right space to make a living, and no doubt St. Joseph had his own spot, a workshop, where he also taught his foster son, Jesus, the carpenter’s trade.
Queens Catholic Academy Parents Strongly Opposed Cannabis Shop Opening Near School
Realizing the need for a tougher crackdown on shops dealing illegal marijuana, Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams last month unveiled a unified front to thwart the proliferation of unlicensed cannabis retailers across the city and state.
Futures in Education Raises More Than $1.5 Million for Catholic School Scholarships
Futures in Education’s Annual Scholarship Fund Dinner on Tuesday, April 30, raised more than $1.5 million through benefactors moved by the story of how the program helps a widow and her family.
Physical Challenge Doesn’t Prevent Worshiper from Processing
A wave of humanity — 1,476 strong and dressed in yellow T-shirts — poured from Our Lady of Sorrows Parish in Corona on Saturday, April 20, destined for the Diocese of Brooklyn’s first-ever Eucharist Revival.
Parishioners Walked Under ‘Blessings from the Lord’ Enroute to Eucharistic Revival
Parishioners from three churches in Queens ignored a chilly drizzle on Saturday, April 20, as they walked in processions to the Diocese of Brooklyn’s Eucharistic Revival.
Faithful Find Peace Through Prayer in Eucharistic Adoration Chapels
Two years ago, Victoria Chacho was desperate — and heartbroken. The mother of four would often quarrel with her husband, Edgar, when he was drunk, and ultimately they separated. Afterward, she felt helpless, but as a lifelong Catholic, she loved the Lord, and knew that He is present in the Eucharist.
Brooklyn Priest, Home After Escape From Haiti, Prays for Its People and His Family
FLATBUSH — Father Lucon Rigaud recently traveled to his hometown in Haiti, but he did not experience any of the gang violence that roils the troubled Caribbean country’s capital, Port-au-Prince. Still, while no one shot at him, he experienced the chaos differently. Roadblocks manned by armed, gang-affiliated thugs throttle the flow of vital goods and […]