As the school year begins in the Diocese of Brooklyn, children as young as age three will learn about health and wellness, thanks to a $73,000 grant from the Fidelis Care Catholic Schools Grant Fund. “Through the generosity of Fidelis Care, the staff of the Office of the Superintendent-Catholic School Support Services will be able […]
Author: Jim Mancari
New Academy in Bay Ridge
When the students of St. Patrick Catholic Academy, Bay Ridge, began their school year, it was the start of a new academic and spiritual journey. Unlike the previous 150 opening days in St. Patrick’s history, it marked its debut as an independent Catholic academy run by a board of directors. Principal Andrea D’Emic and staff […]
Mass with Teachers Opens School Year
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio joined with educators from throughout the Diocese of Brooklyn to celebrate the opening of the 2013-2014 school year at the Immaculate Conception Pastoral Center, Douglaston, Sept. 3, the feast day of St. Gregory the Great. He encouraged teachers to become great teachers and “be able to communicate to your children the love […]
Transitional Deacons Receive Assignments
Newly ordained transitional deacon, the Rev. Mr. Gregory McIlhenney and his mother were interviewed for NET-TV’s Currents news program following the ordination of deacons at St. James Cathedral-Basilica, Downtown Brooklyn, on Aug. 31. Deacon McIlhenney has been assigned to weekend parish work at St. Sebastian’s, Woodside. The appointments of the other new deacons can be […]
Vatican Nuncio to UN: Peace Is the Only Path to Survival
Military strikes on Syria are unjustified and will create a far larger humanitarian disaster for people already suffering from hunger, displacement and critical lack of medical care, said the Vatican nuncio to the U.N. Archbishop Francis A. Chullikatt urged, instead, that world leaders work toward a “cessation of violence, not an escalation of violence” in […]
Never to be Forgotten
The twin towers of New York’s World Trade Center following the Sept. 11, 2001 attack is depicted in a stained-glass window at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in the New Dorp Beach section of Staten Island. This past week marked the 12th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that claimed the lives of nearly 3,000 people […]
9/11 Home Run from the Other Side
No one will soon forget how our nation was devastated in the immediate aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. It’s amazing to think that 12 years have passed since that day, but to so many people, it still feels like yesterday. We’ll never forget how the nation united in the days and weeks […]
Brooklyn Cyclones Celebrate 100th Anniversary of Ebbets Field
Right before the end of the season on Aug. 29, the Brooklyn Cyclones commemorated the 100th anniversary of the legendary Ebbets Field, which served as the central hub of Brooklyn baseball on Sullivan Place in Flatbush. At MCU Park in Coney Island, Ray Ebbets, the closest living relative to former Brooklyn Dodgers’ owner Charles Ebbets, […]
St. John’s to Host Dribble for the Cure
St. John’s University, Jamaica, and the Red Storm men’s and women’s basketball teams will join with the Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation Sept. 28 for the third annual Dribble for the Cure. The mission is to harness the energy of the college basketball teams in an effort to galvanize youth and the community in the fight […]
Buccanneers Debut for Kevin Ogletree
Holy Cross H.S., Flushing, graduate and former wide receiver Kevin Ogletree made his debut with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Sunday, Sept. 8 at MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, N.J., against the New York Jets. The 26-year-old, five-year NFL veteran was targeted twice but did not record a catch in his team’s 18-17 loss in Week 1. […]