From top, Bishop Frank Caggiano celebrates with the Irish at the 2011 Irish-American Day Parade in Park Slope; he participates in a Polish liturgy and blesses the congregation with a relic of Blessed John Paul II; and celebrates the Holy Year of St. James with Spanish-speaking members of the Cursillo Movement. […]
Author: Jim Mancari
The Great Irish Fair (with slideshow)
For two days, Sept. 14 and 15, the Irish returned to Coney Island for the celebration of the 32nd annual Great Irish Fair, which benefits Catholic schools in Brooklyn and Queens. Auxiliary Bishop Paul Sanchez was the main celebrant and homilist of the opening Mass. He told the fairgoers about his Irish ancestry on his […]
Episcopal Ordination
Bishop Frank Caggiano was ordained an auxiliary bishop on Aug. 22, 2006 along with Auxiliary Bishops Octavio Cisneros and Guy Sansaricq. The ceremony took place at Our Lady of Angels Church, Bay Ridge. At right, Bishop Caggiano is shown speaking that day following the ordination rite. Below, Bishop DiMarzio pours holy oil on the head of […]
Douglaston Farewell
A diocesan farewell to Bishop Frank Caggiano was celebrated Sept. 12 in the chapel at Immaculate Conception Center, Douglaston, where Bishop Caggiano was ordained a priest. Invited guests included priests, deacons, diocesan officials and religious superiors. Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio presented Bishop Caggiano with a replica of the stained-glass window at St. James Cathedral-Basilica, Downtown Brooklyn, […]
New Bensonhurst 9/11 Memorial (with slideshow)
A member of the Knights of Columbus Fourth Degree pauses for a moment of silence at a new memorial for the victims of 9/11 at St. Athanasius Church, Bensonhurst. The shrine was dedicated in memory of parishioners John Frank Rizzo and Paul Silvio Giallombardo. Members of the Msgr. Cafiero Council of the K. of C. […]
Bishop Frank Caggiano Background
Born: Easter Sunday, March 29, 1959 Parents: Arnaldo and Gennarina Attended: SS. Simon and Jude School, Gravesend; Regis H.S., Manhattan; Yale University, New Haven, Conn.; Cathedral College, Douglaston; Immaculate Conception Seminary, Huntington, L.I. Ordained: May 16, 1987 by Bishop Francis J. Mugavero in the Chapel at Cathedral College, Douglaston Parochial Vicar: St. Agatha, Sunset Park, […]
First Rector: Msgr. Kieran Harrington Installed as Rector of St. Joseph’s Co-Cathedral (with slideshow)
A church full of scaffolding was a sure sign that changes are taking place at St. Joseph’s Church on Pacific Street in Prospect Heights. Not only has the structure been named the Co-Cathedral of the Diocese of Brooklyn, but on Sunday, Sept. 15, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio installed Msgr. Kieran Harrington as its first rector. Bishop […]
‘Lin-Sanity’ Sweeping Through TMLA
From early February to mid-March, 2012, “Lin-sanity” took the Big Apple by storm. New York Knicks’ point guard Jeremy Lin came out of virtually nowhere to excel on the biggest stage in sports – Madison Square Garden. Though Lin is now playing for the Houston Rockets, “Lin-sanity” is by far a thing of the past […]
Terriers Have New Home Field
The St. Francis College, Brooklyn Heights, men’s soccer team has a new home field: Pier 5 at Brooklyn Bridge Park. The first Terriers’ home game was held there Sept. 10. “The field has to be one of the most unique settings in all of college sports,” said Terriers’ head coach Tom Giovatto.
Xaverian Hosts Hoban Run
Xaverian H.S., Bay Ridge, hosted the 25th annual Hoban Run Sept. 15. Xaverian alumnus and police officer Christopher Hoban, ’80, sacrificed his life in the line of duty in 1988 at the age of 26. The run keeps Hoban’s memory alive and funds Xaverian’s Hoban Scholarship.