Lay Ministry Sunday will be celebrated in the diocese with a special vespers service at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Church, Forest Hills, on Sunday, Feb. 10, beginning at 4:30 p.m. Dr. Robert McCarty, executive director of the National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry, will speak about the state of lay ministry in light of […]
Author: Jim Mancari
Program Begins in Fall
An information session for the Pastoral Institute’s Lay Ministry Program, which begins classes in September, will be held at St. Margaret’s School, Middle Village, on Saturday, March 18, beginning at 7:15 p.m. For more information about the program or registration, e-mail pastoralinstitute@diobrook.org or log onto dioceseofbrooklyn.org/layleadership.
Bishop DiMarzio’s Letter on Diocesan Finances
NET and ‘Doonby’ March for Life
NET TV, in association with Riverhorse Entertainment, traveled to the March for Life in Washington, D.C., to sponsor free screenings of the Vatican-endorsed film, “Doonby.” Actors from the film, Jenn Gotzon and Joe Estevez, pictured above, attended the screenings and rally. Though the film doesn’t consider itself a pro-life movie, it offers a strong argument […]
Filipino Celebration in Woodside
St. Sebastian’s Church, Woodside, hosted its 23rd annual celebration of the Santo Nino of Cebu. It takes place on the third Sunday in January and commemorates the statue given to the Queen of the Philippines by explorer Ferdinand Magellan upon her conversion to Christianity. At left, Msgr. Michael Hardiman, pastor, was the main celebrant of […]
Path to Immigration Reform
While it is far too early to know if a substantive outcome can be expected, the Senate initiative toward immigration reform is a welcome start. The draft introduced last Monday by a bipartisan team of eight Senators outlines four foundational pillars upon which the reforms will rest. Specifically, the plan addresses four points to overhaul […]
Rockaway Parish School Building Reopens (with slideshow)
On Oct. 29, 2012, a deluge of water surged through the halls of St. Francis de Sales School, Belle Harbor. Hurricane Sandy had left a devastating imprint on the school community and forced the building to close temporarily. But on Jan. 22, there was a different kind of deluge roaming through St. Francis – a […]
Prayer Service Remembers Dr. King (with slideshow)
The diocesan Vicariate for Black Catholic Concerns conducted a prayer service Jan. 21 at St. Teresa of Avila Church, South Ozone Park, to commemorate the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Readings from Scripture as well as the writing of Dr. King, along with personal reflections, were interspersed with prayers and hymns. Participants included […]
Kearney Twins Follow In Sisters’ Footsteps (with audio)
The last name “Gallagher” appears quite often in the Bishop Kearney H.S., Bensonhurst, track record book. Over the next four years, that will likely stay the same, but the first names are certainly bound to change. Twin sisters Jackie and Tessie Gallagher, 14, are freshmen on the Kearney track team. Their two older sisters, Kerri […]
Cardinal vs. the Governor
A New York measure that would prevent state regulations on abortion is a “radical” bill in a state where the abortion rate is already “double the national average,” New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan told Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The cardinal made the comments in a letter to the governor after Cuomo delivered his annual State […]