With nearly 50,000 runners registered for the 43rd ING N.Y.C. Marathon, Nov. 4, the Diocese of Brooklyn will be well-represented. Sharing a Brotherly Bond John Conway, 22, will be running his first N.Y.C Marathon. However, just two years ago, this wasn’t even a remote possibility. The Holy Family Elementary School graduate and altar server […]
Author: Jim Mancari
Nets Embark on a Brooklyn Journey (with audio)
Tuesday, Sept. 24, 1957 is a day that will live in infamy in the borough of Brooklyn. At 9:08 p.m. that evening, Brooklyn Dodgers’ pitcher Danny McDevitt looked in for his sign from catcher Joe Pignatano on a 1-1 pitch with two outs in the top of the ninth inning at Ebbets Field. The lefty […]
St. Clement Runners Take a ‘Long Stride’
Every two years, the St. Clement Pope, Jamaica, CYO track team hosts a one-mile race at the parish to raise funds for the program. Called “Long Stride,” the race began in 2000 and has aided the development of the St. Clement Pope track team, which was re-established in 1986 and has won five straight boys’ […]
St. John’s Soccer Star Had a Safari of Service (with audio slideshow)
When most Americans visit Africa, they go to experience the vast wildlife by enjoying an African safari. But for St. John’s University, Jamaica, soccer alumna Raelynne Lee, it was a safari of service that led her to the vast continent across the Atlantic. As part of the St. John’s campus ministry, the former Red Storm […]
Four Inducted into Lancer Hall of Fame (with video)
The St. Augustine D.H.S Alumni Association celebrated its 11th annual reunion dinner and Lancer Hall of Fame induction Sept. 29 at Bishop Loughlin M.H.S., Fort Greene. Members of the Class of 1967, 1957, 1952, 1947, 1942, the 1940s and the 1930s were recognized, and there was a special ceremony to honor the 50th anniversary […]
Religious Freedom: Conference Speakers See Threats, Say Now Is the Time to Act (with audio)
Religious liberty is facing such grave threats in the United States that Catholics must take immediate and courageous action to defend fundamental values in the public forum and in the privacy of the voting booth, according to speakers at a Sept. 20 forum. Almost 500 people assembled at St. John’s University, Jamaica, heard impassioned calls […]
Bishop’s Dinner for Scouting (with slideshow)
The 2012 Bishop’s Dinner for Scouting, Sept. 20, paid tribute to an auxiliary bishop, a police detective, a police inspector, a politician and local Scout leaders. Held at El Caribe, the dinner is an annual event sponsored by the Catholic Committee on Scouting in the Diocese of Brooklyn. The Bishop’s Good Scout Award recipients were: […]
A Story of Faith and Football at St. Francis (with video)
Joey Troina, a senior at St. Francis Prep, Fresh Meadows, is a committed young man. He’s a captain of the school’s football team and a member of the Prep’s student government. But his devout Catholic faith and his willingness to profess that faith openly set Troina, 17, apart from his peers. On Sept. 18, Troina […]
Rochester Bishop Retires
Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation of Bishop Matthew H. Clark, 75, of Rochester, and named Bishop Robert J. Cunningham, 69, of Syracuse, as apostolic administrator of the Rochester Diocese until a successor to Bishop Clark is named and installed. Bishop Clark celebrated 33 years as Rochester’s bishop and the 50th anniversary of his priestly […]
New Tune in Bayside
Auxiliary Bishop Raymond Chappetto blessed the new pipe organ (Peragallo Organ Co.) at Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Church, Bayside, on Sunday, Sept. 23. The bishop is seated, above, with Father Robert Whelan, pastor. Above, Michael Martinka, OLBS director of Music Ministry, and John Peragallo III, from the Peragallo Pipe Organ Company, are seen […]