Four days after a deadly earthquake struck central Italy, prayers for the victims and their families were offered inside Brooklyn’s oldest Italian church.
Author: Marie Elena Giossi
Feast of St. Rocco at N. Floral Park Parish
Temperatures in the mid-90s last Sunday didn’t deter devotees of St. Rocco from participating in the seventh annual feast in his honor at Our Lady of the Snows Church in North Floral Park.
New Auxiliary Bishop Expected To Be ‘One with the People’
When Pope Francis named Bishop Tiedemann as an auxiliary bishop of Brooklyn in late April, Tiedemanns on both coasts rejoiced, as did friends and former parishioners.
WYD Delegates Celebrate Universality of the Church
More than 600 young people from Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens are attending World Youth Day in Krakow, Poland, this week. Here are the stories of Cindy Giron and Chrisel Gladson.
WYD Pilgrims from Diocese Are Ready to Be Challenged
More than 600 young people from Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens are attending World Youth Day in Krakow, Poland, this week. Here are the stories of Nadege Michel, Pearl Larnage and Peter Damour.
Relic of St. Maximilian On View in the Diocese
The major relics of a Polish-born Franciscan friar, who voluntarily gave his life for a stranger in a Nazi concentration camp, are on pilgrimage in the Brooklyn Diocese through July 24.
Elmhurst Haitians Continue Tradition of Home
Haitians in Elmhurst celebrated their patroness and queen under the title of Notre Dame du Perpetuel Secours (Our Lady of Perpetual Help) last Saturday, June 25. Auxiliary Bishop Guy Sansaricq offered a special Mass in the chapel of St. Bartholomew parish.
Leaving St. Leo’s with A Peace-filled Legacy
After three-and-a-half decades as a Catholic school educator in Queens, including 19 “life-changing” years as principal of St. Leo’s in Corona, Maureen Blaine is retiring – at least, officially.
Ladies of Sacred Heart Journey to Holy Door
More than 500 women from the Cofradías Del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús streamed through the Holy Doors of St. James Cathedral Basilica, Downtown Brooklyn, on their way to celebrate the feast of Jesus’ Most Sacred Heart on Friday, June 3.
Auf Wiedersehen to Only German Mass
German-speaking Catholics gathered May 29 to close a chapter in diocesan history as the last regularly scheduled German Mass in the Brooklyn Diocese was held at St. Matthias Church, Ridgewood.