International News Brooklyn Priests in Rome July 12, 2017 Three Brooklyn priests were invited and participated in a two-week conference for seminary formators held by the Congregation for Clergy in Rome. It was to review and discuss the new Ratio Fundamentalis on Priestly Formation entitled “The Gift of the Priestly Vocation.” From left are, Father Michael Bruno, faculty member at St. Joseph’s Seminary, Dunwoodie; Father John Costello, vice rector of Cathedral Seminary Residence, Douglaston, and director of Brooklyn seminarians; and Msgr. Peter Vaccari, rector of St. Joseph’s Seminary.