My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, This is the homily that will be preached by Bishop DiMarzio at the Mass of Remembrance for the victims of the 9/11 attacks to be celebrated at St. James Cathedral-Basilica, Brooklyn, on Sunday, Sept. 11, at 10:30 a.m. It was widely reported that as the Twin Towers […]
Put Out into the Deep
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, the seventh Bishop of Brooklyn, has led the Diocese since 2003. He is a forceful voice on behalf of migrants and immigrants, whose causes he has worked for through most of his priestly ministry. Complete Bio
Welcome Back to School
My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, We begin another school year and welcome back our students in Catholic and public schools for another year of learning. Learning is a difficult process and we must sometimes convince our young people that it is worth the effort. The educational enterprise is certainly at the heart […]
Awesome Experience of World Youth Day
My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, Having been to every World Youth Day (WYD) since 2000, the experience of WYD 2011 was an extraordinary confirmation of my faith in the Catholic youth of the world, especially the youth of Brooklyn and Queens. The expression that they have made as a group is very […]
Training Leaders for the Church
My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, Approximately 25 priests of our diocese completed a program called Good Leaders, Good Shepherds. This program is sponsored by the Catholic Leadership Institute, a 20-year-old association of the faithful specializing in offering leadership training for Catholic priests. Last month I attended a leadership seminar for bishops run […]
The Feast of the Assumption
My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, Recently I read an article on icons. It is interesting to understand these images that come from the Eastern tradition and which contain in themselves its whole theology. For example, the clothing of Jesus and Mary are represented with the same colors, red and blue, but they […]
A Tranquil Invitation
My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, Last January, when I visited the Holy Land and stayed at the Neocatecumenal Center on the shores of the Lake of Galilee, I had the unique occasion to witness a sudden storm which came seemingly out of nowhere and produced large waves on a normally tranquil lake. […]
The Death of an Innocent Child
My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, The tragic death of Leiby Kletzky has been a traumatic experience, not only for his parents and the Jewish community of Brooklyn, but for all who reside in this diocese. The death of an innocent child is something we find hard to accept. We must believe, and […]
Haitian Slave Is a Saint of the Future
My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, A celebration of the life of the Servant of God, Pierre Toussaint, at Our Lady of Refuge parish conducted by Father Rony Mendes prompted me to write about the life of this holy man. He was a Haitian slave who came to New York in the 18th […]
The Sorry Politics of Albany
My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, The world was forever changed on July 14th. Bastille Day marked the opening of the French Revolution and the ushering in of an era of radical secularism. The only law that mattered in the late 18th-century France was the law of the mob and as so it […]
Religion’s Place in a Free Society
My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, The celebration on the Fourth of July has become a civil ritual during which we take stock of the hard-won freedoms upon which our country is based, won through the sacrifice of many from Revolutionary times to the present. Recently, I read the new autobiography of John […]