As the Big East takes over New York City from March 11-14, locals and visitors alike can find banners for each institution hung at the Church of St. Francis of Assisi, located just a block away from Madison Square Garden.
As the Big East takes over New York City from March 11-14, locals and visitors alike can find banners for each institution hung at the Church of St. Francis of Assisi, located just a block away from Madison Square Garden.
For a book written 2,000 years ago, the Bible remains a hot seller with no signs of slowing. According to Circana BookScan, a firm that monitors book sales, Bible sales have skyrocketed in recent years. In 2025, 19 million copies were sold in the U.S. — double the amount sold in 2019.
The Diocese of Brooklyn’s 2026 Lenten Pilgrimage reached its halfway point on March 12, and participants said their faith has grown with each step.
More than 70 years after graduating from Immaculate Conception Catholic School, Joseph McCann returned to help re-dedicate the school library named for his mother.
Bill Miller, a lector at St. Patrick’s in Bay Ridge, moves much more slowly than he did nearly 60 years ago while flying attack helicopters in the Vietnam War. But you won’t find this recent widower planted on a sofa. He seeks a new mission serving God’s people.
On March 9, students at St. John’s University participated in a fundraiser for the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, an organization that raises money for pediatric cancer research. The students agreed to have their heads shaved to show solidarity with children battling cancer.
In line with the traditional Lenten practice of almsgiving, parishioners at Sacred Hearts and St. Stephen’s Church are raising money to build a children’s cancer hospital in Accra, the capital of Ghana.
The NYPD Brooklyn and Queens Holy Name Society’s 104th Communion Breakfast took on an ecumenical air as the society honored Rabbi Alvin Kass, the late chief chaplain of the NYPD.
Coleen and Chris Bucca, who have been married for 39 years, say they believe that putting God at the center of their marriage has strengthened their relationship. That’s advice they shared with other couples at Our Lady of Grace in Howard Beach during a Couples Mass on March 4.
Comedy queen One Funny Lisa Marie, whose real name is Lisa Marie Riley, grew up in Gravesend and is a graduate of Our Lady of Grace — Class of 1996. She said she is looking forward to returning there to perform on March 13.