The Diocese of Brooklyn is announcing a significant step in its ongoing response to the sexual abuse of minors by members of the clergy: the Independent Reconciliation and Compensation Program (IRCP).
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Corpus Christi Sunday: Faith on Parade
Links to all Corpus Christi celebrations:
Crown Heights Observance
St. Francis of Assisi-St. Blaise parish, Crown Heights, celebrated Corpus Christi processing down Nostrand Ave.
Corpus Christi in Greenpoint
The Polish community at St. Stanislaus Kostka displayed its faith and culture for the whole neighborhood to see during its annual Corpus Christi procession.
Procession In Midwood
The celebration of Corpus Christi at St. Brendan’s Church, Midwood, centered around the parish complex. Following Mass, a procession moved outdoors to the courtyard where a special altar was set for adoration.
Flatlands Procession
Father Dwayne Davis, the newly appointed administrator of St. Thomas Aquinas parish, Flatlands, bore the monstrance as the Corpus Christi procession made its way through the streets of the neighborhood.
Ozone Park Observance
In Ozone Park, Corpus Christi began with Mass celebrated by Father Ryszard Koper, parochial vicar, at St. Stanislaus Church
Woodside Procession Attracts Large Crowd
St. Sebastian’s parish, Woodside, held its 10th annual Corpus Christi Procession June 18 through the streets of the neighborhood.
Gerritsen Beach To Marine Park
Father William With, pastor, and Father Michael Gribbon, parochial vicar, celebrated Mass for the Feast of Corpus Christi at Resurrection Church, Gerritsen
Relics of St. Anthony Venerated in Woodside
With prayers on their lips and faith and hope in their hearts, parishioners of St. Sebastian’s parish, Woodside, came to their church by the hundreds on June 14 to venerate two relics of St. Anthony of Padua.