As the faith formation director at Christ the King Church, Robbin Johnson always has fresh ideas on how to engage her students, such as the carnival she organized last month to welcome students back from summer vacation.
Diocesan News
Cardinal Dolan, Bishop Brennan Call for Prayer Amid War, Antisemitism, Widespread Suffering
As the Jewish community celebrates Rosh Hashanah amid the Israel-Hamas war and rising antisemitism around the world, two New York prelates have released a message of support.
Mass Offers a Renewed Testament to Faith, Love
Josephine and Cristobal Rodriguez’s devotion to praying the rosary together every morning at the kitchen table is such that if their daughter Yolanda happens to call, they have the same reaction every time.
Lt. Chappetto Honored With Park Rededicated 80 Years After Death
Peter Chappetto, an Army infantry officer who died in World War II, has no grave near his boyhood home in Astoria, Queens, nor at any other military cemetery overseas. The second lieutenant was buried at sea. His family, including a nephew, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus Raymond Chappetto, honor his memory for a park named for him — Chappetto Square.
Queens Residents Unite to Stop Sex Trafficking
Despite an afternoon downpour drenching the 90th Street Triangle on Sunday, Sept. 29, people showed up to a protest against sex trafficking along a three-mile stretch of Roosevelt Avenue. Organizers would soon announce that the “Roosevelt Avenue in Crisis: Demand Change Now!” rally would be rescheduled for 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 6 — again at the 90th Street Triangle.
Concern Mounts Over Disappearance of Imprisoned Christians in Vietnam
Religious freedom advocates are desperately seeking information on the whereabouts of 11 imprisoned Christians in Vietnam. Voice of the Martyrs-Canada recently said the men — six Protestants and five Catholics — were sentenced between 2011 and 2016 for “undermining national unity policy.” A spokesman said they should be home by now.
Bishop Sheen’s Iconic TV Shows Come to NET-TV
Before Rev. Billy Graham, there was Bishop Fulton Sheen. In the early 1950s, when comedy legends Milton Berle and Jackie Gleason ruled the airwaves of the nascent television industry, Bishop Sheen became a superstar, hosting a show that drew 30 million viewers a week and made him the first televangelist.
Prayer-Inspired Scarf a Collaboration of Art, Friendship, and Faith
When Erin K. McAtee lifts her brush to the canvas to paint, she considers it an act of prayer.
CCBQ Honors Community Leaders at Bishop’s Humanitarian Dinner
As executive director of The Bridge to Life, Francesca Yellico spends her days helping mothers who choose life for their babies over abortion. Operating out of Bridge’s College Point headquarters, she gathers baby clothes, formula, diapers, and other things a new mother would need for her baby.
Vocation Directors Honored for Mentoring Men to Priesthood
The words of Cathedral Preparatory School and Seminary Rector and President Father James Kuroly captured the theme of the high school’s third annual Rector-President’s Dinner on Sept. 19 in Williamsburg, honoring eight past and present vocation directors for the Diocese of Brooklyn.