The Holy Family Parish community can begin to heal, now that their statue of the Child Jesus, left decapitated in a hate crime last month, has been repaired. Remnants of the damage to the statue, which sits just feet away from the church’s doors, can now barely be seen.
Mary Giudice had never heard of St. Sharbel until her cousin, Deacon Michael Chirichella, introduced her to the obscure 19th-century Lebanese priest. The introduction came at a time when Mary could really use help from a saint.
Wisps of fragrant incense have slowly twisted toward heaven since the early days of Christianity.
The Games of the XXXIII Olympiad have opened in Paris. The first competitions will take place on July 24, and the unique opening ceremony down the Seine River will take place on July 26. For the next few weeks, the world will be captivated by the best athletes at the top of their game.
It was the trip of a lifetime for a group of young Catholics from the Diocese of Brooklyn, who came away with enriching, unforgettable memories.
July 28 will mark the 110th anniversary of the start of World War I, and the heroism of a priest from the Diocese of Brooklyn is etched into history.
Four years after the pandemic, COVID is still adversely affecting children’s mental health, according to experts at a newly dedicated walk-in counseling center that Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens (CCBQ) runs in Woodhaven, Queens.
A man has been charged with criminal mischief as a hate crime for the vandalism of a statue outside Holy Family Catholic Church in Fresh Meadows on June 30, the Queens District Attorney’s Office announced on July 12.
At 93 years of age, Marilyn McArdle admits that she has slowed down some and often needs her cane to help her steady herself. But while she gets around slower than she did when he was younger, there is one place she rushes to get to — the biweekly meetings of a support group at St. Helen’s Church in Howard Beach for people with physical challenges.
Thomas Fascianella, who is in charge of scheduling the altar servers at the Shrine Church of St. Bernadette in Dyker Heights, used to scramble to fill the spots to ensure that there was a server to cover each Mass. His task was challenging because the church had only five altar servers.
