A legally licensed dispensary selling medical marijuana is just four blocks from Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Church, but the pastor, Father Francis Passenant, isn’t worried about that close proximity. He has other concerns.
Diocesan News
Bishop Cisneros Recalls Epiphany Joy in His Native Homeland Cuba
As a little boy, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus Octavio Cisneros loved going to his grandmother’s house for Christmas, just like the popular holiday song “Over the River and Through the Woods.” But there was no “drifted snow,” because his grandmother lived on the outskirts of Havana, Cuba.
A Pastor and the Parish Paying It Forward for a Bright Christmas
Msgr. Richard Ahlemeyer, pastor at St. Camillus-St. Virgilius Parish, knows very well the value of Bright Christmas.
Deacon Uses the Power of Dance in Faith Expression
Deacon Jaime Cobham has earned several titles in his life, both in his personal life and professional career. He is a husband, a father, a member of the clergy staff at St. Athanasius Catholic Church for seven years — and the “Dancing Deacon.”
Widower Gives $50,000 Gift to Wife’s Beloved Catholic School
When Ellen Seagriff-Leiser was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, her husband, Charles Leiser, became her caretaker. The couple had always been close, but the devastating illness brought them even closer.
Diocese to Celebrate Reconciliation Monday on Dec. 18
The Diocese of Brooklyn is joining the Archdiocese of New York and the Diocese of Rockville Centre in celebrating Advent Reconciliation Monday Dec. 18.
Symbolic 1,000-Year-Old ‘Peace Light’ Begins Another North American Tour in NYC
Catholics across the New York metropolitan area were given the opportunity to light their first candle of the Advent season this past weekend, drawing from the flame of a source that dates back 1,000 years.
Farewell to a Beloved Post-9/11 Champion of the FDNY
Msgr. John Delendick, the FDNY Catholic chaplain who passed away from 9/11-related pancreatic cancer on Nov. 23, was remembered at his funeral Mass on Friday, Dec. 1 as a brother to firefighters and as a good and faithful shepherd.
Facing Bankruptcy, Diocese of Rockville Centre Plans $200 Million Offer To Abuse Survivors
In its revised bankruptcy plan filed Nov. 27, the Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York, said it planned to offer $200 million to approximately 600 survivors of abuse, saying this was its “best and final offer.”
Pining for The Old White Christmases of Europe
One Christmas, while in Ecuador, Father Alexandre Morard was depressed. There was no snow, which made him homesick for the Swiss Alps where he grew up skiing world-class slopes and hiking through vast forests.