The NYPD is looking for three teenagers after they destroyed a statue of an angel outside a church on March 23.
Diocesan News
PHOTOS: The 28th Annual Bay Ridge St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Bay Ridge hosted its 28th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Sunday, March 26. The luck of the Irish was certainly on display as a long line of distinguished Irish and honorary Irish community leaders, representatives, schools and businesses marched along the boulevard.
Bishop Returns Home to Lindenhurst As Grand Marshal of St. Pat’s Day Parade
With a smile on his face and a shillelagh in hand, Bishop Robert Brennan returned to his hometown, Lindenhurst on Long Island, on March 25 to march as grand marshal in the community’s Second Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade. The event was rain-soaked, but Lindenhurst’s citizenry lined the streets for the celebration.
From the Ashes: St. Pius X Parishioners Marvel at Rebuilt Church After Fire
Four years after a fire tore through their sanctuary, forcing them to attend Mass elsewhere while repairs were taking place, hundreds of parishioners gathered at St. Pius X Church on Sunday, March 26, to mark the rededication of their newly rebuilt church.
Director’s Oratorio Based on Passion of Christ Through the Eyes of Immigrants
Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph Music Director Alejandro Zuleta is preparing for the premiere of his highly anticipated “El Oratorio Panhispánico,” an inspired new take on the Passion of Christ through the lens of Hispanic immigrants.
Diocesan Youth ‘Lock-In’ on Faith And Friends at Overnight Retreat
There’s a climactic scene in “The Lion King” where a conflicted and lost Simba looks into a pool of water, and his reflection becomes the face of his father, Mufasa. Mufasa then tells Simba to remember who he is, that is, the true king of the Pride Lands.
Local Sisters Stay Engaged Socially, Spiritually During Their Retirements
“When God closes one door, he opens another,” said Father Richard Ahlemeyer during the homily at a recent Friday Mass for the retired sisters of the Stella Maris Convent.
Sharp Decline in Number of Nuns Causes Concern in the Church
If you are of a certain age and went to Catholic school, chances are you were taught by nuns. But nowadays, wimple-adorned sisters are a rare sight, and if current trends continue, they might become a thing of the past.
Paid Family Leave Bill for Parents of Stillborn Babies Clears First Hurdle
Parents who suffer the heartbreaking loss of the stillborn birth of their babies would be allowed to take time off from work the same as other parents do if a bill making its way through the New York State Legislature is adopted.
Only in Print: Queens Native’s ‘Fun, Inspiring’ Novel Gives Voice to St. Joseph
Joseph, a craftsman in Nazareth, thought he knew the right thing to do — quietly divorce his pregnant betrothed, Mary — but “an angel of the Lord” appeared to him in a dream, telling him to reverse course.