Dr. Vincent Rizzuto, 85, a retired internist from Forest Hills, was suffering from Parkinson’s disease and depression but says he was cured of both through the intercession of St. Charles of Mount Argus (1821-1893), a Passionist priest who was canonized by Pope Benedict XVI in 2007.
The Chrism Mass, one of the most solemn services of the liturgical calendar, is tonight at 7:30 p.m. It is expected to bring more than 650 Catholic clergy, laity, and other faithful tonight to the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph.
A guide to Holy Week and Easter Sunday services throughout Brooklyn and Queens.
For Jessica Figueroa, there was only one way to get into the spirit of Holy Week: being among the scores of Catholics from the Diocese of Brooklyn’s large and vibrant Hispanic community who celebrated Palm Sunday in a procession led by Bishop Robert Brennan.
The weather was chilly, still, dozens of people swarmed small card tables piled high with sandwiches, fresh produce, canned goods, toiletries, and clothing offered by St. Fidelis Street Outreach near the intersection of 14th Avenue and College Point Boulevard.
In the late 1930s, longshoreman and union activist Pete Panto stood up to organized crime thugs, who kidnapped and murdered him. His grave has no headstone, but now efforts are underway to correct that.
Many Catholics wonder what to do with old palms after the memories of Palm Sunday fade into the distant past.
Blessed Carlo Acutis is helping students in the Diocese of Brooklyn grow closer to their faith. Scores of students came to Holy Family Church in Fresh Meadows on Wednesday, April 6 to take part in a prayer rally where they were given the opportunity to venerate a relic of Acutis.
Steel from USS Arizona to be pressed into ‘Freedom Medals’ in Woodside, Queens. Msgr. Thomas Machalski, pastor of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Bayside, Queens, recently participated in a multi-faith blessing ceremony of these metal pieces of history.
The Tablet’s College Fair — the newspaper’s first in-person academic event since the start of the pandemic — drew a large crowd of enthusiastic students at St. Edmund Preparatory High School on Tuesday, April 5.
