With a soundtrack of bagpipes and drums, marchers with banners and flags marched down 5th Avenue Thursday in the return of the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade, a long-awaited rebound after a two-year pandemic-induced absence.
Diocesan News
Diocese’s Ecumenical Representatives Confront Antisemitism During Lent
Nearly 2,000 years since the crucifixion of Jesus, concerns persist that some malicious people who hear the story of the Passion of the Christ during Lent might justify antisemitism, in thought or deeds.
Doing God’s Work Can Be Tricky Business
Along with spiritual responsibilities, pastors also deal with business-related tasks like building renovations, personnel management, and parish finances. But many of them struggle with completing those tasks while trying to focus on presenting the Gospel.
Workshops, Life Experiences, Help Prepare Seminarians for Realities of Parish Management
Seminaries are challenged to squeeze management training in with theological course work, which is the priority. To that end, workshops are held at St. Joseph’s Seminary and College to teach topics like stewardship, building maintenance, fundraising, and staff management, to name a few.
Love Of Reading Abounds In Diocese of Brooklyn Classrooms
Students throughout the Diocese of Brooklyn opened their classrooms to authors and special guests during the 4th Annual Great Diocesan Read Aloud. Bishop Robert Brennan and Christine Persichette, anchor for Currents News, and the authors read to students via videoconferencing.
Brooklyn ‘State of Mind’ Infuses Writer’s Urban Fiction
Images of backyard shrines to the Blessed Virgin adorn the pages of many Catholic novelists. They are a place-setting device authors use to plant familiar images in the mind of the reader.
Brooklyn Store Owner Supports Ukraine With Name Change
Residents and business owners in Brighton Beach — a community where Russians and Ukrainians have been living peacefully side by side for decades — are displaying their support for Ukraine in a variety of ways since the Russian invasion began February 24.
How Improv Theater Brings Cops, Civilians Together In An Era of Racial Division
The key to better relations between the police and the public might be found at a small theater located in a former Sunday school in Fort Greene, thanks to Irondale Ensemble Project, a theater groupp.
For Ukrainians in New York, TPS Rule Change Offers Hope
Kateryna Koval of Brighton Beach was relieved when she heard that the Biden Administration has extended the Temporary Protection Status (TPS) program to include Ukrainians living here in the U.S. who do not want to go back with the Russian invasion going on. “Good thing. It gives peace of mind,” she said.
Retiring Schools Chief Chadzutko Reflects On a Life in Catholic Education
Dr. Thomas Chadzutko, Ph.D., the school superintendent who has guided the education of generations of students in the Diocese of Brooklyn, is closing the notebook on his career. He announced his retirement in a letter on March 4.