The Black History Month Mass of Thanksgiving at St. Martin De Porres parish was joyous, featuring Gospel music and an impassioned homily that elicited shouts of “Amen!” from the congregation. But throughout the event, there was an undercurrent of uneasiness about the current state of race relations in the U.S.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams wanted to visit a campus in the Diocese of Brooklyn during Catholic Schools Week 2022. That honor went to St. Brigid-St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Academy in Bushwick.
The readers of The Tablet stepped up in a big way this past holiday season, helping make this the brightest Christmas ever for children and families throughout the Diocese of Brooklyn and beyond.
Brooklyn and Queens are hoping to “get their Irish up” this year, with local St. Patrick’s Day parade committees crossing their fingers they’ll be able to step off in marches once again.
A moment that stands out to Father Joseph Gibino from the Diocese of Brooklyn Synod on Synodality listening sessions came Jan. 6, when Msgr. David Cassato reminded priests of the need to embed themselves — become “street priests” — in their parish communities.
Meeya Yan, a Fontbonne Hall senior and swim team captain is preparing for the next chapter in her journey — joining the Iona College swim team when she matriculates there in the fall.
“It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness” as the old saying goes. Andrea McGrath believes in lighting a lot of candles. Not only that, she makes them.
Bishop Robert Brennan got a crash course in robotics during his first stop on a tour of Diocese of Brooklyn schools during Catholic Schools Week 2022. The instructors were members of the robotics team — the famed “Sharp Blades” —at St. Bartholomew Catholic Academy in Elmhurst, Queens.
Father John O’Connor, pastor of St. Gregory the Great Church in Bellerose and director of the Liturgy Office for the Diocese of Brooklyn, has been removed from ministry by Bishop Robert Brennan after the Diocesan Review Board (DRB) found evidence of sexual misconduct, officials announced Monday.
Thousands filled Salvador del Mundo Plaza in San Salvador for the beatification ceremony of Father Rutilio Grande. Among them was retired Auxiliary Bishop Octavio Cisneros of the Diocese of Brooklyn, who described the event as “moving.”
