Last month, Msgr. Alfred LoPinto, president and CEO of Catholic Charities of Brooklyn and Queens, decided the organization’s mobile office would get better use in Western Kentucky where a spake of killer tornadoes had just torn across the region.
Diocesan News
Ribbon Cut on Catholic Charities’ Robert Charles Golden Community Outreach Center
Robert C. Golden, longtime benefactor of Catholic Charities of Brooklyn Queens, was given a special posthumous honor on Jan. 27 when CCBQ named its renovated service center after him.
Bishop Brennan: ‘Without the Right to Life, Every Other Right Collapses’
The following is the text from the reflection given by Bishop Robert Brennan during a Holy Hour he led at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception ahead of the March For Life.
Only In Print: Gratitude to Mary, Mother of the Unborn, Shared in ‘Book of Life’
Visitors to the Chapel of Mary, Mother of the Unborn, write their appeals for intercession and profound gratitude for answered prayers in the chapel’s “Book of Life.”
Only In Print: Basilica of Regina Pacis’ Chapel for Mary, Mother of the Unborn a Testament to Life
For anyone seeking proof of modern-day miracles, the Basilica of Regina Pacis has plenty of examples on display — thousands of them, in fact — in its Chapel of Mary, Mother of the Unborn.
St. Athanasius Academy Grad Returns to Renew Parish Ties
Ignacyo Matynia, an actor on screens large and small, changed his first name — not an unusual thing for performers — but his motive for doing so was different than most.
Diocese Starts Planning For World Youth Day 2023
World Youth Day 2023 could have a bonus for Diocese of Brooklyn pilgrims who attend the global gathering in Lisbon, Portugal: a side trip to Fatima, site of the Blessed Mother’s apparition to three peasant children in 1916.
Only In Print: Corona Church’s Repairs Are Right On Time
“Does Anybody Really Know What Time it Is?” The rock group Chicago asked that question in its famous 1969 song. You won’t find an answer if you look at the clock tower atop Our Lady of Sorrows Church.
‘Sistine Chapel of Queens’ Honors St. Dominic of Amityville Sisters
The Sisters of St. Dominic of Amityville, New York have a rich history of serving Sacred Heart Church, especially as teachers in the parish school since it opened in 1941. To honor them, the final of six murals that have been painted on the ceiling of the church was dedicated Sunday, Jan. 23.
Bishop Robert Brennan Offers Prayers for NYPD Officer Killed in the Line of Duty
Bishop Robert Brennan of Brooklyn offered his prayers Saturday morning after one New York City police officer was killed, and another critically wounded, when a gunman opened fire on them inside a Harlem apartment the night before.