On New Year’s Day, Bishop Robert Brennan urged Haitian Catholics to keep embracing the Scriptures’ enduring messages of peace and joy.
Diocesan News
Atonement Father Carter Dies at 91; Was Longtime Leader in Brooklyn
Father Martin Carter, a Franciscan Friar of the Atonement, died Dec. 25 at age 91.
Modern-Day New York Guardsmen Honor Civil War ‘Irish Brigade’
On Dec. 13, 1862, a brigade of Union infantrymen, many of them Irish Catholic immigrants who had settled in Brooklyn and Queens, attacked a fortified Confederate position along the high ground south of Fredericksburg, Virginia. The so-called “Irish Brigade” comprised five regiments, three from New York City: the 63rd, 69th, and 88th.
Knights Initiative Celebrates, Seeks Reconciliation With Native Americans
Some 80 years before the Pilgrims voyaged west seeking religious freedom in the “New World,” the Catholic faith was already embraced by some longtime inhabitants of North and South America — the native people.
Only In Print: Jeremiah Project Retreat Gives Teenage Boys A Taste of Seminary Life
The COVID-19 pandemic put a temporary halt to in-person retreats. Now, they’re starting up again.
No Lockdown of Churches, Bishop Brennan Says
As fears about the Omicron coronavirus variant continue to rise in New York City, Bishop Robert Brennan is seeking to alleviate Catholics’ worries that churches in the Diocese of Brooklyn might be locked down.
Bright Christmas: Students Helping Out Kids At Our Lady of the Snows
For Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Academy Principal Joseph Venticinque, Christmas is all about kids helping kids. That’s why every year he encourages students to raise money to help those who are lacking presents at Christmas time. And there’s even more encouragement: The Tablet’s Bright Christmas fund helps supplement the money the students raise on their own.
New Group Offers Advice, Support for Priests With Role in Catholic Schools
Catholic priests have a “critically important” role in Catholic schools and need a source of advice and support for that role, said Father Peter M. J. Stravinskas.
Vatican Answers Questions on Limits Regarding Pre-Vatican II Mass
Responding to 11 questions it said had been raised about Pope Francis’ document restricting celebrations of the pre-Vatican II Mass, the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments offered a few concessions to bishops but insisted the entire Latin-rite Catholic Church must move toward celebrating only one form of the Mass and sacraments.
Churches Throughout New York City are Open for Reconciliation Monday
The goal of Reconciliation Monday is to encourage Catholics to receive the sacrament of Reconciliation in preparation for Christmas.