Father Song You, C.Ss.R.,was ordained by Auxiliary Bishop Bruce A. Lewandowski, C.Ss.R., of the Archdiocese of Baltimore at a Mass at the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help on July 24.
Diocesan News
‘A Priest’s First Parish is Always His Most Loved’
Father Christopher Heanue recently served his final Masses as administrator of Holy Child Jesus Church, bidding farewell to hundreds of parishioners who came to wish him well. Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio recently announced a new assignment for him — rector-pastor of the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph.
Bertha Newman’s Daughters Vow to Carry On Lord of Miracles Tradition
Bertha Newman died on July 3 at age 88, but her five daughters are determined to carry on the tradition she brought to the U.S. from her native Peru of the Lord of the Miracles procession. In recent years, St. Sebastian Church has been the starting point for the procession.
Samaritan’s Bravery Earns Him Medal From Bishop
Sean Conaboy, the St. Michael’s Church parishioner who tackled a suspect who was stabbing a woman at the Union Square station two months ago, received a medal from Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio at the Diocese of Brooklyn chancery on July 20.
Local Haitian Clergy Await Answers About Assassination As New Government Takes Over
Haiti-born clergy in Brooklyn kept their emotions in check as a transfer of power in their homeland was completed Tuesday, July 20, following the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse.
Concert Pianist Recalls Terror, Healing After Anti-Asian Attack
Concert pianist Donna Weng Friedman knows first-hand the vicious anti-Asian hatred that erupted in the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Parish Summer Camps and Programs Back in Full Swing
The sound of laughter has returned to summer camps and programs across the Diocese of Brooklyn.
NYPD Releases Video of Vandal Destroying Statues at Our Lady of Mercy Church
The NYPD’s Hate Crimes Unit is investigating an act of vandalism in which someone destroyed two statues outside Our Lady of Mercy Church in Forest Hills during the early morning hours of July 17.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Honored With Gusto After Last Year’s Scaled-Down Feast
The mercury climbed to 91 degrees in Williamsburg on Friday, July 16, but faithful Catholics ignored the heat and humidity to turn out for a full-fledged return of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Feast and procession.
Former CYO Sports Director Named in Two Child Sex Abuse Lawsuits
The former executive director of The Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) in the Diocese of Brooklyn is accused in two lawsuits of sexually abusing underage boys when he was a CYO basketball coach at St. Joseph’s Church in Astoria in the 1990s.