There’s little doubt that in classrooms in Catholic schools around the Diocese of Brooklyn, the historic solar eclipse was still a topic of conversation on Tuesday, April 9. Like New Yorkers all over the city, local school children donned their special glasses and turned their eyes to the skies for the near-total eclipse Monday afternoon.
Baptisms inched back in the Diocese of Brooklyn in 2022 following a near decade-long decline, according to the latest data released. Meanwhile, diocese leaders are waiting on 2023 data to determine if the pandemic, or immigration, made unusual contributions.
Parishioners of Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeii went back to church on Sunday, April 7, one week after billowing black smoke and fierce flames interrupted Easter Mass and displaced congregants indefinitely. Still, they had a familiar place nearby to worship — their sister congregation, All Saints Church, in East Williamsburg.
Choirs from across the Diocese of Brooklyn will leave the familiar confines of their home parishes on Saturday, April 20, to unite in an ensemble representing the Catholic diversity of Brooklyn and Queens at the Diocesan Eucharistic Revival.
In a venue where fans come to watch the greatest tennis players in the world serve to compete in their matches, 10,000 of the Catholic faithful will be gathering this month to serve the Lord.
A new video series featuring several U.S. Catholic bishops will offer what organizers call a “deep dive into the sacred mysteries of the Mass.”
Sandra Munoz is now Civil Court Judge Munoz after winning election in November to a seat in the 2nd Municipal District in Queens, a district that covers the central and western parts of the borough and includes neighborhoods like Sunnyside, Woodside, Jackson Heights, Corona, Maspeth, Forest Hills, and Elmhurst.
When people hear the name of David Oropeza’s restaurant, their first response is nearly always to ask what inspired it. Bolivian Llama Party, a small building in bustling Sunnyside with mustard-colored stripes adorning it, is a pure representation of his culture, Oropeza explained with a laugh. People love llamas, an animal native to Bolivia, where his parents immigrated from to New York City in their early 20s. Plus, he expressed in an interview with The Tablet, who doesn’t love a party?
There’s still time for Catholic students across Brooklyn and Queens to express their faith through art.
For 25 years, there has been a rite of passage at St. Bernadette Catholic Academy. Each eighth grade student is given a role in a living performance of the Passion, performed for their family, younger classmates, and parishioners on Good Friday.
