The start of the school year at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Academy in Astoria also marks the debut of the academy’s new library.
Diocesan News
St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Academy Marks 75th Year With Parade in Astoria, Queens
St. Francis of Assisi School — now known as St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Academy — opened during the 1950-1951 school year. The grand opening featured a parade of students that the academy recreated on Sept. 8 as part of its 75th anniversary celebration.
St. Camillus Parishioners Reunite to Celebrate Queens Community’s ‘Social Center’
St. Camillus Parish in Rockaway Park marked its legacy with a reunion Mass and celebration as parishioners prepare for the church’s closing at year’s end.
New Chapel in Astoria, Queens Honors Modern Saints Including St. Carlo Acutis
There’s a new sacred space inside Immaculate Conception Church where parishioners can find inspiration — a chapel dedicated to saints of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Local Pilgrims Gather in Diocese of Brooklyn to Pray Before Relics of St. Carlo Acutis
Ahead of the canonization of Carlo Acutis, four parishes in the Diocese of Brooklyn opened their doors for the faithful to honor the soon-to-be-saint.
Young Adults Envision St. Carlo Acutis and St. Pier Giorgio Frassati Drawing Their Community to Church
At San Damiano Mission, a parish the diocese established in 2015 to serve young adults in the Greenpoint/Williamsburg area, there is great hope that the two new saints will bring more young people into the Catholic Church.
Youth From Brooklyn and Queens Find Inspiration in Blesseds Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati
Young Catholics in the Diocese of Brooklyn found inspiration in Blesseds Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati during prayer, adoration, and relic veneration ahead of their Sept. 7 canonization, deepening their call to holiness and community.
NY Knights of Columbus Dedicate Latest Statue of Blessed Michael McGivney
A five-foot-tall bronze statue of Blessed Michael McGivney, the 19th Century priest who founded the Knights of Columbus, was dedicated by Cardinal Timothy Dolan during a Mass at St. Joseph’s Seminary and College on Sept. 3.
Melkite Pastor Rizk Leaving Brooklyn for Lebanon
It’s always bittersweet when a beloved pastor moves on to a new role. And for the parishioners of the Church of the Virgin Mary in Park Slope, it is with pride and sadness that they say goodbye to Father Antoine Rizk as he departs for Lebanon.
Transfiguration Church to Limit Mass Schedule, Explore Partial Property Sale
Transfiguration Church will no longer offer weekday Masses and will only be open on a limited basis on weekends going forward, Bishop Robert Brennan announced in a recent letter to parishioners.