It was a great day to golf and give back to those who gave their all while working on the frontlines during the COVID-19 pandemic — local hospital and nursing home chaplains.
Diocesan News
Cathedral Prep Alumnus Pays it Forward With $1 Million Gift
Cathedral Prep School and Seminary alumnus Steve Somers is no stranger to giving back to his high school, including donating its new science lab and establishing scholarships in his parents’ names over the last two decades.
Here Come the Brides: 28 Couples Say ‘I Do’
How many times would an organist have to play the traditional “Bridal Chorus” ballad during the beginning of a wedding? For those in attendance for the ceremony outside Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Corona, Queens, on July 17, the answer was unequivocally simple: as many times it takes to let nearly 30 brides walk down the church aisle.
Resurrection Church Employee Assaulted; Teen Suspect Arrested
A church employee was the victim of an assault in which a teenage girl bit her on the chest during a confrontation outside the rectory on July 28, according to its pastor.
‘It is Most Beautiful and Certainly Worthy of God’, Emmaus Center an Evangelizing Performance Venue for the Diocese of Brooklyn
A historic opera house on Brooklyn’s northwest side has been brought back to its former glory to serve as the Diocese of Brooklyn’s own performing arts venue.
Singers Say Churches Are Hitting The High Note By Bringing Choirs Back
The reopening of churches in the Diocese of Brooklyn and the return to normalcy after COVID-19 means that choirs are back, too. And for many singers, it’s not a moment too soon.
New Redemptorist Priest Serves O.L.P.H.’s Immigrant Community
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.
‘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.