JANUARY 17, 1970: Kevin Sweeney is born to James and Agnes Sweeney in Elmhurst, Queens.
Diocesan News
St. Francis Prep Music Program Hits All the Right Notes
In an era when arts education often falls prey to budget cuts, St. Francis Preparatory School marches to the beat of a different drummer.
St. Michael’s Parishioners Overjoyed Sweeney Named Bishop
The news that Pope Francis has tapped Father Kevin Sweeney, pastor of Saint Michael’s, to be the Bishop of the Diocese of Paterson, New Jersey is still sinking in at the church, where parishioners are overjoyed that their pastor is moving up.
Priests Talk of Isolation During Crisis
It was the strangest Holy Week in recent memory throughout the Diocese of Brooklyn.
Teachers’ Drive-by Easter Parade Lifts Students’ Spirits
A drive-by Easter parade is how teachers from Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Academy in Corona, Queens, chose to stay as close to their students as possible during a time when they can’t be together in person.
Brooklyn Priest Named New Bishop of Paterson
Pope Francis has named a Brooklyn priest, Father Kevin Sweeney, as the next bishop of Paterson, New Jersey.
Pope Francis Sends His Condolences to Bishop DiMarzio and the Diocese of Brooklyn
The Most Reverend Nicholas DiMarzio, Bishop of Brooklyn has learned of condolences from Pope Francis over the death of two priests serving the Diocese of Brooklyn due to coronavirus.
Catholics Celebrate Scaled-Down, Yet Prayerful Easter in Midst of Coronavirus
Even in the midst of a coronavirus pandemic that closed churches and prevented Masses, many still found a way to celebrate Easter.
St. Sebastian Church Choir Joins Virtually in Song of Jesus’ Walk to His Crucifixion
On Good Friday, the Diocese of Brooklyn has released a video of the choir at St. Sebastian Roman Catholic Church, in Woodside, Queens, virtually singing “Via Dolorosa,” which translates from Latin to English as “Sorrowful Way.”
1918 Headlines Tell of Battle Against Spanish Flu
When Father Jorge Ortiz died March 27, it wasn’t the first time that death visited the Diocese of Brooklyn during a pandemic. A perusal of the headlines from the 1918 editions of The Tablet reveals that the Spanish Flu of that year hit the church here in unexpected and dramatic ways.