Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio celebrated Holy Thursday Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of St. James in Downtown Brooklyn while Auxiliary Bishop Octavio Cisneros celebrated at Holy Child Jesus Church in Richmond Hill which were just part of the many celebrations around the diocese.
The 10th annual dinner benefit for the fight against hunger took place April 11 at Rex Manor, Borough Park. The non-profit Reaching-Out Community Services honored District 20 Superintendent Karina Costantino with the Superintendent of the Year Award; J.L. HVAC Inc. President Charlie Losiriup with the Good Samaritan Award; and Tablet Newspaper’s Editor Emeritus Ed Wilkinson with the Editor of the Year Award.
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio spoke about Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI after the retired pope published a major essay describing some of the root causes of the global sex abuse troubles facing the Church.
Sitting at a table together in a Queens science hall filled with families and Catholic school students from across the diocese, two complete strangers try to get to know each other. The age gap is decades apart – on one end, a young professional and on the other end, an elementary student. With the help of preconfigured questions, the question and answer portion started off simple.
Every Holy Thursday, we are reminded that Jesus celebrated the Passover meal with his Apostles. This year, it took on new meaning for the students of Divine Wisdom Catholic Academy, Douglaston. Rabbi Gordon Yaffe of L’Dor V’Dor in neighboring Little Neck came to the school on Monday of Holy Week, April 15, to explain the Seder Meal of Passover.
The relic of St. John Vianney’s incorrupt heart visited the Diocese of Brooklyn April 9-10, making stops at Cathedral Preparatory School and Seminary, Elmhurst; Immaculate Conception Center, Douglaston; Xaverian H.S., Bay Ridge;, and St. Thomas Aquinas, Flatlands, where Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio celebrated Mass to conclude the relic’s pilgrimage.
Hispanic Catholics gathered early on Palm Sunday morning at Grand Army Plaza to publicly rejoice the Love of Jesus.
The airplane hangar of a major international airport is not often considered the ideal place for a Mass. Neither is the baggage claim area the preferred location for spiritual counseling nor is security checkpoint rarely desired as the place for a blessing.
Catholic leaders from across the Brooklyn diocese, nation and Vatican gathered for the seventh annual Catechetical Congress at Immaculate Conception Center in Douglaston, April 6.
The incorrupt heart of the patron saint of parish priests, St. John Vianney, was on display for all to see at Cathedral Preparatory School and Seminary in Elmhurst, April 9.
