Famed 19th-century Irish-American church architect Patrick Keely built 19 major cathedrals in Canada and the U.S., including Newark, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Natchez, Mississippi, and Halifax, Nova Scotia. Unfortunately, none of those elaborate Gothic-style landmarks are in Keely’s adopted city of Brooklyn, although he died in 1896 believing one of his designs would be built there.
Given the unlikelihood that New York state will create a parental school choice program anytime soon, the state’s Catholic bishops have shifted their advocacy toward federal legislation.
Police have made an arrest of a suspect who walked into Immaculate Conception Church in Astoria and smashed a statue of the Baby Jesus following Mass on April 6.
The incident is being investigated as a hate crime by the NYPD Hate Crime Task Force.
Curbside composting is another step toward “care for our common home,” according to this proponent of Laudato Sí.
The faithful of the Diocese of Brooklyn took time out during the busy days of Lent and the preparations for Holy Week to gather at St. Rose of Lima Church on April 7 and pay tribute to persecuted Christians from around the world.
Bishop Robert Brennan celebrated Mass on April 4 in Our Lady of the Skies Chapel — his first ever visit as bishop to the historic worship space at John F. Kennedy International Airport.
100 pro-life supporters gathered at 26 Bleecker Street in Manhattan, New York to celebrate Planned Parenthood of Greater New York closing its clinic after 36 years.
Students from Brooklyn and Queens are being encouraged to release their inner Michelangelo, da Vinci, Dali, or Cezanne as The Tablet kicks off this year’s Easter art contest.
When Ashley Gleason, the fourth grade homeroom teacher at St. Adalbert Catholic Academy in Elmhurst, was searching for a way to help her students understand the meaning of the Stations of the Cross, she found the perfect solution. She organized an art project in which students created handmade depictions of each of the 14 stations […]
Cristo Rey Brooklyn High School graduates credit work-study program with launching their future careers.
