The Heyer’s are part of a big Italian family in the middle of a large Italian parish. They were expected to have a baby and they did. But it wasn’t until after their first-born that their plans of having a full house began to fall apart.
Diocesan News
Bed-Stuy Street Renamed For Brooklyn Catholic Hero
A street sign forever memorializing FBI special agent Edwin R. Woodriffe, a hero from the Brooklyn Diocese, now stands tall in Bedford-Stuyvesant.
Initiative Supports Minister’s Vocation From Theatre to Teens’ Salvation
In Lauren Gentry’s eyes, the stage she envisioned and prepared for was set. As a young college student from Nebraska majoring in theatre, she secured an internship at the theatre capital of the world – New York City. With the big city lights ahead of her, Gentry knew the Big Apple was calling her name. In the most divine way of peculiar circumstances, so was God.
Divine Mercy Sunday Like a Second Baptism
Immersing oneself into the devotion of Divine Mercy Sunday is akin to emerging from the waters of a second baptism, explained Father Lukasz Kubiak of St. Helen, Howard Beach.
Diocese of Brooklyn Honors Hundreds of “Distinguished Parishioners”
About 450 “Distinguished Parishioners” were recognized – some for their dedication to parish ministry, and others for their generous financial contributions – in an evening prayer service celebrated by Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio at the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph in Prospect Heights.
Jornadas Remember Msgr. Perfecto During Caminata
Regardless of the weather on Holy Saturday, whether the clouds pour rain or the skies remain clear, one can expect hundreds of members of the Movimiento de Jornadas de Vida Cristiana (Jornadas) to make their evangelizing presence known throughout the streets of Brooklyn or Queens during their annual Way of the Cross or Caminata.
Holy Week Throughout the Diocese
Photos from Holy Week Celebrations that took place all around the diocese.
Following the Cross In Sunset Park
Parishes in the Brooklyn deanery of Sunset Park conducted their annual Good Friday Way of the Cross through the streets of the neighborhood.
Walking the Way of the Cross
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio and Archbishop Bernadito Auza, the representative of the Holy See at the United Nations, follow the cross on Good Friday morning as it makes its way from St. James Cathedral-Basilica, Brooklyn, to the Brooklyn Bridge, April 19.
Good Friday in Sheepshead Bay
Father Michael Panicali, parochial vicar at St. Mark’s – St. Margaret Mary parish, led a Good Friday Stations of the Cross through Sheepshead Bay and Manhattan Beach down to the Atlantic Ocean.