Hundreds of people from the Glendale-Middle Village cluster of parishes honored St. Padre Pio on his feast day, Sept. 23. This year marks the 50th anniversary of his death.
Diocesan News
‘From Slave to Priest,’ Tolton Play in Queens
The first African American ever to be ordained a Catholic priest visited Our Lady of Lourdes in Queens Village Sept. 21 in the form of a live-theater production: “Tolton From Slave to Priest” by Saint Luke Productions.
Fair Day for Celebrating Irish Faith and Culture
Thousands flocked to Coney Island last weekend to celebrate family, faith and culture at the 37th annual Great Irish Fair.
Brothers and Sisters Hang with Students at St. John’s University
St. John’s University Campus Ministry sponsored its fourth annual Brothers/ Sisters’ Nite at the Sunday night student Mass on Sept. 16. The students saw, met, prayed and ate with Sisters and Brothers serving the Church locally. Representing a total of 30 congregations, 97 brothers and sisters gathered together in the University Church of St. Thomas More.
Love Through Buzzcuts at St. Francis de Sales Academy
Catholic education is thriving at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Academy, Belle Harbor, and so is the school’s commitment to community and charity.
Witnessing a New Era for the Church in America
If two of the youngest Hispanic delegates representing the ‘Diocese of Immigrants’ at V Encuentro are a reflection of the pulse of the Church’s future, here’s what one might discover: whether they were born here or not, their identity as missionaries within the universal Catholic Church is as obvious as whether or not they want to attend either English Mass or Spanish Mass on any given Sunday.
Marine Park Sacristan Marks Nearly 70 Years of Service
Jim Egan is celebrating almost 70 years of service to Good Shepherd parish, Marine Park, and is still not slowing down.
In Brooklyn, Immigrant Nuns ‘At the Feet of Jesus’
There are nearly 100 different communities of religious sisters and brothers actively working and praying in the Diocese of Brooklyn. None are originally founded here.
For 50 Years, Cathedral Seminary Has Been Forming Men Who Love God and Church
Fifty years of formation. That was the celebration held on Friday evening Sept. 14 at the Immaculate Conception Center (ICC) in Douglaston for the 50 years the facility has hosted seminarians living and studying there.
B’klyn Diocese to Pay $27.5M to Abuse Victims of Lay Volunteer
In one of the largest known settlement payouts for sex abuse within the Catholic Church to date, the Diocese of Brooklyn confirmed Sept. 18 that it and another defendant would pay $27.5 million to four victims of abuse at the hands of a volunteer at St. Lucy’s-St. Patrick’s Church in the Fort Greene/Clinton Hill section of Brooklyn.