Diocese Puts Out Into the Deep

More than 4,000 people attended the diocese’s Assembly on Evangelization conducted Friday and Saturday, April 27 and 28 at St. John’s University, Jamaica.

Fifth Encuentro Fiesta

The two-day diocesan Evangelization Assembly and Celebration of the Fifth Encuentro, April 27-28, closed with a grand fiesta.

Bishop Honored for Evangelization Efforts

The diocesan Assembly on Evangelization took time out of its program to honor Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio for his emphasis on evangelization over the past 15 years that he has been the spiritual leader of Brooklyn and Queens.

Students Meet Their Angels at Futures’ Reception

“Being an ‘Angel’ is the best job in the world,” Marie Maggi said at the Brooklyn Diocese’s Futures in Education’s annual Angel Reception held at the New York Hall of Science, Thursday, April 19.

Expansion at St. Dominic’s Makes Room for Everyone

All the paperwork is in order and construction has begun on a $1.3 million project that will triple the seating capacity of the worship space, install a wheelchair ramp and bring the bathrooms up to code.

Brooklyn Catholic Youth Day

More than 2,000 middle school and high school students from nearly 60 parishes across the diocese spent their Saturday at St. John’s University for Brooklyn Catholic Youth Day. Part day-retreat, part praise and worship concert, the full-day schedule was coordinated by the diocesan School of Evangelization.

Caring About Puerto Rico

Catholics Care volunteers, including members of the staff of DeSales Media Group, arrived in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, April 22.

A Moment In Time in Bay Ridge

Msgr. Kevin Noone, pastor of Our Lady of Angels parish, Bay Ridge, blessed the parish’s time capsule.