In the same spirit as on their wedding days, more than 100 husbands and wives rededicated themselves to each other at the annual Diocesan Wedding Anniversary Mass, June 9.
Diocesan News
Flushing Girl Scouts Help Veterans
Junior Girl Scouts from St. Andrew Avellino’s Cadette Troop 4300 display socks and underwear they collected for veterans at St. Alban’s VA Living Center.
The Diocese Celebrates Corpus Christi
The Feast of Corpus Christi honors the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist and was celebrated with processions around the diocese.
Corpus Christi Around the Diocese
The Feast of the Body of Christ was observed with eucharistic processions in Brooklyn and Queens
Corpus Christi, Woodside
“We believe in the real presence of our Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus, who lived, who died, who rose, is alive, is real, and is present in our midst. That is what we celebrate today,” said Bishop Octavio Cisneros at the beginning of his homily Sunday, June 3, at Corpus Christi Church in Woodside.
Archbishop Auza Celebrates Corpus Christi with Brooklyn Polonia
Brooklyn Polonia’s deep love and devotion to the Hidden Lord impressed the representative of the pope when he joined them in Borough Park for an elaborate Corpus Christi procession.
Diocesan Listening Sessions on Racism
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio has formed a Commission on Racism and Social Justice. The commission will host two open listening sessions – one in Brooklyn and one in Queens – during June.
Haitian Mothers Honored as Shining Examples of God’s Love
Fifteen local women were recently honored by the diocesan ministry to Haitian immigrants for embodying the qualities of maternal figures from the Bible.
Feast Day Blessings in Flushing For Renovated Church, School
Celebrating the feast day of its patron saint in style, St. Kevin’s, Flushing, welcomed Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio to bless the newly completed renovations to the church and school June 3. Joining the bishop on the altar were members of the priesthood ordination class of 2017, celebrating their one-year anniversary.
The Tablet All-Scholastic Team 2018
The Class of 2018 includes nearly 2,800 graduates from 18 Catholic high schools in Brooklyn and Queens. Each year, The Tablet recognizes one outstanding graduate from each school as a way of saluting that year’s entire class.