Futures in Education is set to award $7 million in this 2018-2019 school year to 4,500 students attending Catholic schools and academies in Brooklyn and Queens. The Annual Scholarship Fund Dinner is a driving force in funding these scholarships as we strive to raise $2.5 million through this special event.
“Keep a sense of humor,” was Joe Rutherford’s response, when asked for the secret to 60 years of marriage.
St. Anselm Catholic Academy in Bay Ridge unveiled its new gym floor just days after students headed back to school.
A solemn Mass to pay tribute to FDNY firefighters and all who lost their lives in the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks was held at the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph, Prospect Heights.
As it has done every year since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the Twin Towers, the parish of the Immaculate Conception in Astoria gathered to cling to God for strength and to honor the victims, survivors and responders.
The Diocese of Brooklyn is in the process of reviewing the subpoena sent by the New York State Attorney General as part of an ongoing civil investigation looking to see whether the dioceses covered up sexual abuse of minors.
The yearly feast of St. Teresa of Calcutta on Sept. 5 is catching up among the faithful in the U.S. Church. In many churches throughout the Brooklyn Diocese and neighboring dioceses, statues of the saint are put up to promote devotion to this ‘saint of the gutters.’
Though the police officers did not allow anyone to go on the street to start the J’Ouvert portion of the West Indian Day Carnival Celebration until 3 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 3, Catholics started celebrating on Sunday afternoon in St. Matthew Church on Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights.
Fire Lieutenant Kevin C. Dowdell died in the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. He was one of 18 Ancient Order of Hibernians members from New York and New Jersey who lost their lives that tragic day.
For the past few months, Margaret Brower and her husband Tony Ercolano of St. Kevin’s parish in Flushing have hosted a special prayer group every Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. with any fellow parishioners who wished to attend.
