To observe the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., members of District Council 9 and International Union of Painters and Allied Trades dedicated their skills to the Fort Greene community.
To observe the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., members of District Council 9 and International Union of Painters and Allied Trades dedicated their skills to the Fort Greene community.
Parishioners at Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Stanislaus Bishop & Martyr Parish renacted the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday.
The Borgetto Cultural Association S.S. Addolorata del Romitello, Inc. and its Brotherhood of Christ and Our Lady of Sorrows conducted its annual Good Friday procession from St. Mel’s Church, Flushing, to St Luke’s, Whitestone.
Parishioners from both St. Thomas the Apostle, Woodhaven, and Holy Child Jesus, Richmond Hill, participated in their joint parish tradition – sharing the Way of the Cross events together
On a solemn and early Holy Saturday along the empty streets of Williamsburg, emerged hundreds of Latino youth and young adults outside Transfiguration parish. They were assembling into the line of march on Marcy Ave. to display their faith in full force at the Caminata 2018.
“I don’t think it’s in the Bible that they multiplied the grilled cheese sandwiches, but that’s what happened that year,” said longtime Holy Child Jesus parishioner Joseph DePalo who attended the Richmond Hill parish’s annual post-Way of the Cross Good Friday lunch event – a tradition dating back to the 1980s.
During the annual Chrism Mass at St. Joseph’s Co-Cathedral, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio blessed the holy oils that will be used to administer the sacraments throughout the diocese during the coming year.
Holy Week and Easter Vigil Mass at St. Clare’s Church in Rosedale.
Holy Week events that took place throughout the diocese.
Residents of Glendale and Ridgewood marked Good Friday with a solemn street procession.