Parents and children were able to get a jump on back-to-school shopping and information on new health plans at Catholic Charites’ 10th annual Kids Fun Day block party at Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Astoria.
Diocesan News
Faith in an MBA: From Brooklyn to Berkeley
With his horn-rimmed glasses, wool sweater and goatee, John Gribowich blends in with many of the buttoned-down professionals in the Berkeley MBA for Executives Program (EMBA) at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business.
‘Justice’ Play Explores and Aims to Heal Issues of Racism
Interracial healing comes to a Brooklyn theater Aug. 26 in the form of a play filled with Gospel-inspired music, laughter, tears and truth.
Fallen Heroes of Waldbaum’s Fire Remembered 40 Years Later
On Aug. 2, 1978 the Waldbaum’s supermarket on Avenue Y and Ocean Avenue in Brooklyn succumbed to the flames of a raging fire. Nearly 20 firefighters were on the roof of the supermarket when it gave way, dropping 12 members into the flames.
Kujenga Calls Youth to Be Authentically Black, Catholic
After a two-year absence, the Kujenga Youth Retreat returned this year with many firsts and a focus on Jesus’ words from Luke 9:20: “Who do you say I am?” A total of 80 young people attended this year’s retreat, hosted by the diocesan Vicariate of Black Catholic Concerns, July 27-29, at the Seminary of the Immaculate Conception in Huntington, L.I.
Society of St. Mary of the Snow Marks 130 Years
Four generations of Vinny Raymond’s family have been part of the Society of St. Mary of the Snow in Williamsburg, and he’s proud to carry on that legacy.
Williamsburg Woman Hosts Three-Day Feast of San Donato in Driveway
It’s August and that could only mean one thing for the Mazza family on Conselyea St. in Williamsburg: time to make preparations for the annual feast of their beloved Italian saint, San Donato or St. Donato of Arezzo.
Paying Down Debts Before Saying ‘Yes’
“Yes, there is a vocation crisis, but we have to realize student loans are a substantial inhibitor to our vocations and the people wanting to give their lives,” said Norvilia Etienne, a college student in her final year of study at Queens College.
Bishop Visits Local Scouts at Ten Mile River
Over 700 boys from Boy Scout troops in Brooklyn and Queens are spending part of this summer at Ten Mile River Scout Camps at Camp Keowa in Narrowsburg, N.Y. And Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio visited them while they were away.
SS. Joachim and Anne Residents, Families Enjoy Carnival Fun Day
SS. Joachim and Anne Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Coney Island celebrated its feast day surrounded by friends and family.