“We need to know our history,” Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio said May 2 in his homily at Transfiguration Church in Williamsburg. The Mass marked the closing of the 50th anniversary year in Brooklyn for the Movimiento de Jornadas de Vida Cristiana, or Journeys of Christian Life Movement.
The Diocese of Brooklyn, in partnership with survivors of sexual abuse by members of the clergy, held the fourth annual Mass of Hope and Healing April 25 at St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church, Jamaica.
The kitchen at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Williamsburg, which makes 950 meals every week for struggling Brooklynites, was blessed April 30 just before the official ribbon cutting.
On Saturday, April 21, more than 150 people attended 8 a.m. Mass at Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Corona. The Mass was the first step of the March to Celebrate Life (Viva la vida) the parish held that day.
The New York Blood Center honored the parishes and schools in Brooklyn and Queens that had the highest number of collections during local blood drives.
The Sunday Mass at noon is now the Family Mass. Before the readings, the presiding priest holds up the Children’s Lectionary and presents it to Hippeli, who then invites the children to join her and Martin in the parish hall.
The Tablet, with the generous collaboration of the Archbishop John Hughes Knights of Columbus Council No. 481, invited youth from Brooklyn and Queens to participate in the annual “Christ Is Risen Easter Art Contest.”
Last week I accompanied 14 volunteers from Catholics Care, the Diocese of Brooklyn’s disaster recovery team, to aid in the hurricane devastated area of Yabucoa, Puerto Rico.
The Spanish-speaking community honored Auxiliary Bishop Octavio Cisneros for his evangelizaion work, especially with the Fifth Encuentro, which conducted its diocesan plenary meeting at the Evangelization Assembly.
As the Apostolic Nuncio, the representative of the Holy Father to the United States of America, I want to express the warm greetings, spiritual closeness and paternal affection of Pope Francis to all gathered here today as you examine the theme “Put Out Into the Deep”, concluding the Diocesan Evangelization and Renewal Plan and celebrating the Diocesan Encuentro; these are important milestones in the life of this local Church of Brooklyn.
