For more than six decades, Msgr. James Kelly’s law office on Wyckoff Avenue has handled standing-room-only crowds of clients seeking U.S. citizenship.
Diocesan News
Lenten Regulations 2025
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Lenten season, a time of renewal as the Church journeys towards Easter. Bishop Robert Brennan is asking the faithful of the Diocese of Brooklyn to turn their attention to the following regulations:
It’s ‘Shawl’ in the Family for One Ministry at Our Lady of Lourdes
Once a month at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Queens Village, a group of women come together, pick up their knitting and crocheting needles, and get to work. And out of their talented hands, shawls, blankets, scarves, and hats are born.
Schoolbooks to Storybooks: Retired Teacher Inspiring Young Readers
Although Maryann McMahon is a retired school teacher and no longer in the classroom, she’s still teaching kids. But now, rather than telling students to crack open books, she’s writing them.
The Unsung Hero Behind Brooklyn’s First Black Catholic Community
In 1915, a group of black Catholics met at a home on Pacific Street in Prospect Heights, across from what is today the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph. The Spanish Colonial-style church with two bell towers was completed just three years earlier to replace the previous parish church, which was built in 1861, the same year the American Civil War began.
Parishioner Finds a Cold Comfort Zone After Diving Into Faith
Margaret Tumelty’s commitment to her bi-weekly cold plunge into the Atlantic Ocean provides her with more than just the health benefits she believes the activity offers. It also helps strengthen her faith.
The Mary Louis Academy Prepares For Middle School Launch This Fall
The sisterhood at The Mary Louis Academy will be welcoming a new group of “little sisters” come September. The all-girls Catholic high school is set to open a middle school for sixth, seventh, and eighth graders for the start of the 2025-2026 school year.
Would You Say 2,000 Hail Marys In the Same Day? This Group Does
Mely Borgonia remembers feeling overwhelmed the first time her godmother invited her to a 2,000 Hail Marys devotion at the home of a family friend in 1992. Today, 33 years later, she leads the same devotion at her church, St. Sebastian in Woodside.
The Cathedral Club of Brooklyn: 125 Years of Catholic Leadership in the Public Square
Read the address Father Michael Bruno, dean of seminarians at St. Joseph Seminary and College, delivered to attendees at the Cathedral Club of Brooklyn’s 125th-anniversary dinner on Feb. 6.
Cathedral Club Celebrates 125 Years of Community, Tradition
For the past 125 years, the Cathedral Club of Brooklyn has given back to the community. The Catholic lay organization’s 125th-anniversary dinner, held at El Caribe on Feb. 6, was no different.