The Diocese of Brooklyn will take up its annual collection for the national Retired Religious Fund in all parishes on Dec. 10.
Diocesan News
Garifuna Community Marks Settlement Day
Our Lady of Mercy, Brownsville, celebrated Garifuna Settlement Day in style. The holiday commemorates the arrival in 1802 of the Garifuna people in Belize, Central America, after being exiled by the British Army from the Grenadine Islands in the Caribbean. While the Garifuna people mostly settled in Belize, some also made their homes in Honduras, Guatemala, and Nicaragua.
Bishop Sanchez In Belle Harbor
Auxiliary Bishop Paul Sanchez visited St. Francis deSales Catholic Academy, Belle Harbor, to celebrate National Vocation Awareness Week.
Bishop’s School Visit Encourages Vocations
Students at St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Academy in Windsor Terrace took a break from tests and pop quizzes to spend an afternoon talking about their vocations in life with Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio.
Diocese Names 13 Priest-Abusers
As part of its ongoing effort to protect children, the Diocese of Brooklyn has posted on its website the names of 13 men who had been ordained priests but have now been returned to the lay state because of sexual abuse incidents.
Black Catholic History Convocation in S. Ozone Park
The Vicariate of Black Catholic Concerns conducted a Black Catholic History Month Convocation Nov. 4 at St. Teresa of Avila-St. Anthony of Padua parish, South Ozone Park.
Alumni Reunion Helps OLPH Celebrate Its 125th Anniversary
From the immigrant who arrived last week to the families that trace their roots back several generations, the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help has been a welcoming beacon of faith in Sunset Park for 125 years.
Seminary Students Share A Day of ‘Brotherhood’
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio celebrated the Year of Vocations’ first Inter-Seminary Day Nov. 1 with all levels of seminary formation – St. Joseph’s Seminary, Dunwoodie, the Cathedral Seminary House of Formation, Douglaston, and the Cathedral Preparatory School and Seminary, East Elmhurst – gathered under one roof at the Immaculate Conception Center in Douglaston, for a day filled with fraternity, fellowship, service and fun.
On Veterans’ Day, Priest Chaplains Remember Service
Msgr. Terrence Mulkerin was ordained in 1961 but in 1988 he heard the call of another vocation and he answered it. He volunteered to serve in the U.S. military.
Oratorians Are New Guys On Block in B’klyn Heights
The members of the Congregation of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri, who have ministered in Brooklyn since 1990, have moved into a new home – Assumption rectory in Brooklyn Heights.