Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio ordained four men as transitional deacons on their way to priestly ordination at St. Joseph’s Seminary, Yonkers, on Nov. 4.
Diocesan News
Local Results from NYC Marathon
Peter O’Rourke, St. Bernadette, Dyker Heights, was the Brooklyn representative in the Foot Locker Five Borough Challenge, winning the Championship with a time of 3:49:49.
Scouts See Merit in Restoring Historic Gravesend Cemetery
In one of the oldest populated areas in the United States, exists Gravesend Cemetery, more than one and half acres of land filled with old crooked trees, overgrown weeds and tumbled-down headstones. While the description might attract those who want to reenact a scene out of a horror film, the landmark site in south Brooklyn dates back to 1643, when English Quakers decided to turn the plot of land into a gravesite.
Diocese Begins Shipments To Needy in Puerto Rico
The first shipment of material goods from the Diocese of Brooklyn for storm-ravaged Puerto Rico has been sent.
B’klyn Academy Offers Reduced Tuition to Hurricane Victims
Queen of the Rosary Catholic Academy in Williamsburg is offering a significantly reduced tuition rate for any school children displaced from their homes in Puerto Rico or the U.S. Virgin Islands due to the recent hurricanes.
Mass Opens CYO Season in Queens Deanery No. 5
The annual Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) Mass, sponsored by the 10 parishes in Queens Deanery No. 5 was celebrated at American Martyrs Church, Bayside, on Saturday, Oct. 21. Father Frank Schwarz, pastor and main celebrant, offered a special blessing to the boys and girls as they began a new CYO season. Father Robert Mema, parochial vicar at St. Kevin Church, Flushing, gave the homily.
Diaconate Ordinations at St. Joseph’s Seminary
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio will be the ordaining prelate when four men are ordained transitional deacons at St. Joseph’s Seminary in Dunwoodie, on Saturday, Nov. 4.
On Road to Priesthood
Five Brooklyn seminarians who are studying at St. Joseph’s Seminary, Dunwoodie, were instituted as lectors and/or acolytes by Albany Bishop Edward Scharfenberger.
Knights and Ladies of Holy Sepulchre Make Pilgrimage to the Holy Land
Knights and Ladies of the Holy Sepulchre from the Diocese of Brooklyn received the Pilgrim’s Shell from the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem during their pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
New Deans Installed
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio installed new deans for five areas in the diocese.