Nearly eight years after establishing itself as Divine Wisdom Catholic Academy, the school celebrated the opening of its new 4,000 square foot building with a Mass and special blessing Dec. 3 at the parish that shares its historical roots, St. Anastasia, Douglaston.
While an observance of the 100th anniversary of the ordination to the priesthood of the late Bishop Francis X. Ford, M.M., was being celebrated, his colleagues at Maryknoll were excited about the prospects of his being canonized a saint.
The public phase in the process to make Brooklyn-born Bishop Francis X. Ford a saint has begun. Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio formally announced the opening of the cause at a Mass Dec. 3.
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio will bless the Nativity crèche and light the largest ever Christmas tree displayed in Prosect Park on Monday, Dec. 11, at 4 p.m.
With the flip of a switch, the Christmas lights went on at St. Patrick Church, Bay Ridge.
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Not many people knew that the McGoldrick Queens Library in Flushing had been named in honor of a former pastor of St. Andrew Avellino parish.
The donkey brayed and kicked as St. Francis of Assisi announced the birth of Jesus outside of St. Adalbert Church on Dec. 2.
The Sisters of Mercy who live in the Convent of Mercy in Whitestone recently enjoyed an afternoon of music and song.
Nationally known youth speaker, Bob Perron of Stooge4Christ ministry, above, gave the keynote talk at a recent Junior High Youth Rally, organized by the diocesan Office of Faith Formation at St. Mark Church, Sheepshead Bay.
