Just days after Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declared martial law on a southern island of the country to deal with the threat of radical Islamist militancy, the Filipino community at St. Nicholas of Tolentine, celebrated Santacruzan, a historical pageant traditionally held in the Philippines.
Sponsored by the diocesan School of Evangelization’s Pastoral Institute, 35 men and women completed the three-year course that prepares the laity to assume leadership roles in the Church.
Holy Cross H.S., Bayside, an all-boys secondary school sponsored by the Congregation of the Holy Cross, has announced that it will become a coed school.
The second collection in all parishes in Brooklyn and Queens this weekend will be for the benefit of Catholic communications programs in the United States and the diocese.
St. Andrew Avellino parish, Flushing, reports that 167 new parish volunteers have signed up after attending the “Planting Seeds, Growing Stewards” Ministry Fair and Expo.
Twelve men were ordained May 27 as permanent deacons by Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio at St. Joseph’s Co-Cathedral, Prospect Heights.
A Memorial Day Field Mass was held May 29 at Holy Cross Cemetery, East Flatbush. Auxiliary Bishop James Massa was the main celebrant.
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio will ordain 10 men to the priesthood for the Diocese of Brooklyn at St. Joseph’s Co-Cathedral, Prospect Heights, on Saturday, June 3, at 11 a.m.
More than 30 schools participated in the annual diocesan Aquinas Expos, which were held earlier this month at St. Peter Catholic Academy, Bensonhurst, and St. Margaret Catholic Academy, Middle Village.
Msgr. Jamie Gigantiello, pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel parish, Williamsburg, blesses Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming.
