In March 1892, a small group of Polish-speaking people petitioned Brooklyn’s first Bishop, John Loughlin, for a parish where their own language was spoken and their customs and traditions would be kept alive. He responded by asking Father Joseph Fyda to form a Polish parish.
The diocesan evangelization plan, “The Joy of Encountering Christ – The Family’s Hope,” calls members of parishes, families and the diocese to work collaboratively as missionary disciples in building up the Body of Christ.
A historical route that spanned more than a thousand miles from Bethlehem into Egypt – or relatively speaking, from Missouri to Manhattan – was one taken by the Holy Family thousands of years ago.
Father Jordan said the government has started something, but the people of the community must not give up.
Grateful for God’s mercy, the parish of Divine Mercy in Williamsburg celebrated its patronal feast, April 23.
A memorial Mass for Msgr. John J. Brown, who died Jan. 31, will be celebrated at St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Flatlands, on Saturday, April 29 at 10:30 a.m. Msgr. Brown died on March 3 after a brief illness.
Communion and Liberation gathered at St. James Cathedral-Basilica, Downtown Brooklyn, for a prayer service to begin its annual Stations of the Cross over the Brooklyn Bridge to Ground Zero.
Following an hour-long prayer service at St. Frances de Chantal Church, thousands of Polish-speaking Catholics took to the streets of Borough Park bringing both a literal and spiritual light of the Cross into the night.
Close to 1,000 Italian-Americans participated in the annual Good Friday street procession in Whitestone. This year, the evening program began for the first time at St. Mel’s Church, Flushing, and concluded at St. Luke’s Church, Whitestone.
About 5,000 people from nine Brooklyn parishes participated in the 35th annual Good Friday procession through the streets of Bensonhurst.
