In a basement at Our Lady of Mercy, Forest Hills, every Saturday of the month, come rain or snow, volunteers at a food pantry open its doors to the needy in the community, offering more than just well-stocked just shelves of Chef Boyardee cans, dried pasta packets and rows of paper towels and toiletries. They welcome neighbors with open arms and smiles of kindness.
In Sheepshead Bay, Catholics and Jews cheerfully shared grape juice, matzoh and bitter herbs during a model Seder dinner.
In response to a report in a local newspaper that Catholic Charities was about to buy the former Angel Guardian Home, Charities issued a statement saying it would not proceed with the transaction.
The Immaculate Conception Center, Douglaston, hosted nearly 750 youth from all over the diocese as the final installment of this year’s Brooklyn Catholic Youth Day event.
Good Shepherd parishioner Arlene Panicello-Cosgrove once prayed for artistic ability. Today, she uses the gift she received to give glory to God and help the cause closest to her heart.
Auxiliary Bishop Octavio Cisneros led a Lenten pilgrimage of parishioners from the Diocese of Brooklyn to his homeland in Cuba.
When Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio conducted his annual vocation retreat at Immaculate Conception Pastoral Center, Douglaston, several students from Cathedral Prep and Seminary, Elmhurst, attended. The Tablet asked three of them to share their reactions.
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio celebrated Mass and met with parish leaders from Brooklyn Deanery No. 3, comprised of parishes in Downtown Brooklyn, Carroll Gardens, Red Hook and Brooklyn Heights.
Sitting quietly in the front row of the auditorium with her mother, Parisa Boukani stood out from the crowd as her deep blue silk hijab, or Muslim headscarf, fell gracefully across her cream-colored blouse.
The Big Event is one of the largest, one-day, student-run service projects in the nation where the students of colleges and universities come together to say ‘thank you’ to the residents of their college neighborhood.
