Diocesan News

Inauguration Is Teachable Moment at Local Schools

January 25, 2017

Timing is everything. For students in Joe Russo’s government class at Cathedral Preparatory School and Seminary, Elmhurst, it meant that on the last day before midterm exams and before the curriculum switched to economics, Donald J. Trump was sworn into office as the 45th President of the United States. Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Academy, Dyker Heights, was one of many elementary schools viewing the inauguration. Each class watched in its classroom and enjoyed a dress down day with almost all the students wearing red, white and blue or other patriotic-themed clothing.

For Black Catholics, The Struggle Continues

January 21, 2017

On the day when the nation pauses to reflect on the life, witness and ministry of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Catholics in Brooklyn and Queens gathered to celebrate the Baptist preacher’s life, and keep his dream alive amid the challenges in today’s world.

Filling the Gender Gap at St. Joseph’s Fab Lab

January 18, 2017

Spending a couple hours in a classroom filled with technology that includes 3D printers, laser cutters, milling machines, vinyl cutters and a computer that can program machines to do special commands on demand, students at St. Joseph’s H.S. in Downtown Brooklyn are actually being integrated into the first installment of learning digital fabrication and computation.

Encounter Puts Faith To the Test of Reality

January 18, 2017

This year’s New York Encounter drew a crowd of 10,000 for a three-day cultural gathering of presentations, exhibits and performances centered around the theme “Reality has never betrayed me.”

Pro Vita Mass and Awards Set for Jan. 28

January 11, 2017

The annual Pro Vita Mass sponsored by the Knights of Columbus, will be held on Saturday, Jan. 28, at 5 p.m. at St. James Cathedral-Basilica, Downtown Brooklyn.

Alumni Serve Midnight Mass in Forest Hills

January 11, 2017

Many “alumni” members of the Altar-Server Society of Our Lady Queen of Martyrs parish, Forest Hills, come to serve Christmas Midnight Mass, continuing the tradition of sharing Christmas with their families and with the parish.