Pastor Welcomed

At Thanksgiving Mass, faculty and students of St. Rose of Lima Catholic Academy, Rockaway Beach, presented the new pastor, Father James Kuroly with a school jacket to welcome him to St. Rose. The students also presented him of a sketch of St. Rose of Lima Catholic Academy done by Mrs. Gina Todd.

‘Socktober’

Father Herald, CFR, displays socks that the parishioners of St. Helen’s, Howard Beach, donated to the men at the St. Anthony Shelter in the Bronx. During ‘Socktober’ more than 350 pairs of new socks were collected.

Prayers, Cross of Christ Sustain Bishop Cisneros

Auxiliary Bishop Octavio Cisneros has just gone through a tough time. What was supposed to be a five-day trip became a ‘Polish summer’ – including 50 days at a hospital in Krakow and two surgical operations

Maimonides Hospital Helps Brighten Christmas

Pastors and community leaders from 35 churches gathered at Maimonides Medical Center to receive their annual contribution from the Celebration of Light Program.

Diocese Thanks Donors to Generations Drive

In thanking the congregation, Bishop DiMarzio said that he realized that people were so generous “because we believe that Jesus can perform miracles in our lives.”

Brooklyn’s Cuban-born Bishop Reacts to the Death of Castro

Cuban-born Brooklyn Auxiliary Bishop Octavio Cisneros said that the death of Fidel Castro “is not a time for vengeance, not a time for anger. But it is a time to see how we can shed some light on building up a country that has been destroyed by the ideology brought upon the island by these two men – the Castro brothers.”

A Reflection on the Passing of The Former Cuban President

By Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio In June of 1987, as a representative of the Bishops’ Conference of the United States in my role as executive director of their migration and refugee services, I met alone and personally with Fidel Castro for two-late night sessions beginning at midnight in which I advocated for the release of the […]