The Dorothy Bennett Mercy Center marked two major milestones Oct. 14: its 20th anniversary and its 10th annual benefit at the Belle Harbor Yacht Club.
Diocesan News
Diocesan Pilgrimage Visits National Shrine
As the Year of Mercy draws to a close in the coming weeks, Brooklyn and Queens Catholics shared a day of prayer and pilgrimage focused on the Mother of Mercy.
East New York Teens Host Family Fun Day
Children played soccer and raced in potato sacks in the churchyard while adults sat back enjoying some barbecue and the sight of freshly carved pumpkins.
20 Years a Bishop
Bishop DiMarzio Marks Anniversary With a Call for More Priests
Kids Are Big Winners at Futures Gala
Almost 1,000 people filled the main ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel for the annual Futures in Education Scholarship Fund Dinner. Over $2.4 million was raised to assist diocesan children with Catholic school tuition.
Vocation Awareness Week
The diocese will celebrate National Vocation Awareness Week, Nov. 6-13, with several events around the diocese.
On Pilgrimage In Park Slope
Ten members of the Rosary Society from Astoria’s Immaculate Conception Church, and their pastor, Msgr. Fernando Ferrarese, made a pilgrimage to St. Augustine Church last Saturday, Oct. 15.
St. Bernard Parish Lights Up the Night For Team Kaitlyn
Hundreds of members of the church and school community at St. Bernard parish, Mill Basin, turned out for a prayer service and luminaria ceremony on Thursday, Oct. 20, to honor and support a local girl battling bone cancer.
Diocese Begins RENEW In Small-Groups Sessions
Parishioners in Brooklyn and Queens have begun a process of evangelization and spiritual renewal through RENEW International’s ARISE Together in Christ/LEVÁNTATE Unámonos en Cristo. This journey toward a deeper and richer Catholic faith is occurring in small, faith-sharing groups.
Diocese Begins Study of Changes to RCIA Program
Over 200 participants from all parts of the diocese, despite the pouring rain, arrived at the first Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) Conference of 2016, at the Immaculate Conception Pastoral Center, Douglaston, Oct. 22.