For the first time, a statue of Our Lady of Velankanni, commemorating apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in southeastern India, is resting next to the altar area of a church in the Diocese of Brooklyn.
Diocesan News
33 New Participants Begin Ministry Prep
Thirty-three new participants are joining the 100 others currently participating in the diocesan Lay Ministry Program. At an orientation session, the School of Evangelization’s Pastoral Institute welcomed them as they begin their formal training to serve as lay pastoral leaders in parishes.
Firehouse Mass Recalls Sacrifice of Heroes
Firefighters from Ladder 131, Engine 279 marked the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks with moments of silence and a memorial Mass inside their Red Hook firehouse.
Mozart Adds to Local Sounds of Remembrance
St. Joseph’s Co-Cathedral, Prospect Heights, reverberated with the sounds of the 18th century when Mozart’s Requiem was performed as part of a 9/11 remembrance liturgy. Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio was the main celebrant of the annual liturgy for the 23 members of FDNY Battalion 57 who died on Sept. 11, 2001 in the terrorists’ attacks on the World Trade Center.
Diocese Marks Canonization Of the Saintly Mother Teresa
“We all knew that she is a saint, but now it is official,” Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio said Sunday, Sept. 4, at the Mass at Our Lady of Victory.
Flushing Parish Aids Nicaraguan Mission
St. Kevin’s Mission Team, Flushing, participated in a week-long mission in late August to the abandoned, developmentally disabled children and young adults of the Mustard Seed Communities in Nicaragua.
Mother Teresa in Brooklyn
Mother Teresa was no stranger to Brooklyn, who made several visits to the borough where she established convents for her Missionaries of Charity in Bushwick and Bedford-Stuyvesant.
West Indian Parade Began with Mass in Crown Heights
For Catholics in Crown Heights, the annual celebration of the West Indian Festival, held annually on Labor Day, began with Mass celebrated at St. Matthew’s Church.
Mill Basin Parish Celebrates Patron
On Saturday morning, Aug. 20, the feast of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, clergy and parishioners from St. Bernard Church in Mill Basin honored their parish patron.
Mother Teresa in Douglaston
Mother Teresa was the commencement speaker at Cathedral College, Douglaston, in 1976. On that day, two graduates who are now priests in the Diocese of Brooklyn had their picture taken with her.