More than just dropping off a meal, Balroop Pirmal offers a welcome hello and safety check for the elderly homebound to whom he delivers 55-60 wrapped meals six days a week for Catholic Charities of Brooklyn and Queens Home Delivered Meals Program.
Diocesan News
Official Advisories from The Chancery
The United States Catholic Conference of Bishops (USCCB) has been advised of concerns regarding three priests: Father Edgar Magana, O.F.M., Father Malaver-Parada and an individual presenting himself as “Father Jose Chamorro.”
Relic of St. Maximilian On View in the Diocese
The major relics of a Polish-born Franciscan friar, who voluntarily gave his life for a stranger in a Nazi concentration camp, are on pilgrimage in the Brooklyn Diocese through July 24.
Brooklyn Priest Prays At Republican Meeting
When Msgr. Kieran Harrington delivered the invocation on the opening night of the Republican National Convention, it wasn’t just a coincidence that he ended up on the same stage where high-scale politics would dominate for four days.
Books the Diocese Is Reading This Summer: Part 2
Each year, we canvas a cross section of the diocese to find out what books they are reading this summer. Here are more results from our poll.
Diocesan Pilgrims Make Final Preps for WYD
In the final week before heading to Krakow, Poland, for World Youth Day (WYD), local pilgrims met with Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio to pray and go over final preparations. The official diocesan contingent is comprised of 400-pilgrims, including 23 priests and three bishops.
In Astoria, Campaign Adopts Spiritual Tone
Fresh off another campaign, Immaculate Conception Church in Astoria, jumped right into the Generations of Faith campaign with the rest of the Diocese of Brooklyn and have so far met 65 percent of their Generations goal of $730,000!
Bishop DiMarzio Golf Classic Aids Special Ed For Kids
The annual Bishop DiMarzio Golf Classic held by DeSales Media Group raised $100,000 that was donated to the Catherine Laboure School for special education.
Polish Bishop to Accompany WYD Pilgrims to Krakow
Brooklyn Auxiliary Bishop Witold Mroziewski, a native of Poland, is going to World Youth Day (WYD) with 400 pilgrims from Brooklyn and Queens, as well as Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio and Auxiliary Bishop Octavio Cisneros. The bishop sees a deep connection between the Year of Mercy proclaimed by Pope Francis and celebrating World Youth Day in Krakow, a city rich in history in the southern part of Poland.
Bishop Prays with French Community in Brooklyn
After a man in a truck deliberately ran down hundreds of people in Nice, France, killing 84, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio joined the local French community in St. Agnes, Boerum Hill, July 17, to pray for the deceased.