I felt a connection with them and with our Blessed Mother that went deeper than words: I experienced a sense of peace.
Diocesan News
Brooklyn Youth Ready To Join Pope in Poland
Michele Cipriano, 20, a catechist at St. Patrick, also feels blessed to go to her second WYD. “This isn’t a vacation. We are going for a purpose, we have a mission,” she said.
Polish-Born Canon Lawyer Joins Brooklyn Diocese
The Diocese of Brooklyn and Father Dariusz Blicharz made it official June 28 at a small ceremony in the chapel at diocesan headquarters in Park Slope.
Newest Family Members
Father Lawrence Ryan, pastor of Holy Name, Park Slope, invited to a recent Sunday liturgy all the children who had been baptized over the past year as well as the adults who were baptized at the Easter Vigil service.
Italian Feast Honors St. Paulinus and Our Lady of Mount Carmel
For the 129th year, the Italian community of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Williamsburg, reenacted a fourth-century pageant commemorating the return of the Bishop of Nola, St. Paulinus, from captivity.
At Candlelight Vigil, Bishop Leads Prayers For Peace and Justice
More than 1,500 people participated in a candlelight vigil of prayer and peace Tuesday evening, July 11 at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn. Led by Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, leaders of various religions offered prayers and called for calm in the wake of the assassination of five police officers in Dallas, Texas, and the deaths of two black men by white police officers in Baton Rouge, La., and St. Paul, Minn.
US Will Send Record Numbers to WYD
In a July 7 news conference, Bishop Frank Caggiano of Bridgeport, Conn., the U.S. Bishops’ episcopal liaison for World Youth Day, said that so far, there have been 30,000 fully registered U.S. pilgrims, including 85 bishops, and another 10,000 partially registered pilgrims still in need to finish the process.
Bishop to Visit Titular See
Auxiliary Bishop James Massa will make his first visit to his titular See of Bardstown, Ky., on Saturday, July 16, for the bicentennial of the cornerstone’s laying at St. Joseph’s Proto-Cathedral.
Celebrating Independence
The 111th Independence Day Parade conducted by the Long Island Assembly Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus was held June 25 along Court Street in Carroll Gardens.
Official Advisories from The Chancery
The Chancery of the Diocese of Brooklyn has issued official alerts over concerns about the following priests: Father Edgar Magana, O.F.M.; Father Carlos Malaver-Parada; Father Jose Chamorro; and Father Jesus Orlando Rengifo.