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.
Diocesan News
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.
Memorial Mass, Mozart’s Requiem Dedicated to Victims of Sept. 11
The Foundation for the Revival of Classical Culture will present Mozart’s Requiem in memory of all the victims of Sept. 11 and its aftermath on Sept. 11 at 12 p.m., as part of a special FDNY Memorial Mass celebrated by Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio.
Mother Teresa Visited Bay Ridge
The Sisters of the Visitation, a semi-cloistered contemplative community in Bay Ridge, are observing the canonization of Mother Teresa this weekend by remembering the visit she paid to Visitation Monastery in 1986.
Italian Apostolate to Honor Feast of the Guardian Angels
The Italian Apostolate of the Diocese of Brooklyn will conduct a street procession and Mass with Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio in honor of the Feast of the Guardian Angels on Sunday, Oct. 2, in Prospect Heights.
Voter Registration Efforts Continue in Maspeth
The Voter Registration Committee of the Downstate N.Y. Polish American Congress assisted parishioners of Holy Cross parish, Maspeth, with completion of their voter registration forms so that they can vote in the upcoming presidential elections.
B’klyn Friars Continue Outreach to ‘Hipsters’
The gray robes worn by the Conventual Franciscan friars may not be fashionable in the Williamsburg/Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn, but the religious men appear to be fitting in just fine in the heart of “hipster” country.
Bensonhurst Feast Links Italians With Homeland
As Sicilians have done for half a millennia before them, local Italians in Brooklyn honored St. Rosalia as patroness of Palermo at the culmination of the 18th Ave. Feast.
B’klyn Prayers Offered For Quake Victims
Four days after a deadly earthquake struck central Italy, prayers for the victims and their families were offered inside Brooklyn’s oldest Italian church.