Holy Family parish in Canarsie is one of the most diverse parishes in the diocese, welcoming worshippers of 51 ethnicities speaking 36 different languages – some of these parishioners speaking English as their third language!
Diocesan News
Priest from the Titanic Remembered in B’klyn
One hundred and four years after a Catholic priest chose to stay on the R.M.S. Titanic and minister to those doomed to die in the infamous mid-Atlantic shipwreck, St. Paul’s Church on Court St. honored his legacy with a plaque.
Holy Family Parish at 75
A Fresh Meadows parish once known to be composed of “the tent people,” celebrated the closing of its 75th anniversary year, sitting in wooden pews with light streaming in from the stained-glass windows.
Queens Teen Has Heart Set on a Medical Career
Gregory Nelson, parishioner of Christ the King, Springfield Gardens, will be representing his parish at the Congress of Future Medical Leaders in Boston, Mass.
Diocesan Educational TV Marks Its 50th Anniversary
Using technology to educate diocesan Catholic school children was the vision behind what is now known as Catholic Telemedia Network when it launched 50 years ago. Times have changed, but the mission remains the same.
New Yorkers Venerate Lebanese Saint’s Relics
The relics of St. Sharbel were venerated at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Lebanon in Brooklyn Heights, April 9-10. The relics are traveling the U.S. to mark the 50th anniversary of the Lebanese monk’s beatification.
Sung Latin Mass on NET-TV
The Missa Cantata, a sung Mass in Latin, will be celebrated at the Cathedral-Basilica of St. James, Downtown Brooklyn, on Ascension Thursday, May 5, at 6:30 p.m.
Unveiling and Blessing of Bishop Sullivan Way
Our Lady of Hope Church, Middle Village, will celebrate the co-naming of the corner of Eliot Ave. and 71st St. as “Bishop Joseph M. Sullivan Way,” April 16 at 2 p.m.
Bishop Sanchez Leads Jubilee Year Pilgrimage
During the stay in Rome, Bishop Sanchez concelebrated Mass with Pope Francis on Monday, April 4, in the pope’s chapel at the Domus Santa Marta.
Global Effort Needed To Combat Trafficking
The heart of the work of the Church, Cardinal Nichols said, is “to look to, to rescue, to nurture, to comfort, to give freedom and a fresh start to the victims of trafficking.”