A new Internet portal seeks to build a community of prayer by encouraging people to share their prayer intentions with local religious and pray for one another online. Prayer intentions can be submitted on the diocesan website by going to: dioceseofbrooklyn.org/prayforme/.
A Christmas Concert and Tree Lighting will take place at St. Joseph’s Co-Cathedral, Prospect Heights, on Friday, Dec. 4. Mass will be celebrated at 4 p.m., followed by the outdoor concert and festivities.
Pope Francis will make his first pastoral visit to the continent of Africa, Nov. 25-30. On Nov. 29 and 30, he is scheduled to visit the Central African Republic. Because of the time difference, NET-TV will tape the major activities of the papal trip and broadcast them during the day.
Fathers Thomas Vassalotti and Joseph Zwosta, the diocesan chaplains for scouting, conducted a day of retreat for scouts from the diocese at Alpine Scout Camp in New Jersey. About 110 Boy and Girl Scouts attended.
In response to the acts of terrorism that killed over a hundred people in Paris on Nov. 13, people gathered in Carroll Gardens to serve as lights in the darkness.
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, the mother church of Queens, began celebrating its 175th anniversary with the dedication of its newly restored church Nov. 14. Two auxiliary bishops with ties to the parish came to share this moment with the faithful.
The Generations of Faith campaign has truly been a collaborative effort for St. Catherine of Sienna and St. Pascal Baylon churches, which united several years ago to form Our Lady of Light parish in St. Albans.
Two days after her 100th birthday on Nov. 12, Woodhavenite Agnes Hussy was celebrated as a witness of faith, hope and grace at her parish of St. Thomas the Apostle.
At the Catholic School Administrators Association of New York State (CSAANYS) annual fall gathering, Rosemarie McGoldrick, principal of Holy Angels Catholic Academy, received the Lighting the Fire for Catholic Education Award.
What does Father Frank Schwarz, pastor of American Martyrs in Bayside, love most about his parish? “The people. They’re wonderful … very caring people, who love their parish and love God and want to do right,” he said.
