As The Tablet went to press, it was learned that Father Louis D. Aufiero, who lived at Queen of Peace Residence, Queens Village, died on May 24. Father Aufiero would have celebrated his 50th anniversary of ordination on May 29. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, June 1, at Queen […]
Regina Pacis Basilica in Bensonhurst will soon be the home of the new “St. Joseph Chapel and Columbarium,” which will be located under the main basilica.
Father Josephjude Gannon of St. Gerard Majella Church held a festival to congratulate a parishioner entering religious life and to thank his flock for their response to Generations of Faith.
The 61 new lay leaders from 37 parishes will coordinate new or existing parish ministries.
Pope Francis appointed Father Emery Kibal Mansong’loo as the new bishop of the Diocese of Kole in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Field Masses were celebrated at diocesan cemeteries on Memorial Day. Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio was the main celebrant at St. John’s Cemetery
The 23 diocesan pilot parishes have now raised more than $19 million on collective goals that total above $14 million, bringing the campaign total over $30 million.
Gesson Agenis, who was born in Haiti, and Polish-born Jaroslaw Szeraszewicz and Lukasz Kubiak will be ordained as transitional deacons by Auxiliary Bishop Raymond Chappetto at St. James Cathedral-Basilica, Downtown Brooklyn, on Saturday, May 30, at 11 a.m. As transitional deacons, they will continue their theological training to prepare for ordination to the priesthood.
For the past few years, the Diocese of Brooklyn has been working with the other Catholic dioceses in New York State, as well as Jewish and Protestant leaders, to build support for the Education Investment Tax Credit (A2551). Here are some of the diocese’s efforts thus far in 2015: • Futures in Education, the foundation […]
BROOKLYN Our Lady of Angels, Bay Ridge — Bereavement Support Group, May 22, 7-8 p.m. Call Judy, 748-1164. Mary Queen of Heaven, Old Mill Basin — Healing Mass, May 22, 7 p.m. Mass with Father Ilyas Gill. Call 763-2330. Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Sunset Park — Regina Opera Company presents Bizet’s “Carmen,” May 23 and […]
