Meet the six priests celebrating their 25th anniversaries this year.
Diocesan News
After Corporate Life, Time for Acts of Mercy
Patrick Morgan promotes the Dorothy Bennett Mercy Center’s mission, helping families overcome negative influences that impact their well-being and self-sufficiency.
Maryknoll Jubilarians Have Ties to Diocese
Father James M. Gilligan, a native of Brooklyn, will celebrate his 60th anniversary of ordination, and Father Donald P. McQuade, a native of Astoria, will celebrate his 50th anniversary.
Bushwick Parish Hosts City ID Card Center
St. Brigid Church in Bushwick opened a temporary enrollment site for IDNYC, a free identification card for New York City residents. The center will remain open until May 22.
First Communion Is Right Setting for May Crowning
Emphasizing the importance of a close relationship with Jesus and Mary, Most Precious Blood parish combined its First Communion Mass and May Crowning, last Saturday.
Celebrating 40 Years as Priests
Seven priests of the diocese are observing their 40th anniversaries of ordination this year.
CMS’s Town Hall in Woodside
Catholic Migration Services held a Queens Town Hall on Right to Counsel April 30 at St. Sebastian Parish Center, Woodside. Communities around Queens gathered to discuss their experiences in going to housing court without representation, and how the proposed bill, Intro. 214, will eliminate this hustle in eviction proceedings if passed into law. Over 130 […]
Diocesan Assignments: May 9, 2015
PASTOR Rev. Alonzo Q. Cox, from administrator to pastor of St. Martin de Porres, Bedford-Stuyvesant, while remaining coordinator of ministry to the African-American immigrants, effective May 3. Rev. Robert Ambalathingal, from administrator to pastor of St. Pius V, Jamaica, while remaining coordinator of ministry to the Indian-Latin immigrants, effective May 9. Rev. Lawrence D. Ryan, […]
Brooklyn Nuns Are on a Mission in Guyana
Sister Karen Schneider, an ER pediatrician, and Sister Mary McGrory, a psychologist and RN from Brooklyn, regularly travel to Haiti and Guyana to provide medical care.
Stanner Wins Big at HS Press Awards
For the sixth year in a row, The Stanner, the newspaper of Archbishop Molloy H.S., Briarwood, won the General Excellence category at this year’s Tablet High School Press Awards.