The following is the complete text of the prayer offered by NYPD chaplain Msgr. Robert Romano at the funeral service for NYPD Det. Wenjian Liu, on Jan. 4 at Aievoli Funeral Home in Bensonhurst.
Diocesan News
Deacon Mellace Dies in Italy
Deacon Carlo V. Mellace, 70, for- mer director of the diocesan Italian Apostolate, died Dec. 29, in Calabria, Italy, where he was spending Christmas with his siblings. A funeral Mass followed by his burial took place there on Dec. 31. Born in Olivadi, Italy, he earned his doc- torate in economics and attained the rank […]
Mr. Kearney Was Legal Adviser to Diocese
A Mass of Christian Burial for Kevin M. Kearney, a partner in the law firm of Wingate, Kearney and Cullen, was celebrated Jan. 7 at St. Francis de Sales Church, Belle Harbor. The main celebrant of the funeral Mass was Msgr. Otto L. Garcia, a long- time friend. Kearney, 61, died Jan. 3 after a […]
Local Haitians Celebrate Day of Independence
More than 700 Haitians gathered for a Mass of thanksgiving at St. Joseph’s Co-Cathedral, Prospect Heights, on Jan. 1 to celebrate the Feast of Mary, Mother of God, and to mark Haiti’s 211th anniversary of independence from France. Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio was the main celebrant of the liturgy that was offered in Haitian-Creole. The homily was […]
Assisi In Brooklyn: Rare Opportunity to View Historic Exhibit of Franciscan Manuscripts
By Father Brian Jordan, O.F.M. St. Francis of Assisi is now in Brooklyn. He has arrived in the form of rare Franciscan manuscripts that have never left the library of the Sacro Convento San Francesco in Assisi in 700 years! This all came about through a mutual arrangement of the Conventual Franciscans who administer the […]
Little Bethlehem in Long Island City
St. Mary’s Church, Long Island City, prepared the way for the Christ Child with an elaborate pageant performed in the days leading up to Christmas. Almost 70 youngsters joined adults in the musical and dramatic rendition of the Christmas story with a local baby playing Baby Jesus. This event was part of a series of […]
Bishop Welcomes Four New Priests to Diocese
Christmas came a week early for four extern priests serving in Brooklyn and Queens when Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio incardinated them into the presbyterate of the Diocese of Brooklyn. The newly incardinated are Fathers Robert Ambalathingal, Saint Martin Estiverne, Thaddeus J. Abraham and Walter G. Lawson. Fathers Abraham, Ambalathingal and Lawson were incardinated during a noontime […]
Local Nuns Glad Vatican Investigation Is Finished
Six years after the Vatican first started its investigation into U.S. nuns who participate in apostolic ministries, it released an official response during a press conference Dec. 16. Cardinal João Bráz de Aviz prefect of the Vatican Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life held a press conference to release the […]
A Rockin’ Christmas at St. Patrick’s Academy
The annual Christmas pageant performed by students from St. Patrick’s Academy, Bay Ridge, featured two full-length shows, each of which captured the spirit of the season. First up, the eighth graders performed “Jingle Bell Jukebox,” a play that featured musical interludes from the entire school. The play centers around Santa and Mrs. Claus as they […]
O.L. Snows School Makes Christmas Bright
The Student Council of Our Lady of the Snows School, North Floral Park, raised $620 for The Tablet’s Bright Christmas Fund by selling paper ornaments! The children of the school purchased paper ornaments for 25 cents each and colored them in to hang on the school Christmas tree! The class that bought the most ornaments […]