OSSINING, N.Y. (CNS) – Father Raymond J. Finch, a native of Brooklyn who has served for 38 years as a Maryknoll missioner throughout Latin America, has been elected superior general of the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers. Representatives to the Maryknoll Society’s 13th general chapter held at the Maryknoll Mission Center in Ossining elected Father Finch […]
Diocesan News
Student Techies at Fontbonne
Students from Fontbonne Hall Academy, Bay Ridge, are not known to pass up an opportunity to learn more about technology. Last month, a group of students attended Techweek’s LAUNCH Start Up Competition in Manhattan. They met the next generation of technical inventors and professionals who were there to compete for $50,000 in cash and prizes. […]
Statue’s Desecration Rocks Belle Harbor
A statue of Christ with outstretched arms that has long comforted the community of Belle Harbor was found desecrated early this month. Both hands were broken off the figure, and a streak of white paint was placed across its shoulders and arms. “It’s like a big family down here,” said Father Thomas Doyle, pastor. “Nothing […]
Vincentian Values: SJU Bestows Spirit of Service Awards
Nearly 900 people attended St. John’s University’s 17th annual President’s Dinner, which raised more than $2 million in scholarship funds while honoring three men who embrace the Vincentian mission of service with the Spirit of Service Award.
LIU Brooklyn Campus Rocks for Charity
For two days, about 100 different students from the Brooklyn Campus of Long Island University (LIU) took time out from their academic, athletic and social calendars to perform an unusual public demonstration of caring for others – Rock-A-Thon IX.
Fons Vitae Honors
A Mass of thanksgiving honoring members of the Fons Vitae Society was celebrated at the Cathedral Basilica of St. James, Downtown Brooklyn, on Saturday, Nov. 1.
Final Step to Priesthood
Cardinal Timothy Dolan ordained 21 men from the Archdiocese of New York and the Dioceses of Brooklyn and Rockville Centre to the transitional diaconate, the final step on their way to being ordained priests next spring. The ordinations took place on Saturday, Nov. 1, at St. Joseph’s Seminary, Dunwoodie, N.Y.
Bishop Mansour: Defy Terror in Middle East
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (CNS) – Maronite Bishop Gregory J. Mansour of Brooklyn spoke to Belmont University students Oct. 22 about the need for all Christians to respond to persecution with “profound defiance,” which is markedly different from vengeful retaliation or submissive inaction.
Migration Services Gains Coveted Grant
The diocese’s Catholic Migration Services is one of only 40 organizations nationwide chosen to receive a citizenship grant from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
Diocesan Assignments
PASTOR Rev. Thomas F. Vassalotti, from administrator to pastor of Divine Mercy, Williamsburg, effective Dec. 6. RETIRED Rev. Daniel S. Murphy, from pastor of St. Saviour, Park Slope, to senior priest status, effective Jan. 31, 2015. RESIDENCE Rev. Msgr. Edward V. Wetterer, to residence at St. Bartholomew, Elmhurst, while remaining in senior priest […]