The Convent of Mercy fills most of a block in the Fort Greene/Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn. A few blocks west of its main entrance on Willoughby Avenue is Pratt Institute, where young artists and architects prepare for their future careers.
Diocesan News
Opera at the Co-Cathedral
On Friday, Sept. 26, the curtain went up at the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph, Prospect Heights, as a new opera series by the indie company Opera Oggi New York made its premiere. “Made in America” is a set of one-act operas with storyline, text and music by Thomas Lawrence Toscano, founder of the singer-run company. […]
Red Dress, Red Tie Gala
The Dominic A. Murray 21 Memorial Foundation presents the second annual “Red Dress, Red Tie Gala” Oct. 4 at Russo’s on the Bay.
Diocese Begins New School of Evangelization
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio gathered with clergy, religious and catechists to inaugurate the diocesan School of Evangelization on Thursday evening, Sept. 18.
Queens Students Among First at 9/11 Museum
Taking care to keep the memory of the events of Sept. 11, 2001 alive, students from Jamaica Estates visited the memorial museum at the site of the twin towers. The Aquinas Honor Society from Immaculate Conception School was the first group to ever schedule a classroom workshop at the 9/11 Memorial Museum, for which they […]
Queens Students Among First at 9/11 Museum
Taking care to keep the memory of the events of Sept. 11, 2001 alive, students from Jamaica Estates visited the memorial museum at the site of the twin towers. The Aquinas Honor Society from Immaculate Conception School was the first group to ever schedule a classroom workshop at the 9/11 Memorial Museum, for which they received an official certificate from the museum.
Red Mass Is First Item on Queens Court Calendar (with slideshow)
The Catholic Lawyers Guild of Queens County hosted its annual Red Mass Sept. 19 to open the 2014-2015 judicial season.
New Franciscan
After completing his year as a novice, Brother Joseph Bach, O.S.F., left, made his profession of vows as a Franciscan Brother of Brooklyn. He has been assigned to St. Francis Prep as a teacher in the religion department. Pictured with him is Brother William Boslet, O.S.F., superior general.
Thank You, Bishop Scharfenberger
On Wednesday, Sept. 24, at 7 p.m., the Diocese of Brooklyn will celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving for Bishop Edward Scharfenberger, when all may personally congratulate and offer best wishes to him upon his ordination and installation as the 10th Bishop of Albany, N.Y.
New Daughter of Wisdom Has Some Brooklyn Roots
For Marie Josée Seide, 53, the passage to become a Daughter of Wisdom seems to have taken root long ago. Educated as a child in Haiti by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny, her first encounter with the Daughters of Wisdom came in Port-au-Prince where she attended high school at Sacre Coeur, a school with a rich tradition dating back to 1875.