A record 3,000 pilgrims from the Diocese of Brooklyn traveled to Washington, D.C. for a pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate in Conception .
Diocesan News
Local Maryknoller Elected President
Sister Antoinette Gutzler, M.M., the Brooklyn-born president-elect of Maryknoll Sisters, celebrated 50 years with the congregation this past Sunday, Oct. 12, at a special Mass offered at Maryknoll Sisters Center, Maryknoll, N.Y.
Deacon Ordained in Rome
Nicholas Colalella, from St. Margaret parish, Middle Village, a fourth-year seminarian at the North American College, Rome, was ordained a deacon at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on Oct. 2 by Cardinal Donald Wuerl.
Siebel Retires as CEO Of Catholic Charities
Robert Siebel will be retiring as CEO of Catholic Charities of Brooklyn and Queens (CCBQ) and related agencies, effective Nov. 1.
Judges, Lawyers Gather For Annual Red Mass
At the annual Red Mass in Brooklyn, prayers were offered that the Holy Spirit would inspire wisdom, truth and action on those involved in the legal profession.
Bishop Honored at City Hall
City Councilman Paul Vallone honored Bishop DiMarzio at a celebration of Italian Heritage in honor of Columbus Day at City Hall. Msgr. Kieran Harrington, vicar for communications, right, represented the bishop. Vallone also honored Professor Joseph V. Scelsa, founder and president of the Italian American Museum. Co-sponsors of the event were City Council member Vincent […]
Brooklyn Heights Parishes to Pray for Middle East Peace Oct. 26
Three Brooklyn Heights congregations will come together in a street procession to pray for peace in the Middle East this Sunday, Oct. 26. The faithful will meet at St. Charles Borromeo Church at 12:15 p.m. to begin the procession carrying the Most Blessed Sacrament. Participants will pray the rosary as they walk through the neighborhood […]
Warsaw Archbishop Visits Polish Flock in Brooklyn
Family life and the new evangelization were the themes for this year’s diocesan Polish Heritage Mass.
Futures’ Dinner Raises Over $2.2 Million
Futures in Education, the scholarship fund of the Diocese of Brooklyn, set a record when it raised over $2.2 million in scholarships for the deserving students of low-income families. The annual Scholarship Fund Dinner was held Oct. 14 at the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria, Manhattan.
Sister ‘Tesa’ Wins National Prize
Sister Teresa “Tesa” Fitzgerald, a Sister of St. Joseph from Brentwood, L.I., who directs the Hour Children program that helps women in prison and former women inmates as well as their children, has won the 2014 Opus Prize for faith-based humanitarian work.