The Dorothy Bennett Mercy Center will honor Mercy Sister Camille D’Arienzo with the Mercy Spirit Award.
Diocesan News
Exposition of St. John Paul II Relic in Elmhurst, Oct. 18-19
St. Adalbert Church, Elmhurst, will celebrate its reception of a relic of St. John Paul II with public exposition and veneration next weekend.
Music at St. Joseph’s Co-Cathedral
Music at St. Joseph’s Co-Cathedral, Prospect Heights, will present the Metro Chamber Orchestra, Friday, Oct. 17 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 19 at 3:30 p.m., with an array of upcoming classical talent under the direction of artistic director Philip Nuzzo.
Family Fun in Bayside
Sacred Heart School, Bayside, kicked off the year with its first Family Fun Day. The roots for this activity took hold last spring in one of the Mother’s Club meetings.
Boerum Hill Pets Receive ‘Fur’-vent Blessing
Wearing a blue rain slicker, 10-year-old Blaze, an Australian Cattle Collie, was the first to arrive for a noontide animal blessing on the feast of St. Francis at St. Paul’s Church in Boerum Hill.
Halifax Sisters of Charity To Mark 90 Years in NY
The Sisters of Charity will celebrate their 90th anniversary of presence in the New York area with a Mass of thanksgiving at the Immaculate Conception Center, Douglaston on Saturday, Oct. 25, at noon. Retired Rockville Centre, L.I., Auxiliary Bishop Emil A. Wcela will be the main celebrant.
The Stars Were Out at Catholic Migration Dinner
Attendees at the annual Shining Star Dinners sponsored by Catholic Migration Services came from all over the world as the diocese honored some of the most active Catholic immigrants in Brooklyn and Queens.
Beatified in New Jersey
NEWARK, N.J. (CNS) – More than 2,200 people packed the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark Oct. 4 to celebrate the first beatification liturgy in the U.S.
Fr. Groeschel Was Noted Evangelizer and Pro-Lifer
TOTOWA, N.J. (CNS) – Father Benedict J. Groeschel, who was a founder of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, a leading pro-life figure and popular author, retreat master and preacher, died Oct. 3 at St. Joseph’s Home for the elderly in Totowa after a long illness. He was 81.
75 Years of Ethnic Diversity in Rego Park (with slide show)
Seventy-five years ago, Catholics in Annadale Park rejoiced when a new parish was formed to serve the growing Irish and Italian families in this community of creeks and fields dotted with small houses and a few stores.