VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The official logo and prayer for World Youth Day 2016 were unveiled in the event’s host city – Krakow, Poland – by the city’s archbishop, Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz.
Diocesan News
How Diocese Assists Minors, Refugees
• Catholic Migration Services (CMS) has provided direct legal assistance to at least 56 children from Ecuador, Central America and Mexico in the past year.
13 New Priests for the Diocese
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio ordained 13 men as priests of the diocese to serve in Brooklyn and Queens on June 28 at St. Joseph’s Co-Cathedral, Prospect Heights.
Bishop Kearney H.S. Names First President
Dr. Margaret M. Minson, a product of Catholic education, who has spent the last several years providing access to such education to thousands of underserved students throughout New York City, has been appointed the first president of Bishop Kearney H.S., Bensonhurst, as the school moves to a new mode of governance.
A Look at Graduations 2014
Twenty-four of the 33 graduating students at Cristo Rey Brooklyn H.S. are first-generation college attendees… St. Patrick Catholic Academy held its graduation ceremony inside St. Patrick Church, Bay Ridge, June 13… St. Patrick Catholic Academy held its graduation ceremony inside St. Patrick Church, Bay Ridge, June 13.
Serving at God’s Table
Father Frank Spacek, chaplain at Christ the King R.H.S., Middle Village, installed six new extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion at the End of Year School Mass.
Serving at God’s Altar
The parish of St. Mary Magdalene Church, Springfield Gardens, commissioned and blessed nine new altar servers.
Summer Grants Help Parish Food Pantries
Barely a month after the Frederick Foundation contacted Catholic Charities Brooklyn Queens wishing to donate $150,000 to parish-based food pantries, Auxiliary Bishop Paul Sanchez stood in St. Helen Church, Howard Beach, ready to give out 76 checks, each addressed to a different parish, to help feed struggling New Yorkers.
Trials Prepare Deacon For Ordination Day
Fully aware that being a disciple of Christ means embracing the cross, Francisco Hernández stood before Auxiliary Bishop Octavio Cisneros and bound himself to Church service as a permanent deacon.
Meet Our New Priests
Photos, brief biographies and details of the first Masses of thanksgiving of the men.