Mike Benn’s Irish eyes will certainly be smiling on St. Patrick’s Day, and not just because he is a proud son of Ireland. Benn, 75, who is retired from the construction trade and lives in Rockaway Beach, has been named the Grand Marshal of the 264th Annual New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade and will lead the marchers up Fifth Avenue on March 17.
Twenty-three later, the memories of Sept. 11 are still vivid for people in the Diocese of Brooklyn.
Every year, Paula Chong celebrates the Feast Day of Our Lady of Good Health, a meaningful day to Indian Catholics that marks the appearance of the Blessed Mother to two peasant boys in Velankanni, India, in the 16th century.
In a hamlet on the banks of the Hudson River 50 miles north of New York City, a group of Franciscan friars are quietly changing lives. The Franciscan Friars of the Atonement operate St. Christopher’s Inn, a ministry in upstate New York dedicated to rehabilitating men in crisis by providing them with spiritual healing. As part of their mission, the friars also run an on-site substance abuse treatment program licensed by the New York State Department of Health.
everal new principals and assistant principals greeted students on Sept. 4, the first day of classes at Catholic schools/academies in the Diocese of Brooklyn.
It’s the opening weekend of another NFL season! The 2023 season saw both local franchises — the Giants and Jets — miss the playoffs and leave their fanbases wanting more. Luckily, with the dawn of a new season comes the eternal spring of hope for loyal followers of Big Blue and Gang Green — including several of our diocesan priests.
PROSPECT HEIGHTS — Bishop Emeritus Nicholas DiMarzio recalled how, in 2006, as a winter storm heaped drifts of wet snow on Brooklyn, a national teachers union leader came to visit. Randi Weingarten, then the president of the United Federation of Teachers, urged him to drop his support of a bill in the Legislature to allow […]
As Bishop Robert Brennan approached the outdoor altar at the Marian Shrine in Stony Point, New York, on Aug. 31, he smiled, waved, and clapped along to the music as more than 3,000 cheering parishioners celebrated his arrival.
The tradition of Catholic women wearing veils to church, which all but disappeared after Vatican II, is seeing something of a revival these days — if a boost in sales at Veronica Marrinan’s clothing company is any indication.
Maria Notaro of La Guli Pastry Shop in Astoria has revised her cookie recipe that commemorated Pope Francis’s 2015 visit to New York City. She recently shared a batch of the treats with people trying to grow in the faith, even while incarcerated at Rikers Island.
