A congregation of about 1,000 people attended the Memorial Day Field Mass at Mount St. Mary Cemetery, Flushing, May 26 with Auxiliary Bishop Octavio Cisneros as the main celebrant.
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Communications Day Observed in Diocese
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The Arts Round Out A Catholic Education
Angela Fazio, who was a Catholic school principal for 20 years, continues to educate students in Brooklyn and Queens.
Dedication of St. Joseph’s Co-Cathedral (with photos)
More than 2,000 people made up the overflow crowd as Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio dedicated St. Joseph’s Co-Cathedral in Prospect Heights. The event, which was televised live on NET-TV, symbolized the rebirth of the 100-year-old church building and the renewal in the neighborhood. More than 270 priests, seven bishops and retired Cardinal Edward Egan, the former […]
72 New Lay Leaders Complete Program
It’s graduation season, and 72 new lay ministers from 27 parishes in the diocese completed the three-year ministry preparation program.
Family Is Still Key to Human Development
Calling family “indispensable and irreplaceable” in human development, a high-ranking Vatican official called for a “renewal of family models” when he spoke at the U.N. in Manhattan earlier this month.
Priests Are Marking Their 65th, 60th Anniversaries
Also celebrating significant anniversaries this year are four priests who are marking their 65th years as priests and six who are 60 years ordained. Ordained 65 years are: Msgr. Austin Bennett, special assistant to the bishop and a resident of St. Thomas Aquinas rectory, Flatlands; Father Francis J. Labita, who lives at Bishop Mugavero Residence, […]
Silver Jubilarians – Eight Diocesan Priests Have Been Serving for 25 Years
Father Richard J. Bretone, parochial vicar at St. Patrick’s, Bay Ridge, since 2011, will celebrate a Mass of thanksgiving at the church on Saturday, May 31, at 5 p.m. A reception will follow in the auditorium. The theme for the reception will be a barn dance as a fundraiser for Father Bretone’s upstate N.Y. retreat […]
Celebrating Jubilees in Priesthood
At the annual Chrism Mass celebrated during Holy Week, priests who are marking significant anniversaries of their ordinations as priests were invited to concelebrate with Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio. From left are Msgr. Nicholas Sivillo, 50 years; Msgr. Austin Bennett, 65 years; and Msgr. John Casey, 60 years.
Golden Jubilarians – Six Diocesan Priests Marking 50th Year in Priesthood
Msgr. Martin T. Geraghty, pastor of St. Robert Bellarmine, Bayside, since 2006, will celebrate a Mass of thanksgiving at the Immaculate Conception Center, Douglaston, this fall. Born in Brooklyn, he attended Cathedral College; St. Mary’s Seminary, Baltimore; and North American College, Rome. He was ordained Dec. 16, 1964 at St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome, by Bishop Francis F. Reh.