Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio celebrated the Mass of the Neophytes with some of the catechumens and candidates for sacraments who joined the Catholic Church this past Easter. The Mass was held Tuesday, May 6 at St. James Cathedral-Basilica in Downtown Brooklyn. About 250 people attended.
Ave Maria Catholic Academy recently held its second annual Family Math Night. The two-hour event was attended by children and their parents from the K-8 school located in Howard Beach.“At Ave Maria, we work hard to ensure that our children have a strong foundation in the subjects that they will need to be successful in life,” said Anthony Russo, principal. “One way we do that is to make learning fun. Now that Common Core has been instituted, our teachers are implementing strategies to step up our math curriculum so that we meet and exceed parochial and public educational requirements.”
“Politicians won’t change the world, mothers on their knees will,” says Marta Pope, coordinator of the Mothers In Prayer group in Queens. Every Wednesday at 10 a.m., mothers from Our Lady of Mount Carmel parish, Astoria, gather to pray for children around the world. They offer the prayers in union with mothers in 118 countries who say the prayers in 40 different languages.
A bilingual liturgy and commissioning ceremony will be celebrated Monday, May 19, in the chapel at the Immaculate Conception Center, Douglaston, for those persons who have completed the requirements of the Lay Ministry Program, sponsored by the diocesan School of Evangelization/Pastoral Institute. The diocese will honor 72 persons who represent 27 parishes in Brooklyn and Queens. These commissioned lay pastoral leaders have completed a three-year program of study, spiritual reflection, mentoring and pastoral preparation. They join more than 750 others who have successfully completed the program, which is offered in both English and Spanish and has been in existence since 2001.
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For Patricia Guinyard and Gloria Casanova, being able to receive the sacrament of reconciliation in their native tongue is a rare gift. Last Saturday, these women had the benefit of experiencing the sacrament in the language most natural to them – American Sign Language (ASL).
Pope Francis recently reappointed Brooklyn priest Father James Massa to another five-year term as one of 50 advisors to the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue.
For those who couldn’t quite manage a weekend sojourn to Rome for the recent canonizations of SS. John XXIII and John Paul II, St. Athanasius Church, Bensonhurst, hosted its own celebration.
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio will dedicate the church and altar of the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph, Prospect Heights, on Tuesday evening, May 13, at 7:30 p.m. The liturgy will be broadcast live on NET TV, the diocese’s 24-hour cable television channel.
Having the example of two saintly popes who brought change to the Church, Catholic Poles of Borough Park took to the streets to celebrate the canonizations of Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II.
