With open enrollment for New York State of Health, the official Health Plan Marketplace officially is underway, and Fidelis Care has announced it is ready to assist residents. “We have spent more than a year preparing for this major change in health care, and every department at Fidelis Care has played an important role,” said […]
Diocesan News
Next Tablet Forum
The writings of C.S. Lewis will be the topic of the next Tablet Forum to be held on Friday, Nov. 1 at 7 p.m. at Christ the King R.H.S., Middle Village. The forum will feature the showing of the film, The Life and Work of C.S. Lewis, and a talk by James Como, chairman and […]
Catholic Charities Sponsors Housing in Ocean Hill
Catholic Charities opened its Msgr. Barretta Apartments in Ocean Hill to provide more affordable housing in the neighborhood. At the ribbon-cutting ceremony were, from left: Jim Riso, general contractor; Carmi Bee, RKT & B; William Traylor, president, Richman Housing Resources; Msgr. Alfred LoPinto, vicar for human services; […]
Migration Office Offers Help for Undocumented
For undocumented Latinos, the threat of deportation is an ever-present destabilizing factor that endangers their capacity to have a stable family and work life. And yet, less than half of all Latinos in the U.S. that are currently able to naturalize have done so. Barriers to getting a green card, which puts people on the […]
Pastoral Institute Offering
The Pastoral Institute is offering an eight-session formation program for lay leaders called Foundations of Spiritual Practice beginning Oct. 24 at 7:15 p.m. at St. Margaret’s School, Middle Village. The program will focus on deepening dialogue with God through the rich spiritual traditions of the Catholic faith. The speakers will be from Ignatian, Franciscan, Carmelite […]
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio: The Tablet’s Special Supplement Honoring a Decade of Leadership
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio is commemorating his 10th anniversary (2003-2013) as Bishop of Brooklyn. In the September 28 issue, the special pullout section features a tribute to Bishop DiMarzio. Below are the online links to those stories. Please click an individual link to be brought to that specific page: Behind the Scenes With Bishop DiMarzio Timeline: […]
Bestowing Sacraments
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio traditionally baptizes, distributes Communion and confirms new Catholics during Easter Vigil services around the diocese.
A Look Back: Scenes from Bishop DiMarzio’s Installation Mass as the Seventh Bishop of Brooklyn
Photos from Bishop DiMarzio’s Installation Mass as the Seventh Bishop of Brooklyn Oct. 3, 2003
Superstorm Sandy
After Superstorm Sandy struck his diocese, Oct. 29, 2012, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio was instrumental in helping with the spiritual and physical recovery process. Bishop DiMarzio assesses the situation in the Rockaways the morning after the storm ravaged the peninsula… He surveys the efforts in the make-shift relief center in St. Francis de Sales School gym, […]
Around the World With Diocesan Youth
Cologne, Sydney, Madrid and Rio de Janeiro – Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio has accompanied diocesan pilgrims on four World Youth Days. He encourages pilgrims as they make overnight vigil on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro, to celebrate Mass with Pope Francis… After offering morning Mass at an English Catechesis site in Madrid, Spain, Bishop DiMarzio sends […]