St. Adalbert and Ascension churches, both Elmhurst, are offering a special Mass for those affected by Super Typhoon Haiyan on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 7 p.m. at St. Adalbert Church. St. Adalbert is located at 52-29 83rd Street in Elmhurst, N.Y. The rectory telephone number is 718-639-0212.
When Typhoon Haiyan devastated the Philippines Nov. 8 and the call for help went out, among the first to respond was Catholic Medical Mission Board (CMMB), which has an ongoing relationship with the island-nation in the Pacific. From its distribution center in Long Island City, CMMB began filling boxes with as much as $2 million […]
Not everyone will be canonized a saint. In fact, a miniscule portion of Catholics are beatified let alone canonized. However, all baptized persons are called by God to be saints in their daily lives, and that is the message of the Pro Sanctity Movement, a worldwide movement rooted in the Catholic faith and dedicated to […]
Pilgrims from Brooklyn and Queens traveled to Paris and Lourdes under the spiritual direction of Father Peter Gillen. They are shown in this group photo in Lourdes. The pilgrimage was organized by A&G Peace Tours. Father Gillen, a parochial vicar at Our Lady of Guadalupe parish, Dyker Heights, directed this group to Lourdes, celebrating Mass […]
Choirs from St. Joseph’s Seminary, Dunwoodie, N.Y., and St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary, Crestwood, N.Y., will jointly present an a cappella concert titled “Magnificat: Hymns to the Mother of God from the East and West,” Nov. 25, 7:30 p.m. at St. Jean Baptiste Church, 184 East 76th Street in Manhattan. Tickets are $25 each and […]
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio celebrated Mass Nov. 2 on the feast of All Souls at St. John’s Cemetery, Middle Village. The Mass was one of six field Masses sponsored by Catholic Cemeteries in the Diocese of Brooklyn
For those recovering from Hurricane Sandy’s wrath, the past year has seemed like the blink of an eye. St. Mary Star of the Sea parish in Far Rockaway – one of the hardest hit parishes in the storm – held a commemoration and healing Mass on Tuesday evening, Oct. 29, the one-year anniversary of Sandy […]
by Antonina Zielinska Fifty years ago on Nov. 22, the same day as President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, C.S. Lewis collapsed in his Oxford home and died. Back then, the nation was in too much of a shock to pay much attention to his death, said Ed Wilkinson, editor of The Tablet. Nonetheless, he […]
For Halloween this year, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio dressed as a knight … a Holy Cross Knight, that is. The bishop marked his 17th anniversary of being raised to the episcopacy Oct. 31 at Holy Cross H.S., Flushing. He celebrated Mass with the school’s 900 young men as well as faculty and staff. “It’s (Holy Cross) […]
During the Year of Faith, residents of Queen of Peace Residence, Queens Village, had the opportunity to make a pilgrimage to the church of their baptism. If this was not possible, due to the consolidation of parishes or distance, the possibility of visiting a parish that had been important in their life of faith was […]
