Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio has represented the Brooklyn Diocese in Rome on several occasions. Bishop DiMarzio greets Pope John Paul II during his 2004 ad limina visit to the Vatican… Pope Benedict XVI shakes hands with Bishop DiMarzio, during the pope’s general audience at the Vatican on July 6, 2005… Bishop DiMarzio meets Pope Francis for […]
Pope John Paul II accepted the resignation of Bishop Thomas V. Daily and appointed Bishop Nicholas A. DiMarzio of Camden, N.J., to succeed him as the seventh Bishop of the Diocese of Brooklyn on Aug. 1, 2003. Embracing the theme, “Put out into the deep,” Bishop DiMarzio has gone out into the depths of the […]
by Marie Elena Giossi You may not know his name, but you’ve seen his face at almost every Mass, parish celebration and school visit Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio has attended over the last decade. Deacon Jaime Varela is the man who works behind the scenes with the man who leads our diocese. His official title is […]
Joseph Bach was received into the Novitiate of the Franciscan Brothers of Brooklyn. Pictured, from left, are Brother William Boslet, O.S.F., superior general of the Franciscan Brothers of Brooklyn; Brother Joseph Bach; and Brother Richard Contino, O.S.F., novice director.
The 18th annual chamber music series at Good Shepherd Church, Marine Park, begins on Oct. 6 with a performance by clarinetist Thomas Piercy. The concerts take place on 11 consecutive Sundays at 6 p.m. While admission is free and open to the public, voluntary donations for the performers are encouraged. Michael Fontana, parish music director, […]
Brooklyn seminarian Mark Bristol was promoted in the U.S. Navy from the rank of Ensign to Lieutenant Junior Grade as a Chaplain Candidate on Sept. 20 in a ceremony at St. Joseph’s Seminary, Dunwoodie, N.Y. Shown are, from left, Navy Commander Msgr. Joseph Mulqueen; Bristol; Navy recruiter Lieutenant Commander Younker; and Lieutenant Msgr. Terrence Mulkerin.
At two recent full-day orientation sessions, the diocese’s Pastoral Institute welcomed 86 new participants for its Lay Ministry Program. Coming from parishes across Brooklyn and Queens, they embarked on a three-year course of intellectual, spiritual, human and pastoral formation that will prepare them for service in their parishes. Thirty-nine will follow the English-language track, while […]
Umbrellas are seen as people shelter from the rain as Pope Francis is pictured on a large screen leading the Angelus from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Sept. 15.
Theodore Musco, director of the Office of Faith Formation, and staff hosted two meetings for catechetical leaders on Sept. 9 at 310 Prospect Park West, Park Slope, and Sept. 10 at the Immaculate Conception Pastoral Center, Douglaston, to mark the celebration of Catechetical Sunday, Sept. 15. This […]
Principal Dorothea Breen led a 9/11 prayer service at Immaculate Conception School, Jamaica Estates. It involved ringing the Aquinas Memorial Bell with a moment of silence. Aquinas Honor Society members held the flag, candles and flowers
