Gray skies cast a pall over Eastern Parkway early in the day on Labor Day, but vibrant colors and music soon enlivened the landscape. Labor Day, normally a time for rest and relaxation, is also the celebration of Brooklyn’s annual West Indian American Day Parade. Millions of spectators and participants trekked west on the two-mile […]
The Brooklyn Chinese Apostolate brought friends, family and the Church community together for a day of games and performances. The organization’s lay committee organized a Summer Fun Day at St. Agatha School, Sunset Park. This marks the second year the event. Last year, it was held at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Sunset Park. […]
The seventh-grade class at Sacred Heart School, Bayside, visited the Alley Pond Adventure Course in Queens. The adventure course is designed to focus on team-building, problem-solving and communication skills through games and low- and high-element activities. Prior to the field trip, the students had been working on an adventure education unit in their physical education […]
JAMAICA, N.Y. (CNS) – An independent investigation by St. John’s University found “no criminal wrongdoing” on the part of its recently retired president, but “errors in judgment” by top university officials over financial conflicts of interest and lack of disclosure to the school’s board of trustees. Vincentian Father Donald J. Harrington retired at the end […]
WASHINGTON (CNS) – The U.S. should work with the international community to help Egyptians end violence, restore the rule of law and build an inclusive democracy in their country, said the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace. In an Aug. 23 letter to Secretary of State John Kerry, Bishop Richard […]
by Marie Elena Giossi School will be back in session soon, and while some will lament over the end of summer, Eileen Harnischfeger isn’t one of them. The principal of Immaculate Conception School (I.C.S.) is excited to reunite with the students and teachers who, she says, make I.C.S. “the best little school in the heart […]
Bishop Loughlin M.H.S., Fort Greene, now has the second largest green roof in Brooklyn as of the end of July. The N.Y.C. Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) selected Bishop Loughlin as the site for an ambitious green roof project, funded through the Green Infrastructure Grant Program. The green roof will have a significant impact for […]
New principals or those who are new to the Diocese of Brooklyn are required to participate in the St. Frances Cabrini Institute: a three-year program that culminates with a professional development certificate granted by Fordham University. The purpose of the Cabrini Institute is to provide training, mentoring and professional services on a regular basis for […]
The Pastoral Institute has announced that registration for its 10-week Foundations for Ministry Program that begins in September is open. The program will be offered in English, Spanish, Mandarin and Polish at various host sites in the diocese. Designed for men and women who are discerning participation in the three-year Lay Ministry Program or who […]
The installation of Bishop Frank Caggiano as bishop of the Diocese of Bridgeport, Conn., will be held at St. Theresa Church in Trumbull, Conn., on Thursday, Sept. 19, at 2 p.m. The evening before, there will be a vespers service at St. Augustine Cathedral, Downtown Bridgeport, at 7:30 p.m., when he will take canonical possession […]
