One hundred and twenty-eight golfers participated in the 18th annual Bishops’ Golf Classic conducted by the DeSales Media Group for the benefit of Catholic Migration Services. The event was held Aug. 8 at North Hills Country Club in Manhasset, L.I. Special celebrity golfers included Bud Harrelson, former shortstop and manager of the New York Mets, […]
Father Osmin Vargas will conduct a healing Mass sponsored by the Servants of the Holy Spirit Prayer Community at Our Lady of the Angelus Church, Rego Park, on Sunday, Aug. 19, at 8 p.m. Confessions and Rosary at 7 p.m.
by Antonina Zielinska Young adults from throughout the northeast have joined forces with Franciscan Friars in Brooklyn to build up the Church of God, both physically and spiritually. Thirteen volunteers from Capuchin Youth and Family Services based in Garrison, N.Y., visited St. Michael’s Friary, East New York, for a week of communal prayer and service. […]
More than nine months after Hurricane Sandy, the rebuilding process from the storm continues in full force, especially in the Rockaways. That process has been a team effort, and recently, groups from across the country and around the diocese participated in a weeklong volunteer restoration project at St. Camillus, Rockaway Park, and St. Virgilius, Broad […]
Martha Hennessy, granddaughter of Dorothy Day, will speak at the next Tablet Forum on Friday, Sept. 6, at 7 p.m. at St. Sebastian Church, Woodside. Tickets are not necessary. Admission is free. Martha Hennessy, a mother and grandmother, lives with her husband on a small farm in Vermont. She is the seventh grandchild of Dorothy Day, co-founder of the Catholic Worker […]
Bridgeport, Conn. (CNS) – On the morning after he was appointed to lead the Diocese of Bridgeport, Conn., Bishop Frank Caggiano was being praised in Connecticut newspapers as “a breath of fresh air” for his “all-inclusive style of leadership.” The bishop, who has served in the Brooklyn Diocese as vicar general and auxiliary bishop since […]
Auxiliary Bishop Raymond Chappetto celebrated the closing Mass Aug. 4 for the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel at St. Bernard’s parish, Mill Basin. The Mass was concelebrated by Msgr. Jamie Gigantiello, pastor; Father Timothy Lambert, parochial vicar; Msgr. Steven Aguggia, pastor of St. Margaret’s parish, Middle Village; Father Paul Kim; and Msgr. David […]
Martha Hennessy, granddaughter of Dorothy Day, will speak at the next Tablet Forum on Friday, Sept. 6, at 7 p.m. at St. Sebastian Church, Woodside. Tickets are not necessary. Admission is free. Martha Hennessy, a mother and grandmother, lives with her husband on a small farm in Vermont. She is the seventh grandchild of Dorothy Day, co-founder of the Catholic Worker […]
A three-story brick house stands at 1175 Shore Pkwy. in Bensonhurst. The house is slightly set back from the other homes on the block, and a brown awning encloses an elevated front porch. Everything about the house would make it seem like any other normal house in Brooklyn, including a two-story garage in the backyard. […]
Support Our Aging Religious (SOAR!) celebrates its 27th anniversary at its annual gala on Oct. 2 at the New York Athletic Club in Manhattan. Established in 1986, SOAR! is a national not-for-profit committed to financially supporting elderly and infirm members of Catholic religious congregations in our nation. Sister Patricia Codey, S.C., Esq., President of Catholic […]
