Brother William Herbst, O.F.M., a member of Holy Name Province, the largest community of Franciscan friars in the U.S., is celebrating 25 years as a friar this summer. Herbst is the province’s assistant director of postulancy, working out of offices at St. Paul Friary in Wilmington, Del. He was honored, along with other jubilarians celebrating […]
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Pope Francis has appointed Auxiliary Bishop Frank J. Caggiano of Brooklyn, N.Y., as the fifth bishop of the Diocese of Bridgeport, Conn. The appointment was announced July 31 in Washington by Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, apostolic nuncio to the United States. Bishop Caggiano, 54, succeeds then-Bishop William E. Lori of Baltimore, who […]
by Antonina Zielinska RIO DE JANEIRO – All through the week of World Youth Day, pilgrims from Brooklyn and Queens had Pray for the Pope coins at the ready. They gave them away as gifts and exchanged them for souvenirs. “The coins for me are all about seeing people’s excited faces when we explain them,” […]
For 46 years, the Father Edward Troike Summer Leadership Program at Cathedral Prep Seminary, Elmhurst, has been molding young boys into men. But this year, those young men have been further evolving into the heroes of the future. The theme of this year’s summer program, which lasted four weeks from July 1-26, was “The World […]
As part of the month-long celebration of Ramadan, the Turkish Cultural Center (TCC) of Queens hosted its annual interfaith Ramadan Iftar Dinner July 24 at the Woodhaven Manor. Its purpose was to break bread after a long day of fasting. During Ramadan, which lasted this year from July 8 through Aug. 7, Muslims refrain from […]
For 12 days and nights, the streets surrounding Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Williamsburg, were alive with the traditions and spirituality of the ancestors of immigrants from Nola, Italy. The 126th annual festival in honor of the parish patroness and St. Paulinus, a fourth century Bishop of Nola, was held to the delight of […]
In the final week before departing for World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio called together all the diocesan pilgrims to gather in prayer and preparation. He reminded them that even though the pilgrimage should be fun, it is not meant to be a vacation. “We are going because we are pilgrims,” […]
Parishioners from St. Athanasius parish, Bensonhurst, joined their pastor, Msgr. David Cassato, and newly-ordained Father Paul Kim on a pilgrimage to the tomb of St. Athanasius in Venice to commemorate the parish’s 100th anniversary. Above, they are shown at the tomb following Mass at St. Zachariah Church. At left, Father Kim and Msgr. Cassato concelebrate […]
The newly named Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph, Prospect Heights, held a parish evangelization mission, June 11-23. Thirty nuns, seminarians, deacons and priests of the Institute of the Incarnate Word (IVE) spent two weeks knocking on doors, inviting people back to Church. It was the first mission directed by Father Brian Dinkel, IVE, who was ordained […]
by Jasmine Salazar I always knew that my Catholic faith and my profession would be driving forces in my life, but I never knew I would end up where I am today. Growing up in Brooklyn as the child of immigrant parents and the product of a Catholic education, my Catholic values were heavily instilled […]
