This year’s Chief Brehon of the Great Irish Fair, Bob Benya, couldn’t be a more deserving choice. Benya, the president and CEO of iNDEMAND Networks, has thrived on his Irish upbringing and Catholic education. He’s originally from Stuyvesant Town in Manhattan but has lived the past 20-plus years in Breezy Point. Benya’s great grandparents were […]
Six men were ordained transitional deacons for the Diocese of Brooklyn at St. James Cathedral Basilica, Downtown Brooklyn, on Saturday, Sept. 1.
by Donna Leslie In an inspiring year when America saw a female African-American gymnast become an Olympic champion, the Diocese of Brooklyn saw its future “champions” of youth with the 22nd annual Kujenga Youth Leadership Retreat, held July 27-29 at the Immaculate Conception Seminary, Huntington, L.I. The central theme for this year’s retreat, “Not a […]
Sacred Heart parish, Cambria Heights, held its annual parish barbecue on the church grounds on Saturday, Aug. 18. The event was started last year by Father Donelson Thevenin who currently is serving as a Navy chaplain on the USS Boxer in San Diego, Calif. Father Bryan Patterson, pastor, and Father Hugues Berrette, parochial vicar, supported […]
The boys at the Father Edward Troike Leadership Program bid their director, Father John Cush, goodbye this summer.
To celebrate the opening of its 50th year, the Cursillo de Cristianidad movement of the Brooklyn Diocese went back to the basics.
Sister Mary Isabel Sullivan, R.S.M., has a unique talent. For more than 30 years, she handmade replacement miters for the bishops of the Diocese of Brooklyn. While the Cypress Hills native thoroughly enjoyed crafting these ceremonial headgears, she gave up the practice roughly seven years ago. However, with the recent ordination of Bishops Raymond Chappetto […]
Maryknoll Sister Maureen Hanahoe, a native of the Diocese of Brooklyn, celebrated her golden jubilee with a Mass of thanksgiving for her 50 years of service on Sunday, June 17, at Annunciation Chapel, Maryknoll Sisters Center. Born in Rosedale, Sister Maureen entered Maryknoll in 1962. Her first foreign assignment was to Talca, Chile, where she […]
Two brothers in the diocese are marking their 60th years as members of religious life. Brother John Leane, S.C., was born and grew up in the South Bronx. He attended St. Luke’s School, St. Joseph’s H.S., Metuchen, N.J., and entered the novitiate of the Brothers of the Sacred Heart and pronounced his first vows in […]
Nazareth Regional H.S., East Flatbush, will once again open its doors in September. This is the news for which the entire school community has been waiting since the announcement was made in February that it would close at the end of the academic year.
