It was an important event for both the participants and the Diocese of Brooklyn. Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio led the diocesan Rite of Election Feb. 26 in two separate ceremonies at Christ the King R.H.S., Middle Village, to welcome 949 new candidates and catechumens, who will enter into full union with the Catholic Church this Easter […]
In Park Slope, the fifth annual World AIDS Day Interfaith Candlelight Memorial Service was held at St. Augustine Church.
An inscribed trowel, handwritten ledgers and golden monstrances, all circa 1900, were among the local treasures on display in Park Slope last weekend. St. Francis Xavier parish opened the doors of its 125-year-old Victorian-style rectory to exhibit historical photographs, artifacts, documents and memorabilia as part of its quasquicentennial celebration. The five-room display began in the […]
Two weeks after firefighters put out a five-alarm fire that destroyed Danken’s Auto Supply, Park Slope Christian Help Inc., which is located next door, is struggling to reopen. The services it provides for the community include a transitional home for young mothers, a soup kitchen and a food pantry. Nine young mothers, who resided in […]
In honor of the centennial anniversary of St. Catherine Genoa parish, Flatbush, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio celebrated an outdoor Mass on Saturday, Sept. 17.Parishioners past and present filled the yard behind their church as Bishop DiMarzio spoke of the parish’s humble beginnings.
by Donna Leslie A group of youth on retreat had some free time indoors. Led by their chaperones-in-training, they formed a circle and began playing a game from their childhood called “Where the wind blows.” Outside, summer storm clouds began hovering, and the rains came. A loud crack of lightning caused lights to flicker and […]
Father James E. McLinden, S.S.J., celebrated his 40th anniversary as a Josephite priest with a Mass of thanksgiving May 2 at St. Joseph’s Seminary, Washington, D.C. Born in Brooklyn, Father McLinden was baptized at St. Charles Borromeo Church in Brooklyn Heights. He attended St. Jerome’s School, East Flatbush; Erasmus Hall H.S., Flatbush; the Josephite minor […]
Parishioners from St. Matthew, St. Gregory the Great and Our Lady of Charity, all in Crown Heights, came together in Brower Park as a recently formed single parish under the name of St. Matthew, to celebrate the feast of Corpus Christi and to proclaim to everyone around that Jesus is “dynamite.”
