Father Jun Hee Lee Born in Seoul, South Korea, Father Jun Hee (Peter) Lee, 26, spent his early years in Asuncion, Paraguay, before immigrating to the U.S. at age nine. After spending a year in New Jersey, his family settled in Marine Park and found their spiritual home among the Korean community at St. Athanasius […]
It was a great week for the DeSales Media Group, the parent company of The Tablet and NET-TV, both of which were honored with different awards. At the Catholic Press Association Awards Dinner in Denver, The Tablet took home seven prizes in the annual Catholic Press competition. The Tablet won first place for best editorial […]
Robert Cunningham sacrificed to send his four children to Catholic school at St. Sebastian’s, Woodside. Keeping this sacrifice in mind, the school has announced an annual scholarship in his memory. The announcement was made at the school June 18 with members of the Cunningham family, St. Sebastian’s parish and the diocese on hand. Cunningham passed […]
After months of meticulous restoration, the pipe organ at Our Lady of Refuge Church, Flatbush, was returned June 17 to the parish for re-installation. Movers carried parts of the organ piece-by-piece off two trucks and into the church building. Over the next two weeks, the crew will assemble as much of the organ as possible […]
Religious Sisters from the Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens celebrated their anniversaries of religious life at a Jubilee Mass and dinner with Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio at the Immaculate Conception Center, Douglaston, May 14.
Two Marist Brothers with connections to the Brooklyn Diocese are marking anniversaries. Brother Gerard (Jogues) Cormier, F.M.S., is celebrating his 70th year as a religious. Born in Sommerville, Mass., he entered the Marist Brothers Novitiate, Lowell, Mass. in 1943. He taught at St. Ann’s Academy (now Archbishop Molloy H.S.) and then at Cardinal Hayes […]
Catholic Cemeteries Office of the Diocese of Brooklyn celebrated its annual field Masses May 27 to commemorate Memorial Day. Nearly 800 people attended the liturgy at Mount St. Mary’s Cemetery, Flushing, one of six locations to host a Mass. The others included St. John’s, Middle Village; St. Charles/ Resurrection, Farmingdale, L.I.; Holy Cross, East Flatbush; […]
Church Learning Language of Apps, Tweets, Instagram and Websites It was a multimedia festival, with cameras rolling, notebooks being filled and tweets being sent out, as the diocese marked its 22nd annual celebration of World Communications Day May 17 at Studio Square, Astoria. More than 175 priests, parish representatives and diocesan employees involved […]
The diocesan Pastoral Institute commissioned 55 new lay minsters representing 33 parishes on May 16 at a Mass and bilingual ceremony in the chapel at the Immaculate Conception Pastoral Center, Douglaston. The new lay leaders join nearly 700 lay ministers in the diocese who have successfully completed the three-year program of study, in existence since […]
The Xaverian H.S., Bay Ridge, community gathered May 1 at El Caribe Country Club, Mill Basin, for the fourth annual Spirit of Xaverian Gala to celebrate alumni members who have made a difference since leaving the halls of the Shore Road school. Nearly 550 guests attended, and four honorees were recognized for their professional and […]
