To celebrate the opening of its 50th year, the Cursillo de Cristianidad movement of the Brooklyn Diocese went back to the basics.
Diocesan News
Sister Mary Isabel – If She Wasn’t a Nun, She Miter Been a Seamstress
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 […]
Maryknoller from Queens Celebrates Her 50th Jubilee
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 […]
Religious Brothers Celebrate Jubilees
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 Reverses Decision To Close
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.
RCIA – Diocese Welcomes 949 Preparing for Full Communion with Church
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 […]
World AIDS Day – Remembrance, Education, Hope
In Park Slope, the fifth annual World AIDS Day Interfaith Candlelight Memorial Service was held at St. Augustine Church.
History on Display in Park Slope — St. Francis Xavier Marks 125th Year (with slide show)
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 […]
Fire Next Door Closes CHIPS Residence (with slide show)
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 […]
For 100 Years, Parish Is Home Away from Home – Centennial of St. Catherine of Genoa
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.