Margaret Tumelty’s commitment to her bi-weekly cold plunge into the Atlantic Ocean provides her with more than just the health benefits she believes the activity offers. It also helps strengthen her faith.
Diocesan News
The Mary Louis Academy Prepares For Middle School Launch This Fall
The sisterhood at The Mary Louis Academy will be welcoming a new group of “little sisters” come September. The all-girls Catholic high school is set to open a middle school for sixth, seventh, and eighth graders for the start of the 2025-2026 school year.
Would You Say 2,000 Hail Marys In the Same Day? This Group Does
Mely Borgonia remembers feeling overwhelmed the first time her godmother invited her to a 2,000 Hail Marys devotion at the home of a family friend in 1992. Today, 33 years later, she leads the same devotion at her church, St. Sebastian in Woodside.
The Cathedral Club of Brooklyn: 125 Years of Catholic Leadership in the Public Square
Read the address Father Michael Bruno, dean of seminarians at St. Joseph Seminary and College, delivered to attendees at the Cathedral Club of Brooklyn’s 125th-anniversary dinner on Feb. 6.
Cathedral Club Celebrates 125 Years of Community, Tradition
For the past 125 years, the Cathedral Club of Brooklyn has given back to the community. The Catholic lay organization’s 125th-anniversary dinner, held at El Caribe on Feb. 6, was no different.
Mass Unites in Celebration of Black Heritage And Solidarity
Bishop Robert Brennan described the Black History Month Mass at St. Thérèse Lisieux Church as an “uplifting” opportunity to be together, noting the Church symbolizes family, and, therefore, Catholics must stand together in solidarity when a member is discriminated against.
Pilot of Fatal DC Crash Remembered in Brooklyn: ‘He Will Never Be Forgotten’
Capt. Jonathan Campos, the pilot of the doomed American Eagle Flight 5342 that collided with a military helicopter in midair over Washington, D.C., on Jan. 29, was remembered during his funeral as a dedicated professional who had always dreamed of flying.
Diocese Announces Closure of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Academy Brooklyn
Faced with declining enrollment, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Academy in Brooklyn will permanently close at the end of this current school year. The Diocese of Brooklyn announced the decision by the academy’s board of directors on Feb. 11.
Ozanam Hall Looks to Enhance Dementia Care With New Space
Drawing from personal experience with her father, Ana Tagle said she understands the challenges of being a caregiver for a loved one with dementia.
Brooklyn Diocese Hosts First-Ever St. Brigid Feast Day Celebration with Standing-Room-Only Mass
The Irish Apostolate sponsored the Diocese of Brooklyn’s first-ever celebration of the feast of St. Brigid with a standing-room-only congregation at the Cathedral Basilica of St. James in Downtown Brooklyn.