Bishop Robert Brennan offered prayers March 26 for the NYPD Officer who was fatally shot Monday during a traffic stop on a street in Far Rockaway.
Diocesan News
Foreign-Born Priests and Nuns, Lacking Green Cards, May Have to Leave the US
Dioceses throughout the U.S. have long relied on foreign-born priests and religious to make up for increasingly fewer vocations each year. In Brooklyn and Queens, these clergy and sisters speak some 30 languages of the thousands of Catholics from around the world who comprise this “Diocese of Immigrants.”
Missionary Priest Travels the U.S., and Beyond, ‘to Be a Witness of Hope’
A former college chaplain and a candidate for sainthood inspired a Haitian-born priest from Brooklyn to visit sweltering northwest Arkansas last summer to observe local missionary work fueling the faith.
Bishop Brennan and Procession Took ‘Faith Into the Streets’ on Palm Sunday
For a third straight year, Bishop Robert Brennan led a holy procession of palm-waving faithful through the streets of Brooklyn on Sunday, March 24, just as the early Christians did during the fourth century in Rome.
Bishop Brennan Celebrates Mass With 900 Graduating Catholic High School Seniors
Chloe Rojas, a senior at The Mary Louis Academy in Jamaica Estates, is looking forward to her graduation this spring and can’t wait for her college days to begin. She has not finalized her choice of college, but said she will likely be going to the University of Central Florida in Orlando.
Brooklyn Priest, Home From Mission, Wants Faithful to ‘Give Hope’ to Haitian Migrants
On the last day of Father Juan Luxama’s recent mission trip to San Juan, Puerto Rico, he witnessed the arrival of a boat of 45 Haitian migrants, who then piled into a local Catholic shelter. Witnessing their new reality, he said, moved him.
Catholic Churches in Brooklyn and Queens Open for Confession Monday In Preparation for Easter
Bishop Robert Brennan of the Diocese of Brooklyn, in partnership with Cardinal Timothy Dolan of the Archdiocese of New York and Bishop John Barres of the Diocese of Rockville Centre, invites Catholics to confession on Reconciliation Monday, which will be held on Monday, March 25.
Lord’s Day Suppers Let Faithful Have Fellowship, Like Jesus and the Apostles
As the New Testament tells it, the Last Supper was about much more than the consumption of bread and wine. It was also about the deep love Jesus Christ had for the apostles. It was in that spirit of love and friendship that parishioners of Most Precious Blood-Sts. Simon and Jude Parish in Bath Beach gathered on Tuesday, March 5, to pray together and break bread just as Jesus and the apostles did 2,000 years ago.
As it Marks 125 Years, CCBQ Looks to Step Up Mental Health Outreach
Msgr. John Bracken likes to describe himself as a cheerleader for Catholic Charities Brooklyn & Queens (CCBQ) and said he is always eager to speak about the wide range of programs it offers to people in need.
Beloved Good Shepherd Academy Staffer Is Honored With a Divine Mercy Jesus Statue
In September, Del Gaizo will have been serving at Good Shepherd Catholic Academy for 32 years. She joined the school’s staff after years as a devoted mother, giving up her career as a secretary on Wall Street to raise her two sons.