Bishop Robert Brennan will be on the Brooklyn Bridge on Sunday, May 26, but he won’t be taking a casual stroll to see the skyline.
Diocesan News
Award-Winning Author’s Message to Diocesan Students: Reject Hate, Embrace Tolerance
About seven years ago, high school students in a small city along Lake Ontario in upstate New York were assigned a project. Their teacher told them to pretend they were members of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Party and argue for, or against, the Holocaust’s Final Solution.
Talented Queens Academy Students Embrace Another Gift: Catholicism
Between piano, taekwondo, and academics, siblings Koey and Keo Ma have devoted themselves to their passions. Even though they are young, the St. Mel Catholic Academy students have spent hours at the ivories learning new songs or in the dojo becoming black belts.
Student Seeking God on a College Campus
Ever since he was very young, Noel Guzman has been determined to not stop until he gets his questions answered. He is a self-described discerner, who uses logic as his guide through the confusion of life.
‘This Little Light of Mine’ Shines Bright at Eucharistic Revival
Among the many sacred and solemn songs heard at the recent Diocesan Eucharistic Revival at Louis Armstrong Stadium in Queens were some more familiar and popular selections such as “This Little Light of Mine” and “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands,” performed by a choir under the direction of Joseph Murray, co-director of music ministry at St. Martin de Porres Parish in Bedford-Stuyvesant.
The Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph: A Reborn House of Worship in a Changing Neighborhood
Over half a century has passed since Lida Wickham became a parishioner at what is now the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph. When she entered its doors for the first time, it was a parish church, the closest one to her and her husband’s new home in Prospect Heights.
Brazilian Man Moving From Rock ’n’ Roll and Mosh Pits to the Priesthood
Deacon Caetano Moura de Oliveira clearly remembers when he first heard Jesus calling him to the priesthood. It was 2012, he was 19, and he was on a church pilgrimage in his native Brazil.
Late Parish Secretary Remembered for Kindness
When Wilfedo Gonzalez walked into the rectory of St. Elizabeth Church in Ozone Park in 2017 to interview for a job as director of religious education, the first person he met was church secretary Marie Scarpelli.
Junior Legion of Mary Strives to Get Youth ‘Closer to Jesus’
Lily Acevedo, a member of the Legion of Mary at Most Precious Blood-Sts. Simon and Jude Parish, saw firsthand how the organization brought people closer to their faith through prayer and good works.
Fund to Support CYO Set Up in Honor of Late City Councilman Paul Vallone
It has been three months since Paul Vallone, the former City Councilman and a Catholic, died unexpectedly from a heart attack at just 56 years old.