Ryan Curran was a sophomore at Archbishop Molloy High School in 2019 when he noticed that while the school had numerous clubs and extracurricular activities, there was nothing for students like him, who are hard of hearing.
Diocesan News
Catholic Couple Has Prayed Together, and Stayed Together, for 43 Years
Joe and Janet Bova have been married for 43 years and like most couples who have been together for a long time, they can finish each other’s sentences and can communicate with just a glance.
Priest’s Blessed Sacrament Routine Offers Faithful ‘One-to-One Time With Jesus’
ASTORIA — Parishioners of St. Joseph Church in Astoria like to joke that they can set their watches by Father Edward Cassar, a kindly retired priest in residence at their parish. He’s that precise.
Small in Numbers, Local Ministry Advocates for Life in a Big Way
Working in the pro-life movement isn’t kid’s stuff. No one knows that better than a small group of parishioners at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Windsor Terrace, who are working at the grassroots level to promote the sanctity of life.
The ‘Grand Central Rosary Group’ Evangelizes, as New Yorkers Hustle Past
The clickity-clack of the momentum-gaining subway trains is one of the soundtracks of New York City.
New Jersey Diocese Emulates ‘Big City Catholics,’ Using Podcasts as an Evangelization Tool
When Father Kevin Sweeney became the bishop of the Diocese of Paterson, New Jersey, in 2020, he bid farewell to the Diocese of Brooklyn after serving 20 years as a priest here. The transition did not mean, however, that he stopped looking to his longtime home for ideas and inspiration in his own diocese.
World Youth Day Pilgrims Reunite, Reconnect at Holy Hour and Reunion
It’s been around five months since 300 young pilgrims took the trek from the Diocese of Brooklyn to Lisbon, Portugal, for World Youth Day.
Diocese of Brooklyn Remembers Life and Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
FLATLANDS — Michele Guerrier was 10 years old when the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated while standing on his hotel room balcony in Memphis in 1968. She had just recently immigrated to Prospect Heights from Haiti and was faced with, for the first time, the reality of racism in the United States. It […]
Critics: New York State’s Adoption Restrictions Causing ‘a Lot of Pain’
by Tablet Staff PROSPECT HEIGHTS — Adoptive parents in New York and those seeking to adopt children are criticizing a restriction by New York’s Office of Children and Family Services that limits the financial support adoptive families can give birth mothers in New York and out of state. The agency said these women can only […]
Catholic Faith Formation Is An ‘All in the Family’ Affair in Diocese
Dawn and Randolph Padilla enrolled their 10-year-old son Christopher in the School of Religion at St. Anastasia Church in Douglaston to put him on a proper track for Catholic faith formation, but that’s not all they’re doing.