everal new principals and assistant principals greeted students on Sept. 4, the first day of classes at Catholic schools/academies in the Diocese of Brooklyn.
Diocesan News
Priests Gear Up for Hopefully Exciting Giants, Jets Seasons
It’s the opening weekend of another NFL season! The 2023 season saw both local franchises — the Giants and Jets — miss the playoffs and leave their fanbases wanting more. Luckily, with the dawn of a new season comes the eternal spring of hope for loyal followers of Big Blue and Gang Green — including several of our diocesan priests.
Did You Know? Tax-Credit Funding for School Choice Existed in N.Y.
PROSPECT HEIGHTS — Bishop Emeritus Nicholas DiMarzio recalled how, in 2006, as a winter storm heaped drifts of wet snow on Brooklyn, a national teachers union leader came to visit. Randi Weingarten, then the president of the United Federation of Teachers, urged him to drop his support of a bill in the Legislature to allow […]
Thousands of Faithful Gather for Charismatic Renewal in Upstate N.Y.
As Bishop Robert Brennan approached the outdoor altar at the Marian Shrine in Stony Point, New York, on Aug. 31, he smiled, waved, and clapped along to the music as more than 3,000 cheering parishioners celebrated his arrival.
Growing Numbers of Women Are Wearing Veils to Catholic Masses
The tradition of Catholic women wearing veils to church, which all but disappeared after Vatican II, is seeing something of a revival these days — if a boost in sales at Veronica Marrinan’s clothing company is any indication.
Cookies Bearing Likeness of Pope Francis Given after Mass to Rikers Island Inmates
Maria Notaro of La Guli Pastry Shop in Astoria has revised her cookie recipe that commemorated Pope Francis’s 2015 visit to New York City. She recently shared a batch of the treats with people trying to grow in the faith, even while incarcerated at Rikers Island.
Visiting Priest’s Quick Actions Help Contain Fire at St. Catherine of Genoa
An early-evening fire on Friday at St. Catherine of Genoa forced the church to temporarily close and parishioners to attend Mass in the basement of its former school on Sunday, Aug. 25.
NYPD Nabs Rick Pitino Burglary Suspect
By The Tablet Staff Police from the 107th Precinct have arrested a Long Island City man in connection with the robbery of St. John’s University basketball coach Rick Pitino’s office. Emanuel Yakubov was nabbed at 9 p.m. Friday, according to a NYPD arrest record. Yakubov, 25, was charged with third-degree burglary, petit larceny, third-degree criminal […]
Researchers’ Study Contends Shroud of Turin Actually Dates to the Time of Jesus
Bill Lauto, a Long Island-based environmental scientist, wants the world to rethink enduring beliefs that the Shroud of Turin is a fraud concocted by medieval hoaxers. And now, a team of Italian researchers who conducted dating work on a sample of the Shroud of Turin, the linen cloth believed by some to have been Jesus Christ’s burial shroud, have confirmed the relic can be traced back almost 2,000 years.
Gifted Nun Displays the Devotion Of St. Elizabeth in Stirring Works
Those lucky enough to attend the symposium on Saint Elizabeth of the Trinity not only got the chance to learn about the fascinating life of the French nun but also had an opportunity to enjoy beautiful artworks dedicated to her.