The man known as the Pope’s astronomer came to Fontbonne Hall Academy in Bay Ridge to encourage students attending a science-oriented summer camp to learn more about the wonders of the universe that God created.
Diocesan News
Lawler Annual Dinner Honors Lay Community Leaders for First Time
The St. Francis de Sales Parish community came together to honor two members of the diocese that have supported senior priests at the annual Kathie & Christopher Lawler Foundation Dinner Dance, held at the Belle Harbor Yacht Club on July 29.
One Left Social Work, Another the Military, and Another Journalism, to Answer the Call to the Priesthood
As a young man, Father Michael Panicali flirted with the idea of being a news reporter, even going so far as to major in journalism at Pace University in Pleasantville, New York. But he ultimately found his way to the priesthood.
Knights of Columbus Celebrate Founder On His Road to Sainthood
The Diocese of Brooklyn celebrated its third feast day for Blessed Michael McGivney, the founder of the Knights of Columbus who is on the journey to sainthood, on Aug. 13 at the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph.
In an Evolving Neighborhood, St. Clare Church Has ‘Held the Faith for 100 years.’
Maureen Kaczynski started attending Mass at St. Clare Church in Rosedale as a young newlywed 64 years ago and she has been going there ever since.
WYD Pilgrims Reflect on ‘Seeing God’s Face’ at the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima
On Aug. 1, the first official day of World Youth Day, the pilgrims from the Diocese of Brooklyn spent the entire day at the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima.
The Tablet’s Fundraiser for Catholic Schools Is Back & Bigger Than Ever
What began three years ago as The Tablet’s “COVID Relief Fundraiser for Catholic Schools” will be back in September, allowing all participating schools and their students in the Diocese of Brooklyn to directly benefit from the campaign by earning cash.
Priests Recall Their Past Lives as a Naval Corpsman, Chef & Actuary
Father Edwin Ortiz believes that he wound up where he was always meant to be — in a parish serving as a priest. But he took a circuitous route to the priesthood that included working in St. John’s Cemetery and serving as a hospital corpsman in the U.S. Navy.
St. Joseph Dedicates New Saints’ Cove to Battle Cancer Diagnoses
When Vivian Esposti was waging a 21-month-long battle with pancreatic cancer, a disease that would ultimately take her life, she asked her husband Edward to get a statue of St. Peregrine (the patron saint of cancer patients) for their church, St. Joseph’s. On July 24, Esposti was at the church keeping his promise to his wife.
Buyer Beware: You Are Going to Be Scammed By Relic Sellers on Web
Catholics are commanded by canon law not to purchase relics of saints. Still, the internet yields countless sacred items for auction or direct sale.