In preparation for World Youth Day, young pilgrims representing the Diocese of Brooklyn came together for a celebratory send-off Mass Sunday, July 23 at the Immaculate Conception Center in Douglaston.
Diocesan News
Elmhurst Parish Using TikTok to Reach Gen Z
When Jason Galindo became the youth minister at St. Bartholomew Church in Elmhurst in January, he knew he wanted to revitalize the
youth program to engage and hold the interests of its more than 200 young members.
Franciscan Brother Promotes Using Goodness to Change the World
Gregory Cellini spent 30 years working in the pharmaceutical industry; after being told he was to be laid off, he turned to God. In reflection and prayer, he found the Franciscan Brothers of Brooklyn, and transformed his life into one of meaning, faith, and giving.
Priests Recall Their Past Lives as a Police Officer, a Steamfitter
Long before he served at St. Kevin’s Church, Father Jeffry Dillon served the public in a different way — as a New York City police officer. It was back in the 1970s and he patrolled the streets of the Upper West Side as a police officer.
Finding Faith: Bensonhurst Scout Member Embraces Catholicism
Becoming a member of Scouts BSA can teach a young man ethical, life and leadership lessons that can influence him for the rest of his life. For 16-year-old Jake Harmon, joining his local Scouts troop guided him onto a special journey: to become Catholic.
What Was Served At the Last Supper? Lamb, Fish, Bread, Olives and Wine
The significance of the Last Supper is well known and has been immortalized in artworks like Leonardo DiVinci’s famous painting, little is known about the food that was served there — aside from bread and wine.
Brooklyn Priest’s Beekeeping Hobby Is ‘A Way to Worship or Praise God’
The term “domestic engineer” applies to a stay-at-home parent or person tasked with various homemaking duties — much like a worker bee in a honey-producing hive.
Lower Manhattan Church Vandalized In Latest Series of Attacks
For the second time in as many weekends there was an attack against a Catholic church in New York City.
The Apostolic Nuncio to U.S., Now A Cardinal, Celebrates A Mass In Queens
On a rainy Sunday a week after being named a Cardinal, Archbishop Christophe Pierre, the apostolic nuncio to the United States, found himself at a Queens parish celebrating Mass for the feast day of its namesake, as if nothing had changed.
One Year After Ordination, 3 Priests Talk About Life in Their Parishes
When Father Andrew Tsui was ordained on June 4, 2022, he knew his life would change. “I remember when I hit the floor, thinking, ‘It’s really going to happen!’ ” he said, recalling lying prostrate before the altar of the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph.