Father John McMillan is happy to have lived an entire century — time, he feels, has been well spent plumbing the mysteries of the cross.
Diocesan News
Postponed Eucharistic Revival Planned for Spring, Likely Indoors
The Diocesean Eucharistic Revival that had been set for Saturday, Oct. 7, was postponed due to heavy rain, but that didn’t stop one church from moving ahead with its own celebration on Oct. 8.
A Spirited Parade Celebrates Columbus
The weather was crisp and the crowd electrified during the 79th annual Columbus Day Parade on Fifth Avenue Oct. 9.
First Latin American Major Leaguer Honored With Tombstone in Queens Catholic Cemetery
If someone walks to the back of Division 10, Row 9, of Mount St. Mary Cemetery in Flushing, they’ll notice a unique gravemarker bearing the Major League Baseball logo, and below it the sentence, “First among the vanguard of Latin Americans who changed Major League Baseball forever.”
Kids Take the Lead With Their Own Rosary Club
The Children of Hope Rosary Club, a group at Our Lady of Hope Church dedicated to teaching youngsters to pray the Rosary, is gaining popularity as more and more kids join.
Couple Uses Our Lady of Guadalupe to Evangelize
The Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe — one of the most joyous holidays in Mexico — is also one of the largest celebrations in the Diocese of Brooklyn. But for one Ridgewood couple, the devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe is also a quiet, private activity.
Two Sons Follow Father’s Path to Become Deacons: ‘I Know He Is Watching Me’
Becoming deacons was never part of the plan for brothers Jose Jr. and Diego Oviedo. Despite their father being a proud deacon, it was not a ministry they ever felt a strong calling toward. But when their father, Jose Sr., died in 2019, something changed. They heard the calling.
Tablet’s Catholic School Fundraiser Wraps, Winners to Be Announced
With the students finishing the final lap in the third annual Tablet Fundraiser for Catholic Schools, which ran from Sept. 25 to Oct. 6, principals and teachers are beginning the process of collecting the materials needed to tabulate the final scores.
Bishop Brennan Officially Restructures Diocesan Leadership for Greater ‘Communication and Collaboration’
On the same day of the opening of the Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on Synodality in Rome, Bishop Robert Brennan formalized changes to the diocese’s leadership structure that were born out of the local synod process.
Diocese Postpones Eucharistic Revival Until Spring Due to Weather Forecast
Mother Nature has forced the postponement of the much-anticipated Diocesean Eucharistic Revival that had been set for Saturday, Oct. 7, at Maimonides Park in Coney Island.