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Diocesan News
Queens Native Gives Voice to St. Joseph in New Novel ‘My Perfect Wife, Her Perfect Son’
Author Joe Benevento, a Queens native, believes there is much more to learn from St. Joseph, which he conveys in his new novel, “My Perfect Wife, Her Perfect Son.”
Bishop Brennan, Cardinal Dolan Reach Out to Support Victims of Oct. 7 Hamas Attacks
Bishop Robert Brennan and Cardinal Timothy Dolan were part of an interfaith leadership group that recently met with survivors of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks on Israel, offering support and hearing the survivors’ accounts from that tragic day.
Diocese Is Celebrating Reconciliation Monday Today, Dec. 18
Today, Dec. 18, the Diocese of Brooklyn joins the Archdiocese of New York and the Diocese of Rockville Centre in celebrating Reconciliation Monday.
Churches Were Far, But Christmas Joy Always Close, in Rural Kenya
Father Samuel Mwiwawi and his six siblings didn’t experience Christmas Day Mass in Kenya until his parents settled in his father’s ancestral homeland of Taita, about 75 miles northwest of Mombasa.
Brooklyn Teens Find 12,000 ‘New Friends’ at Catholic Youth Rally
Five young people from Brooklyn gained 12,000 new friends Nov. 16-18 in Indianapolis for a crash course on how to embrace their identities in the “mystical body” also known as the Catholic Church.
Ornament Exchange Reinforces Catholic Values At Brooklyn Catholic School, And Beyond
Amberleigh Celestin, a seventh grade student at St. Catherine of Genoa-St. Therese of Lisieux Catholic Academy, has a Christmas wish. The wish is for everyone in the world to be safe, and it’s a wish she wanted to share with everyone in the country.
Bishop Brennan Stands in Solidarity With Jewish Community on Last Day of Hanukkah
Bishop Robert Brennan joined hundreds of Jewish people at Grand Army Plaza on Dec. 14, the eighth night of Hanukkah, for the final lighting of “Brooklyn’s Largest Menorah.”
Processing Our Faith in Mary
Torchbearers fanned out across Brooklyn and Queens on Tuesday, Dec. 12, holding their flames aloft for all to see as they walked along the streets. But they weren’t Olympic torchbearers. Instead, they hailed from dozens of churches across the two boroughs as part of the Diocese of Brooklyn’s celebration of the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
Antisemitic Attack Survivor Calls For Expression of Faith
Joseph Borgen has had the same menorah since he built it in kindergarten. He looks forward to the first day of Hanukkah every year, when he can place it in his front window for all those who pass by his apartment to see.