For more than half of his adult life, Jerry Kokkinos has devoted himself to the Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) of the Diocese of Brooklyn. Recently, he was honored by the Junior Knicks as the organization’s Coach of the Year
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A Flippin’ Success: Diocese of Brooklyn Sees Rise in People Joining the Faith
The Diocese of Brooklyn has seen an increase in the number of people joining the faith in recent years, said officials, who said it’s part of a trend in dioceses across the country.
Holy Girl Walk: Praying the Rosary Grows Faith, Forms Friendships in Central Park
On the morning of March 28 at Central Park, decades of the rosary could be heard echoing through a megaphone as a group of nearly 40 women, aged 20 to 60, partook in the first-ever “Holy Girl Walk.”
Traveling Museum Highlights Good Works of Catholic Charities
The stories of people facing desperate situations and the folks from Catholic Charities who help them have been brought to life in a museum on wheels that debuted in New York on March 26. Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens co-hosted a ribbon-cutting at the first stop for the People of Hope Museum on its 21-state tour.
Archbishop Fulton Sheen: Primetime Once Again
The Tablet presents this exclusive flipbook: take a look at Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s media impact and legacy of evangelization as the Church prepares for his beatification.
UPDATE: Sept. 24 Beatification of Archbishop Sheen to be ‘A Moment of Immense Grace’
Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen will be beatified on Sept. 24 in St. Louis, the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints announced March 25.
In Jubilee Surge, Visitor Office Connects Americans to the Pope
Last year, the Bishops’ Office for U.S. Visitors to the Vatican saw a spike in requests for tickets to Vatican events.
Maryknoll Visit to Upstate NY Inspires Young Catholics to Live Gospel Locally in NYC
Father Joseph Fonti led a group of 110 young adults, teenagers, and clergy from parishes in Queens on a day-long excursion to the Maryknoll Society Center in Ossining, New York on March 7 to learn about the lives of missionaries.
Easter Boom: US Dioceses Say Rise in New Catholics May Point to Regional ‘Revivals’
Some U.S. dioceses have reported significant upticks in adults preparing to enter the Catholic Church this Easter.
The Little Apple: Diocese of Brooklyn’s Sacred Spaces Recreated in Nearly 1M Building Model City
“He Built This City: Joe Macken’s Model,” is a miniature landscape of New York City’s five boroughs. Among the 1 million buildings represented are churches in the Diocese of Brooklyn.