Given Irish history and the people’s struggles with the great famine, British absentee landlord oppression, and the 19th-century migrations to North America, there is virtual storehouse of material for historical fiction, especially for a writer with an Irish-Catholic sensibility like Mary Pat Kelly.
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio joins Rockville Centre Bishop William Murphy, and New York’s Archbishop Cardinal Timothy Dolan at an impromptu press conference in Albany.
Lifelong Greenpoint resident and St. Anthony of Pauda parishioner Virginia “Gina” Sheehan is this year’s Kings County Aide to the Grand Marshal at the New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade
The diocese will conduct a local observance of “24 Hours for the Lord” March 4 and 5, at the Cathedral Basilica of St. James, Downtown Brooklyn.
Calvary Hospital will conduct its 23rd annual Bereavement Course on Mondays, 6-8 p.m., March 7 through May 9, at the hospital’s Bronx Campus. The course is designed for those who work in the helping professions (social workers, nurses, funeral directors, etc.) who may need to address bereavement and grief related issues in their professional lives. It is not for bereaved family members.
NET-TV, the diocesan TV channel, can now be seen Verizon Fios, Channel 48, in the New York metropolitan area and beyond.
Two Brooklyn-born Maryknoll Sisters will celebrate their 60th year in the congregation this year: Sister Teresa Lilly, M.M. and Theologian Sister Helen Graham.
Clergy, faith leaders, and those serving in professional ministries are invited to join featured speakers at a free conference on “Tackling the Growing Health Crisis among Faith Leaders: Body, Mind, and Spirit” on Jan. 27.
Year in Review: Pope Francis’ historic visit to the U.S. included a stop in New York City.
Taddeo Gaddi’s early Renaissance triptych, “Madonna and Child Enthroned with Ten Saints: Maesta,” is on exhibit at the New-York Historical Society Museum & Library through March 20.
