by Father Brian Jordan, O.F.M. After conducting the 10 a.m. Ash Wednesday service in the chapel of St. Francis College, Brooklyn Heights, I asked those attending to please pray for me since I would be attending a federal appeals court hearing the next day in Foley Square. I was the Franciscan priest who blessed the […]
On the steps of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan reviewing the St. Patrick’s Day Parade are, from left, Msgr. Robert Romano, NYPD chaplain; Sgt. Edward Conroy, president of the NYPD Brooklyn-Queens Holy Name Society; Cardinal Timothy Dolan; Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio; and Msgr. David Cassato, NYPD chaplain.
N.Y. State bishops were recently in Albany to rally support for education investment tax credit legislation.
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio joined with Cardinal Timothy Dolan and major labor leaders to push for passage of a law that would permit an Education Investment Tax Credit.
Donna Corrado, executive director at Catholic Charities Neighborhood Services Inc. (CCNS), an affiliate of Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens, has been appointed the new commissioner for the N.Y.C. Department for the Aging, as announced by Mayor Bill de Blasio on Feb. 18. “During her 22 years of dedicated service and leadership to Catholic Charities Brooklyn […]
News of the appointment of Msgr. Edward B. Scharfenberger to become the 10th Bishop of Albany, N.Y., is a source of pride and joy for all of us in the Brooklyn Diocese. As well it should be. The new bishop-elect is a product of what represents the best of our heritage. We do not speak […]
Pope Francis has named Msgr. Edward B. Scharfenberger, a priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn who serves as the episcopal vicar for Queens, to be the Bishop of Albany, N.Y., replacing Bishop Howard J. Hubbard who had reached the mandatory retirement age of 75. The pope also appointed Msgr. Andrzej Zglejszewski as an auxiliary bishop […]
As employees of the Diocese of Albany, N.Y., joined local press to meet their new bishop, Bishop-designate Edward B. Scharfenberger, there were mixed feelings. “It’s bittersweet,” said Ginny Daley, secretary to Bishop Howard J. Hubbard. Having worked for Bishop Hubbard for 15 years, she said she is thankful for his service. “He treats everyone, regardless […]
Less than a month as mayor and Bill de Blasio has already stubbed his big toe. The city’s new chief executive has played the political expediency game and jumped on the Andrew Cuomo bandwagon that would round up pro-life activists and drive them out of New York. Not missing a chance to cuddle up to […]
Comments by Gov. Andrew Cuomo suggesting that conservatives leave New York State have drawn sharp reaction, especially from pro-life groups. In a radio interview, Cuomo said that conservatives “have no place in the state of New York.” He singled out people with anti-abortion views; those who oppose same-sex marriage; and people who are pro-assault weapons. […]
