Auxiliary Bishop Octavio Cisneros presided at the diocesan celebration of Our Lady of Divine Providence, patroness of Puerto Rico, at All Saints Church, Williamsburg, Nov. 17. Hundreds of Brooklyn and Queens residents, many of Puerto Rican descent, attended the 7:30 p.m. Mass, which was followed by traditional Puerto Rican fare and a cultural program in […]
by Antonina Zielinska In honor of the centennial of the founding of Our Lady Queen of Martyrs parish, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio and retired Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Sullivan joined the Forest Hills community for the closing liturgy of its year-long celebration. “Today we come back to realize that we stand on the shoulders of those who […]
by Ed Wilkinson Rockaway Beach residents battered by Hurricane Sandy came to St. Rose of Lima Church on Thanksgiving Day for one reason: to give thanks for the blessings they have. Recognizing the trials of the previous two weeks, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio made his fourth trip to the Rockaway peninsula since the devastating storm to […]
by Ed Wilkinson When Auxiliary Bishop Paul Sanchez laid hands upon the head of Belen Gonzalez y Perez Nov. 20 at St. James Cathedral-Basilica, Downtown Brooklyn, Father Gonzalez y Perez became the first former Anglican priest to be ordained a Catholic priest in Brooklyn. He concelebrated a First Mass of thanksgiving Nov. 25 at St. […]
by Dennis Sadowski WASHINGTON (CNS) – The Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has dismissed Roy Bourgeois from the priesthood because of his participation in the invalid ordination of a woman and “a simulated Mass,” the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers announced. The order said in a statement the canonical dismissal came Oct. 4. […]
by Francis X. Rocca VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Recalling that Christ’s mission transcends “all ethnic, national and religious particularities,” Pope Benedict XVI created six new cardinals from four different continents, representing the Latin rite of the Catholic Church as well as two Eastern Catholic Churches. The churchmen who joined the College of Cardinals Nov. 24 […]
by Carol Glatz and Francis X. Rocca VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The Nativity story, like the whole story of Christ, is not merely an event in the past but has unfolding significance for people today, with implications for such issues as the limits of political power and the purpose of human freedom, Pope Benedict writes […]
by Christopher S. Pineo BRAINTREE, Mass. (CNS) – A pastoral plan approved by Boston Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley calls for the Boston Archdiocese to organize its 288 parishes into approximately 135 groups called “parish collaboratives.” Led by one pastor, a group of priests, deacons and lay ecclesial ministers, called a pastoral team, would provide pastoral […]
Each Advent, exhortations come from Christian pulpits to “slow down.” Just when every other force and fury around us is screaming, “hurry up!” the Church is out there being its counter-cultural self, ever the “sign of contradiction” in the world. And with good reason. Our message is one of liberation, freedom from what ties us […]
by Antonina Zielinska Nearly three weeks after superstorm Sandy devastated the Rockaways, St. Rose of Lima became the first Catholic school on the peninsula to welcome students back for a full day of classes. “It’s our strong faith that will pull us through this,” said Theresa Andersen, principal of the Rockaway Beach school. “I felt […]
