WASHINGTON (CNS) – Bishop Tod D. Brown of Orange, Calif., announced June 9 that Christ Cathedral is the new name of the former Crystal Cathedral, now owned by the diocese and once home to the ministries of the Rev. Robert H. Schuller. He also appointed Father Christopher Smith as episcopal vicar for the cathedral. Bishop […]
Uncategorized
In Bay Ridge
Msgr. Kevin Noone, pastor of Our Lady of Angels parish, Bay Ridge, leads priests and parishioners along Third Avenue during the Corpus Christi procession.
In Woodside
Msgr. Michael Hardiman, pastor of St. Sebastian’s parish, Woodside, carries the monstrance during the traditional Corpus Christi street procession.
Two New Auxiliary Bishops Named in Rockville Centre
WASHINGTON (CNS) – Pope Benedict XVI has named Msgr. Robert J. Brennan, 50, a pastor and vicar general of the Diocese of Rockville Centre, and Msgr. Nelson J. Perez, 50, a pastor in the Philadelphia Archdiocese, as auxiliary bishops for the Rockville Centre Diocese. The appointments were announced June 8 in Washington by Archbishop Carlo Maria […]
Eucharistic Congress
by Michael Kelly DUBLIN (CNS) – The church in Ireland is on the path to renewal, church leaders told pilgrims at the opening Mass of the 50th International Eucharistic Congress June 10. Welcoming pilgrims from more than 120 countries at an open-air Mass, Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid Martin said, “The church in Ireland rejoices today in […]
Religious Men, Franciscan Superiors Support Women’s Leadership Group
WASHINGTON (CNS) – As the top officials of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) prepared to meet in Rome with the head of the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, they received messages of support and solidarity from the executive committee of the Congregation of Major Superiors of Men (CMSM) and the […]
Better for Their Sacrifice
Next Saturday, June 23, our Diocesan Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio will ordain six men to the priesthood. We join together in thanking God for calling these men to this estimable ministry, one that is certain to be a challenge to love in depth and in breadth and in that most authenticating way called sacrifice. It is, […]
Basically, the Role of Religion Is at Risk
by Ed Wilkinson Much of the contents of this week’s paper deals with religious liberty. Check out the Bishop’s column, the front page story, the editorial and Father Lauder’s column. There is a growing realization that the Church is under attack and we must respond. The Obama Administration’s Affordable Health Care Act has mobilized church […]
Sisters of Diocese Celebrate Their Anniversaries
Almost 50 women religious were guests of Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio and the diocese as they marked significant anniversaries of their membership in their respective orders and congregations. Bishop DiMarzio was the main celebrant of a Mass of thanksgiving in the chapel at Immaculate Conception Center, Douglaston. Following the liturgy, the jubilarians and their families were […]
Fond Farewell
With a Mass of thanksgiving and a celebratory dinner, the Marianist Province of the United States marked a bittersweet occasion on Sunday, May 20. The event marked the 75th year since the community took charge of St. John’s Home for Boys, Rockaway Park, in 1937 at the request of Bishop Thomas E. Molloy. The celebration […]