by Antonina Zielinska Before pilgrims from the Diocese of Brooklyn headed over for the official opening Mass of World Youth Day 2011, they spent an hour in silent prayer before the Blessed Sacrament with hundreds of other English speaking pilgrims. The Brooklyn and Queens pilgrims headed over to the Palacio de Deporters (Sports Center) where […]
by Antonina Zielinska Among those outside of the official diocesan delegation were young people from SS. Peter and Paul parish, Williamsburg, who joined nearly 300 other pilgrims from the U.S. on a month-long pilgrimage to Portugal, France and Spain. The Servants of the Lord and the Virgin Matara Sisters accompanied them. They logged many miles, […]
SAN LORENZO DE EL ESCORIAL, Spain (CNS) – Pope Benedict XVI’s meetings with young religious women and young university professors, held in the same complex, had very different tones. The sisters and nuns – all under 35 – gathered in the sunny courtyard of the Basilica of St. Lawrence, while the professors – most under […]
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by Cindy Wooden SAN LORENZO DE EL ESCORIAL, Spain (CNS) – Pope Benedict XVI’s meetings with young religious women and young university professors, held in the same complex, had very different tones. The sisters and nuns – all under 35 – gathered in the sunny courtyard of the Basilica of St. Lawrence, while the professors […]
MADRID (CNS) – A paradox was alive in the streets of Madrid as hundreds of thousands of World Youth Day pilgrims shared the sidewalks with local protesters frustrated over Spain’s hosting – and, some believed, funding – of the weeklong event in a time of economic turmoil. A group of protesters broke into a run […]
by Marie Elena Giossi One East African nun traveled over 7,000 miles this summer to express her thanks to college students in Brooklyn for making a huge impact in the lives of dozens of children in her care. That nun is Sister Flora Ndwata, C.S.G., director of St. Gabriel Home and School in the Diocese […]
by Antonina Zielinska MADRID — The day before World Youth Day officially started, pilgrims from the Diocese of Brooklyn joined their counterparts from around the world to celebrate the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in the ancient city of Avila, Spain. Msgr. Jaime Gigantiello, pastor of Mary, Queen of Heaven, Old […]
by Antonina Zielinska MADRID, Spain – In the days leading up to World Youth Day, early arriving pilgrims from the Diocese of Brooklyn were taken on a guided tour of Toledo, a city located 60 miles from Madrid. The city has been populated since the Bronze Age and grew in importance during the Roman Empire. […]
