Kinmel Williams, second from right, a seventh grader at Corpus Christi School, Woodside, was baptized and received First Communion at a school Mass on Ascension Thursday. Father Peter Gillen, pastor, officiated. Kinmel’s sponsors were Jennifer Gallina, his seventh grade homeroom teacher, and Alex Salerno, the eighth grade teacher. His classmates and Robert DiNardo, principal, also participated […]
by Marie Elena Giossi More than 35 years ago, Father Tom Joyce, then-pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Sunset Park, asked John and Mary Coughlan to help him with a project. He wanted neighborhood kids to have a field where they could run and play while staying out of trouble and learning the […]
Father Terrence Mulkerin, the diocesan director of the Propagation of the Faith, celebrated his 50th anniversary of ordination to the priesthood with a Mass of thanksgiving at Holy Name Church, Park Slope. He is shown standing next to Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio who presided, and concelebrants, deacons and members of the Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus. […]
by Carol Glatz AGREB, Croatia (CNS) – Pope Benedict XVI used his apostolic journey to the Croatian capital to encourage nations to build their communities on Christian values and to support the traditional family and the sanctity of life. A culture guided by truth, reason and love not only will lead to peace, justice and […]
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio ordained Rodnev Pierre Lapommeray, Dariusz Strzelecki and Daniel Krzysztof Rajski as priests to serve the Diocese of Brooklyn on Saturday, June 4, at St. James Cathedral-Basilica, Downtown Brooklyn. Others members of the hierarchy present were Auxiliary Bishop Frank Caggiano, Vicar General; retired Auxiliary Bishops Joseph M. Sullivan and Guy Sansaricq; and visiting […]
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Benedict XVI met with U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden in an unannounced visit June 3. Biden, the first Catholic vice president in U.S. history, met with the pope in what was termed “a personal and private visit,” according to a U.S. official. In an unusual move, the Vatican did not […]
Father Jared Brogan celebrated his First Mass of thanksgiving Sunday, May 29, at Good Shepherd Church, Marine Park. He was ordained for the Diocese of Paterson, N.J., the previous day by Bishop Arthur J. Serratelli in St. Philip the Apostle Church, Clifton. Born in Brooklyn, he attended Good Shepherd School; Xavier H.S., Manhattan; St. Joseph’s […]
The Board of Trustees of the Brothers of the Sacred Heart and the McClancy Board of Governors announced that Msgr. McClancy Memorial H.S., East Elmhurst, will begin admitting girls, in addition to boys, beginning in the fall of 2012. Brother Joseph Holthaus, S.C., school president, said, “For more than the last half-century, Msgr. McClancy Memorial […]
Fundamental differences regarding what our country is about are driving public debate. So also are the positions taken on the role of government not only by politicians but also by religious, academic, business and labor leaders. Catholics must not shy from the fray. Indeed the appropriate role of government, particularly in U.S. social welfare policy, […]
A native of Poland, Father Dariusz Strzelecki, 31, had no idea where his vocation to the priesthood would lead him when he entered the seminary in his home country after graduating high school. With the support of his family, he withdrew his application to study history in college and pursue his calling by earning his […]
