CHARLOTTE, N.C. (CNS) – A plan to allow for the reading of the Quran from the pulpit during a Mass at St. Peter Church in Charlotte June 26 has been canceled, with an interfaith dialogue planned for October instead. St. Peter parish had agreed to take part in an event called Faith Shared, in which […]
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Joining the Church
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 […]
Sunset Park Couple Got Kick From Serving Kids
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 […]
50 Years a Priest
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. […]
Pope to Croatians: Keep Your Christian Traditions
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 […]
Ordination Day
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 […]
Pope Meets U.S. Vice President Biden
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 […]
New Paterson Priest Has Roots in Brooklyn
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 […]
Msgr. McClancy M.H.S. Going Co-ed
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 […]
‘Catholic’ Policy
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, […]