The English-speaking Cursillo community of Brooklyn and Queens celebrated a Communion-breakfast at the Immaculate Conception Center, Douglaston, with 129 Cursillistas in attendance. They renewed friendships that have lasted through the years since their Cursillo weekends at Humboldt Street, Greenpoint; St. John’s Prep, Astoria; the Immaculate Conception Center; St. Josephat’s, Glen Cove, L.I.; Nazareth Retreat House, […]
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Bereavement
A statue of an angel overlooks a gravesite at the Sisters of St. Joseph cemetery in Brentwood, L.I. All Souls’ Day, the commemoration of all the faithful who have departed, is Nov. 2. For special coverage about the grieving and mourning process, click on the links below. Murder Victims Pope: Hope Is Not Just Optimism […]
A Celebration of Indonesian Culture (with slideshow)
The Indonesian Apostolate of the Diocese of Brooklyn participated in a Culture Day at Regina Pacis Basilica, Bensonhurst. Mass was celebrated with the accompaniment of music and dance from Mia Patria, a group from Indonesia that was touring the U.S. After Mass, a reception with entertainment was held in the parish hall.
St. Athanasius: A Place Of Welcome for 100 Yrs. (with slideshow)
One hundred years after a little wooden church was dedicated to the great Church Doctor, St. Athanasius, in what is now Bensonhurst, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio joined the still thriving parish community in celebration and thanksgiving, Oct. 27.
Pope: Hope Is Not Just Optimism
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Christian hope is not mere optimism or a “positive attitude” toward the world but a vital link to eternal salvation, Pope Francis said. The pope spoke Oct. 29 during a morning Mass he celebrated in the Vatican guesthouse, where he lives. Taking as his text the day’s reading from Paul’s Letter […]
Murder Victims – Remembrance Service Helps Ease the Pain of Those Affected by Loss
by Antonina Zielinska ough Doreen Lesane had to do some major reconstruction to her busy schedule in order to come down from the Bronx to Brooklyn last Sunday afternoon, she said she simply had to attend the remembrance service for murder victims held at the Convent of Mercy in Fort Greene. “I came here to […]
Visit to House of Discernment
Members of the Parish Vocation Committee from Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, Ridgewood, along with its pastor, Father Anthony Sansone, seated at right, brought members of their youth group to the House of Discernment in Cypress Hills for an evening of prayer and discussion. The group had dinner with Father Kevin Abels, diocesan vocation director, […]
Church Agencies to Host Bereavement Conference
To observe November as the month dedicated to remembering the deceased, the Diocese of Brooklyn is offering a conference to foster communal grieving. On Saturday, Nov. 9, the Vincentian Center for Church and Society at St. John’s University in collaboration with the Bereavement Ministry Office of Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens (CCBQ) and the Catholic […]
The Court of Honor
Secretary to Pope Doesn’t See Him as Revolutionary
by Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Francis has said and done things that have surprised the world – and surprised those who work closest to him – but calling what he is doing a “revolution” is a “frivolous slogan,” said Archbishop Georg Ganswein, prefect of the papal household and personal secretary to retired […]