The 32nd annual Great Irish Fair of New York, presented by The Irish American Building Society Charities, Inc., will honor the following individuals. Human and political rights advocate James P. Cullen is serving as the Chief Brehon. Born in New York City, Cullen was taken to Ireland when he was four and raised in […]
Caroline D’Emic will attend her first Great Irish Fair this weekend, and she will do so as its queen – that is, as the Colleen Queen. “The whole thing is lovely,” said D’Emic, 18, a senior at Fontbonne Hall Academy, Bay Ridge. Having seen pictures of previous Colleen Queens donning twinkling tiaras and satiny sashes, […]
Irish Catholic faith, culture and heritage will be on display at the 32nd annual Great Irish Fair of New York this weekend, Saturday, Sept. 14 and Sunday, September 15. The fairgrounds are located at West 21st Street and Surf Avenue, adjacent to MCU Park. The fair runs 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. each day, rain […]
Pope calls for ‘war against evil,’ including illegal arms trade VATICAN CITY – Repeating his recent calls for peace in the Middle East, Pope Francis urged Christians to wage a “deeper war” against evil, including the illegal arms trade that he said drives much of the world’s military conflict. The pope made his remarks, before […]
The 1999 massacre of school children in Columbine H.S., Colo., will be the topic of a feature documentary and panel discussion on NET-TV this Sunday, Sept. 15, beginning at 8 p.m. The film, “13 Families,” will examine the shooting at the school, which killed 12 students and one teacher. Following will be an in-studio discussion […]
Students were met with some good news as they returned to St. Francis College, Brooklyn Heights, for their first full week of classes. U.S. News & World Report has once again ranked St. Francis as a Top Regional College in the North. “These rankings have become an annual confirmation of the success of our educational […]
St. Joseph’s College, Clinton Hill, was once again recognized by two prestigious publications as an outstanding college in the region under the category of America’s Best Colleges. For more than a decade, St. Joseph’s has been consistently named as one of the nation’s top colleges by U.S. News & World Report – this year placing […]
Brooklyn’s first Italian Roman Catholic parish – Sacred Hearts-St. Stephen, Carroll Gardens – hosted the Congrega Maria S.S. Addolorata and the people of Mola Di Bari on Sept. 8 as they honored the feast of their hometown patron saint, Our Lady of Sorrows, with a traditional Italian street procession and Mass. This year marked the […]
by James Martone ISTANBUL (CNS) – In the small front room of an apartment in a middle-class district of Istanbul, five young men, some with university degrees or halfway there, talked about why they fled their homes in Syria. One of them had arrived from Syria that evening, another more than a year ago, and […]
Sister Dolores Augustine, P.V.M.I., who served for 30 years (1979-2009) in pastoral and social assistance at St. Matthew’s parish, Crown Heights, recently celebrated her 70th year as a member of the Parish Visitors of Mary Immaculate. She also served as a local superior in Brooklyn from 1957 to 1963. She currently lives in retirement at […]
