After Hurricane Sandy, the schoolyard at St. Francis de Sales parish, Belle Harbor, suffered extensive damage after serving as a recovery center in the aftermath of the storm. With the annual St. Francis de Sales summer basketball classic right around the corner, the schoolyard will receive a full repaving just in time for some basketball […]
A Mass of thanksgiving was celebrated July 1 at the diocesan officess at 310 Prospect Park West to mark the retirement from diocesan duties of Sister Angela Gannon, C.S.J., secretary for education and formation. Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, shown with Sister Angela at a luncheon following the liturgy, was the main celebrant. He was joined on […]
St. Anselm’s parish, Bay Ridge, said goodbye and thank you to members of the parish staff: Sister Anne Bernadette, M.S.B.T., and Father Andrew M. Kim. Sister Anne Bernadette, who served as director of religious education, will continue to serve her order at the Trinitarian Mother House in Philadelphia, while Father Kim, a parochial vicar since […]
Father Angelo Pezzullo marked his official retirement from active duty with a Mass of thanksgiving at Nativity B.V.M Church, Ozone Park, where he has served for the past 24 years. He is shown here surrounded by family members, Carmen and Ralph Pezzullo, nephew David Pezzulo and Sister Maria Coabella. Father Pezzullo has been a priest […]
Bishop William Murphy of the Rockville Centre Diocese ordained Brandon Patrick O’Brien and Jason Umberto Grisafi to the diocesan priesthood on Saturday, June 22, at St. Agnes Cathedral, Rockville Centre, L.I. Among those participating were retired Brooklyn priest, Father Jame Devine, left, shown placing his hands on the head of ordinand, and Father James Cunningham, right, […]
MISSOULA, Mont. (CNS) – A federal district court judge ruled June 24 that the statue of Jesus erected on federal land at Big Mountain in Montana can stay where it is. “Leasing public land within a private ski resort to a private organization that maintains a statue of Jesus does not violate the Establishment Clause” […]
Cynthia Beebe Long Island City “The 33 Doctors of the Church” by Father Christopher Rengers, O.F.M. Cap. “Your Life is Worth Living” by Bishop Fulton J. Sheen “Catholics Come Home by Tom Peterson Msgr. John Bracken Blessed Trinity, Breezy Point “The Famine Plot” by Tim Pat Coogan “Francis: “The Journey and The Dream” by […]
About 165 persons gathered June 23 at the Immaculate Conception Center, Douglaston, for the second annual fundraiser, “Celebrating Lay Ministry: Working in the Vineyard of the Lord.” The event, which benefits the Pastoral Institute Scholarship Fund, honored Bishop Frank Caggiano and Our Lady of Refuge parish, Flatbush. Bishop Caggiano was recognized as a consistent advocate […]
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The Vatican Television Center has acquired and can distribute hundreds of hours of television images of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires from 2005 until his election as Pope Francis in March. The images were filmed by Canal 21, the television station owned by the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires; the […]
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Francis said the desire to be a father is ingrained in all men, even priests, who are called to give spiritual life, care and protection to others. “Something is wrong” if a man does not have the drive to be paternal, “something is missing in this man,” the pope said […]
