A former high school teacher at two Queens Catholic schools has been ordained a Jesuit priest. Father James T. Donovan, who taught at Christ the King R.H.S., Middle Village, and St. Francis Prep, Fresh Meadows, is one of 16 Jesuit priests ordained this month in the U.S. He was ordained at Fordham University, the Bronx, […]
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Catholic laity have an obligation to root out traces of xenophobia in their hearts and recognize refugees as their brothers and sisters – children of God whose dignity must be protected, said a new Vatican document. “Welcoming Christ in Refugees and Forcibly Displaced Persons,” a document of pastoral guidelines for providing […]
by Marie Elena Giossi Joy mingled with sadness as members of the final graduating class of Catherine McAuley H.S., East Flatbush, received their diplomas on Saturday, June 1. Donning the same maroon and gold hoods previously worn by nearly 9,000 alumnae, 36 young women participated in the final commencement exercises in the school auditorium. For […]
Antonina Zielinska Poles filled St. Frances de Chantal Church for Mass and procession with the Blessed Sacrament in the streets of Borough Park on the Feast of Corpus Christi. “We want to show the whole world what we believe,” Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio said during his homily. He was the main celebrant and carried the monstrance […]
Father John Amman, pastor of Holy Family parish, Canarsie, and Father Jean Augustin Francois, parochial vicar, led a Corpus Christi procession through the streets following an 11 a.m. bilingual Mass. Prayers were offered in English and Haitian-Creole.
Hundreds of parishioners from various societies at St. Sebastian’s, Woodside, participated in an outdoor procession to celebrate the Feast of Corpus Christi on June 2. Msgr. Michael J. Hardiman, pastor, carried the Blessed Sacrament, stopping for prayers at stations throughout the neighborhood.
Auxiliary Bishop Frank Caggiano, vicar general, and Theodore Musco, director of the Office of Faith Formation, presented Sister Angela Gannon, C.S.J., with the Office of Faith Formation’s inaugural Faith and Service Award at the diocesan Office of Faith Formation’s annual recognition celebration on Thursday, May 23, in the chapel of the Immaculate Conception Pastoral Center, […]
Three Franciscan Brothers of Brooklyn are marking significant anniversaries this year. Brother Emmet Corry, O.S.F., is celebrating 60 years with the community, and Brothers Lawrence Boyle, O.S.F., and Edward Wesley, O.S.F., are members of the 50th anniversary class. Brother Emmett Corry, O.S.F., born as Patrick J. Corry, attended St. Francis de Sales School, Belle […]
WASHINGTON (CNS) – The U.S. bishops’ second annual Fortnight for Freedom – a period of prayer and fasting to raise awareness of challenges to religious liberty, both nationally and internationally – is planned for June 21 to July 4. It is scheduled to kick off with Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore celebrating an evening […]
Five months after initially proposing it and with less than three weeks left in the legislative session, Gov. Andrew Cuomo finally made public his Women’s Equality Act that includes his agenda to expand abortion in New York State. The bill would significantly ease restrictions in state law on late-term (third-trimester) abortion. The New York State […]
