Christopher Mecir, Nicholas Zecca and Marc Pavich, seventh graders and members of the Aquinas Society at St. Mel’s School, Flushing, recently had the privilege of touring the N.Y.C. Office of Emergency Management’s headquarters in Brooklyn. They had the chance to meet Jake Cooper, deputy commissioner, and learn about super-storm preparedness for future disasters that could […]
by Marie Elena Giossi While North Korea marked the April 15 anniversary of its founder’s birth with flowers and remembrances, rather than more threatening rhetoric and missile tests, concerns about a nuclear attack on the U.S. continued to loom. This month, following weeks of war threats, North Korea marks two significant anniversaries – the April […]
by Marie Elena Giossi Arrayed in the attire of their native lands, representatives of 32 ethnic groups from Brooklyn and Queens led the entrance procession at the annual Migration Day Mass, celebrated by Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio at St. James Cathedral-Basilica, Downtown Brooklyn, Sunday afternoon, April 14. This year’s focus was on immigration reform, and among […]
by Antonina Zielinska In an effort to make the most of the current Year of Faith, St. Rose of Lima parish, Parkville, hosted a concert and art exhibit to explore the Catholic faith. By combining an evening of music and art, Father Luke Trocha, pastor, said those gathered had a chance to gain a glimpse […]
by Antonina Zielinska As the world is learning about its new pope, one Brooklyn resident already loves him as a father. Natalia Fassano is a lay consecrated member of Heart’s Home, a Catholic missionary group that sponsors an outreach center in the Fort Greene housing projects. She has taken permanent promises of poverty, chastity and […]
In light of the events at the Boston Marathon, local churches are hosting public memorials in the coming days. A Concert for Peace, dedicated to the heroes of the Boston Marathon, is set for Sunday, April 21, 7 p.m. at St. Stephen Church, 151 East 28th St., Manhattan. Organist and conductor Paul Murray, a Boston […]
Hundreds gathered at St. James Cathedral-Basilica, Downtown Brooklyn, to celebrate their unity in faith and diversity in language and culture at the Brooklyn Diocese’s annual Migration Day Mass, Sunday, April 14. Donning the garb of their homelands, Catholics representing 32 ethnic groups participated in the festivities, which included an afternoon Mass, celebrated by Bishop Nicholas […]
by Joseph Austin WASHINGTON (CNS) – President Barack Obama April 11 awarded the Medal of Honor to famed Korean War chaplain Father Emil Kapaun, presenting it to the priest’s nephew, Ray Kapaun, nearly 22,604 days after his uncle’s death in a prisoner of war camp. “He should have got it long time ago,” Joe Ramirez, […]
Cathedral Prep, Elmhurst, will honor its alumni at the 15th annual Immaculata Award Dinner, May 10 at the Immaculate Conception Center, Douglaston. This year’s Immaculata Award recipients include Auxiliary Bishops Raymond Chappetto, ’65, and Paul Sanchez, ’66. Also to be honored is John Casey, ’57.
by Jonathan Luxmoore OXFORD, England (CNS) – The election of Pope Francis, an Argentine, to lead the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics confirms what observers have long known: Vast demographic shifts in the Catholic population are reconfiguring the face of the Church and shifting the institution’s center from its historic European heartland. What that means for […]
