THRISSUR, India (CNS) – Catholics in southern India faced tragedy at Easter time when the rector of a regional major seminary was murdered. Father K. J. Thomas, rector of St. Peter’s Seminary in Bangalore, was killed April 1. Father Thomas, who had been on the faculty of the regional seminary for three decades and its […]
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Chrism Mass with Slide show
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio was the main celebrant of the annual Chrism Mass held on Tuesday, March 26, at St. James Cathedral-Basilica, Downtown Brooklyn. During the Mass, the priests and deacons of the diocese renewed their promises of celibacy and obedience to the bishop. The bishop blessed the sacred oils that will be used to administer […]
Pope Would Like to Visit Every Family
by Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) – With Jesus’ resurrection “love has triumphed, mercy has been victorious,” Pope Francis said in his first Easter message “urbi et orbi” (to the city and the world). “Let us become agents of this mercy, channels through which God can water the earth, protect all creation and make justice […]
Good Friday in Flushing
Several hundred people attended outdoor Stations of the Cross on Good Friday, March 29, at St. Andrew Avellino Church, Flushing. More than 40 confirmandi from the parish school and religious education program conducted the Stations in full costume under the direction of Maria Tortorella, religious education director. Ivan Barrera was selected to portray Jesus. Father […]
Good Friday in Maspeth
The faithful brought witness to Christ’s Passion in four languages through the hilly streets of Maspeth on Good Friday. Showing their unified gratitude and love for their master’s torture and death, the procession prayed the story of salvation in English, Polish, Spanish and Lithuanian. The procession began in Holy Cross Church and ended in Transfiguration […]
Good Friday in Bensonhurst
About 2,000 members of Bensonhurst parishes took part in the annual outdoor Good Friday procession. Led by Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, the line of march went two miles through the streets, ending with a prayer service and blessing with a relic of the True Cross outside Regina Pacis Basilica. People carried crosses as well a statue […]
Good Friday in Downtown Brooklyn
More than 3,000 people participated in the annual Way of the Cross in Downtown Brooklyn conducted by the Catholic movement, Communion and Liberation. Participants gathered at St. James Cathedral-Basilica where they were greeted by Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio. After the First Station at the cathedral, the march proceeded across the Brooklyn Bridge into Manhattan and then […]
Pope’s Holy Week
Pope Francis spent his first Holy Week as pope with less than a month in office. The pope washed the feet of 12 young people of different nationalities and faiths, including at least two Muslims and two women, who are housed at the juvenile detention facility.
Flushing Resident Among Three Ordinands for Holy Cross Fathers
A native of Manhattan who grew up in Flushing will be one of three men ordained to the priesthood for the congregation of the Holy Cross on Saturday, April 6, by Bishop Daniel R. Jenky at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, on the campus of Notre Dame University, South Bend, Ind. Father Brian Ching […]
Pope: Easter Is Feast of Victory Over Sin
by Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Catholics must allow the grace of their baptism and of the Eucharist to transform their lives and make them instruments of God’s grace in the world, Pope Francis said. Catholics are called to allow Christ’s Easter victory over sin and death “to assert itself in their lives and […]