The annual Recognition Mass of the Diocesan Union of Holy Name Societies was celebrated on Sunday, Feb. 15, at St. James Cathedral-Basilica in Downtown Brooklyn. The liturgy honors living members of Holy Name Societies throughout Brooklyn and Queens. Members of the executive board of the Brooklyn Diocesan Union are shown with staff of the cathedral. Front row, from left, Joseph Stile, St. Thomas Aquinas, Flatlands; Father Peter Purpura, rector of the cathedral; Deacon Ronald Rizzuto, pastoral associate; top row, Jose Ortiz, St. Paul-St. Agnes, Cobble Hill; William Springer, St. Pascal Baylon, St. Albans; Gerry Devine, Holy Name of Jesus, Park Slope; and Matthew P. Bogovich, Immaculate Conception, Astoria.