Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio made his third annual visit to Ten Mile River Scout Camp to celebrate Mass with campers and camp staff at the Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Chapel in Camp Keowa, Narrowsburg, N.Y., on Tuesday, July 12.
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio
Fathers from Afar Aid Diocese During Summer
Every summer, about 80 priests from around the world visit the diocese to cover for local priests, who go on vacation. “But don’t think you are just here to fill in.”
WYD Report: Auschwitz Visit
“All I could do really was stand there and read the sign and take off my hat out of respect because there is nothing that could be said to further encapsulate what comes from this visit,” said Matthew Perez.
WYD: Day 2, Catechesis (with Slideshow)
“The world needs God’s mercy in so many different ways that each of us can be a minister of mercy to the world,” Bishop DiMarzio said.
Diocesan Pilgrims Make Final Preps for WYD
In the final week before heading to Krakow, Poland, for World Youth Day (WYD), local pilgrims met with Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio to pray and go over final preparations. The official diocesan contingent is comprised of 400-pilgrims, including 23 priests and three bishops.
Bishop DiMarzio Golf Classic Aids Special Ed For Kids
The annual Bishop DiMarzio Golf Classic held by DeSales Media Group raised $100,000 that was donated to the Catherine Laboure School for special education.
Bishop Prays with French Community in Brooklyn
After a man in a truck deliberately ran down hundreds of people in Nice, France, killing 84, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio joined the local French community in St. Agnes, Boerum Hill, July 17, to pray for the deceased.
Polish-Born Canon Lawyer Joins Brooklyn Diocese
The Diocese of Brooklyn and Father Dariusz Blicharz made it official June 28 at a small ceremony in the chapel at diocesan headquarters in Park Slope.
Italian Feast Honors St. Paulinus and Our Lady of Mount Carmel
For the 129th year, the Italian community of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Williamsburg, reenacted a fourth-century pageant commemorating the return of the Bishop of Nola, St. Paulinus, from captivity.
At Candlelight Vigil, Bishop Leads Prayers For Peace and Justice
More than 1,500 people participated in a candlelight vigil of prayer and peace Tuesday evening, July 11 at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn. Led by Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, leaders of various religions offered prayers and called for calm in the wake of the assassination of five police officers in Dallas, Texas, and the deaths of two black men by white police officers in Baton Rouge, La., and St. Paul, Minn.
