With a smile on his face and a shillelagh in hand, Bishop Robert Brennan returned to his hometown, Lindenhurst on Long Island, on March 25 to march as grand marshal in the community’s Second Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade. The event was rain-soaked, but Lindenhurst’s citizenry lined the streets for the celebration.
Four years after a fire tore through their sanctuary, forcing them to attend Mass elsewhere while repairs were taking place, hundreds of parishioners gathered at St. Pius X Church on Sunday, March 26, to mark the rededication of their newly rebuilt church.
The 262nd New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade made its annual trek up Fifth Avenue on Friday, March 17, with a rousing spectacle of bagpipes, drums, and marchers carrying Irish-themed banners.
Bishop Robert Brennan has announced that Catholics in the Diocese of Brooklyn are exempt from the Friday Lenten regulation to abstain from meat on St. Patrick’s Day this year.
During the annual Bishop’s Vocation Retreat last weekend, Bishop Robert Brennan urged 27 young men to forge deeper relationships with Jesus Christ in whatever life paths they choose — the priesthood, the diaconate, or laity.
Hundreds of people took a big step in her journey to becoming Catholics by taking part in the Rite of Election on Sunday, Feb. 26 — a time-honored tradition that takes place annually on the first Sunday of Lent and signifies the fact that those who are to be baptized — called catechumens — have been chosen, or elected, by the Church.
The Diocese of Brooklyn’s annual celebration of the flight of the Holy Family, a tradition in the Nigerian American community here, took on an added significance this year as participants worried about troubling developments in their home country.
When former congressman Lee Zeldin delivered remarks as the keynote speaker at the 123rd annual Cathedral Club of Brooklyn Dinner at El Caribe Country Club in Mill Basin on Thursday, Feb. 2, he wasn’t talking about the power of politics — he was talking about the power of prayer.
An afternoon of reflection, camaraderie, and discussion of anticipatory hope marked the Diocese of Brooklyn’s World Day for Consecrated Life, celebrated at St. John’s University on Feb. 4 for more than 100 members of religious communities.
During the second day of Catholic Schools Week, students ages 4 to 14 pressed Bishop Robert Brennan to reveal the mysteries of the man who leads the Diocese of Brooklyn, such as what it’s like to talk to Pope Francis, his thoughts about Major League Baseball, and even Italian cuisine.
