Alyssa Rivera, the kindergarten teacher at St. Brigid-St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Academy, had a surprise for her students when they returned from winter break: A shiny, modernized classroom.
Bishop Robert Brennan
The Catholic Way: The Right to Life Starts With Conception, Ends Only With Natural Death
Respect for human life — in all forms, and at all stages — underpins Catholic Church teachings regarding some of the world’s most polarizing issues: abortion, capital punishment, and euthanasia.
New Jersey Diocese Emulates ‘Big City Catholics,’ Using Podcasts as an Evangelization Tool
When Father Kevin Sweeney became the bishop of the Diocese of Paterson, New Jersey, in 2020, he bid farewell to the Diocese of Brooklyn after serving 20 years as a priest here. The transition did not mean, however, that he stopped looking to his longtime home for ideas and inspiration in his own diocese.
World Youth Day Pilgrims Reunite, Reconnect at Holy Hour and Reunion
It’s been around five months since 300 young pilgrims took the trek from the Diocese of Brooklyn to Lisbon, Portugal, for World Youth Day.
Catholic Faith Formation Is An ‘All in the Family’ Affair in Diocese
Dawn and Randolph Padilla enrolled their 10-year-old son Christopher in the School of Religion at St. Anastasia Church in Douglaston to put him on a proper track for Catholic faith formation, but that’s not all they’re doing.
Hispanic Catholics, Young & Old, Turn Out to Celebrate Three Kings Day
Bushwick’s Hispanic Catholic community braved snow flurries and frigid weather to celebrate the Epiphany, or Three Kings Day, on Jan. 7. Hundreds streamed into All Saints Catholic Church and Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeii to commemorate the visit of the Magi — and in doing so, reinforced a sentiment voiced by Bishop Robert Brennan.
Bishop Brennan, Cardinal Dolan Reach Out to Support Victims of Oct. 7 Hamas Attacks
Bishop Robert Brennan and Cardinal Timothy Dolan were part of an interfaith leadership group that recently met with survivors of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks on Israel, offering support and hearing the survivors’ accounts from that tragic day.
Bishop Brennan Stands in Solidarity With Jewish Community on Last Day of Hanukkah
Bishop Robert Brennan joined hundreds of Jewish people at Grand Army Plaza on Dec. 14, the eighth night of Hanukkah, for the final lighting of “Brooklyn’s Largest Menorah.”
Processing Our Faith in Mary
Torchbearers fanned out across Brooklyn and Queens on Tuesday, Dec. 12, holding their flames aloft for all to see as they walked along the streets. But they weren’t Olympic torchbearers. Instead, they hailed from dozens of churches across the two boroughs as part of the Diocese of Brooklyn’s celebration of the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
Parishes React to Bishop’s Lower Attendance Letter
As the faithful in the Diocese of Brooklyn absorbed the news that the number of people attending Mass has decreased in recent years, pastors got busy planning for the future.
