Students at Holy Child Jesus Catholic Academy had a double celebration on May 30 to mark recently completed renovations to the school’s 108-year-old campus, and to honor Mary with a May crowning. Bishop Robert Brennan joined the students for both events.
The New York Alliance Against Assisted Suicide has said it has obtained information that the New York State Senate may vote on an assisted suicide bill on June 9, and as such has rescheduled a demonstration in Albany for that same day.
While Pedro Williams has long wanted to pursue the priesthood, seeing the Lord work through his classmates and through the priests and faculty at Cathedral Preparatory School and Seminary was a determining factor in his decision to enter the seminary right out of high school.
Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate has just barely begun, but he has already had an impact on Melanie Robinson’s life.
Bishop Robert Brennan reminded eighth grade graduates at two Masses May 2 and 9 that they remind him of Jesus feeding the multitude with the loaves and fishes of one boy who, like them, stepped up to make a difference.
Hours after Pope Leo XIV presented himself to the world for the first time, the American bishops offered prayers to the new pontiff, and said that they “rejoice that a son of this nation has been chosen by the cardinals.”
The Medical Aid in Dying Act, which would allow terminally ill patients to end their lives with doctor-prescribed drugs, has new life, having passed the New York State Assembly with an 81-67 vote on April 29.
Youth and young adults attended Mass at Blessed Sacrament Parish in Cypress Hills on April 30 with the intention of prayer for the repose of the soul of Pope Francis.
Parishioners from the Diocese of Brooklyn gathered at the Cathedral Basilica of St. James on April 21 – the day Pope Francis died – as Bishop Robert Brennan celebrated a Mass to remember the late pontiff.
Bishop Robert Brennan still remembers the words of accompaniment that Pope Francis spoke to the U.S. bishops during his visit to the United States in 2015.
