The difference that The Tablet’s Bright Christmas Fund makes is evident at Providence House, a shelter in Bedford-Stuyvesant for homeless women and children and for women on parole from prison.
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Brooklyn Diocese to Host Christmas Tree Lighting
Tonight at 5 pm, parishioners of the Brooklyn Diocese will gather together at Grand Army Plaza to usher in the Advent season and remember the world’s persecuted faithful with the lighting of the diocesan Christmas tree.
‘The Miracle of Christmas’ Portrays Joy of Christ’s Birth
As Advent gets underway and Christmas approaches, the pageantry of the season from caroling to tree lightings to plays is on display at Catholic churches across the world. It is another way the church proclaims the Gospel.
Only in Print: Bishop Caggiano Named Chairman of Catholic Relief Services | December 7, 2019
Bishop Frank Caggiano of the Diocese of Bridgeport, Conn. — who is originally from Brooklyn— was named chairman of Catholic Relief Services, the arm of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops that provides global humanitarian aid.
Only in Print: Latin Mass Is Making a Comeback | December 7, 2019
Latin isn’t really a dead language — at least not in the Diocese of Brooklyn, where three parishes have weekly Traditional Latin Masses.
Cathedral Club Remembers Deceased With Mass
Joseph P. McHugh, Frances Rauso, Patricia Hoza… The names of the Cathedral Club of Brooklyn members who died this year were read solemnly and prayerfully at the group’s annual Memorial Mass Nov. 23.
The Legacy Lives on at St. Joseph HS
Less than a year before St. Joseph H.S. will close its doors in Downtown Brooklyn for good, alumnae, faculty and students participated in the final Women’s Professional Day, Nov. 22, encouraging one another as a community rooted in the mission of the Sisters of St. Joseph, the order that runs the school.
Only in Print: Many Seniors Receive Communion Thanks to Homebound Ministry | November 30, 2019
The situation at the Norwegian Christian Home and Health Center, a nursing home and rehab center in Bensonhurst, is a familiar one for many elderly Catholics in Brooklyn and Queens.
Diocese Receives Award for Lay Leadership Training Program
The Diocese of Brooklyn received the newly established Queenship of Mary Award at the 36th annual Catholic Distance University gala at the St. Pope John Paul II Center in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 16.
‘Arcángel’ in Brooklyn
Cándido Arcángel opens the basement of his shop to homeless men so that they will have a warm and safe place to sleep at night. He is a Catholic from the Dominican Republic who attends Mass at St. Catherine of Alexandria in Borough Park.