High winds and curious passers by made it difficult for volunteers to keep their materials well stocked at their tables in front of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica, Sunset Park.
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Ladies of Sacred Heart Journey to Holy Door
More than 500 women from the Cofradías Del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús streamed through the Holy Doors of St. James Cathedral Basilica, Downtown Brooklyn, on their way to celebrate the feast of Jesus’ Most Sacred Heart on Friday, June 3.
Obituary: Juan Sans
Juan Sans, the brother of Father Pablo Sans, a retired priest of he Brooklyn Diocese, died May 27 in Spain, where the funeral was conducted. Father Sans currently resides at Our Lady of the Cenacle rectory, Richmond Hill.
Obituary: Sister Joyce
Sister Joyce Osgood, O.P., a member of the Sisters of St. Dominic, Amityville, L.I., for 56 years, died June 2nd She was 75.
Obituary: Timothy Gilbride
Timothy Gilbride, a LAMP Missionary for the past six years serving at Holy Family parish, Canarsie, died on Pentecost Sunday, May 15, after a brief battle with cancer.
Ten New Priests (with slideshow)
Bishop DiMarzio ordained the 10 men on Saturday, June 4, in a two-and-a-half-hour ceremony at St. Joseph’s Co-Cathedral, Prospect Heights. The new priests are Fathers Gesson Agenis, Yvon-Hector Aurelien, Victor Manuel Bolaños, Mark Charlton Mendelsohn Bristol, Ralph Edel, Lukasz Kubiak, Uririoghene Melchizedek John-Baptist Okrokoto, Ambiorix D’Jesus Osorio Torres, Jaroslaw Szeraszewicz, and Marcial Thomas.
St. Joseph HS Appoints First Lay Principal
Caroline Latham has been named the new principal of St. Joseph H.S., Downtown Brooklyn.
Parish Center Named for Former Gravesend Pastor
Father Stankus was pastor from 2005 to 2014 and in that time the school building was leased out and the parishioners needed a social place to meet
Leopoldi’s – Nuts and Bolts Of Brooklyn for 50 Years
In 1966, a Brooklyn man took a leap of faith and opened a little hardware store in Park Slope.
Local Cemeteries Host Memorial Day Masses
Despite forecast for rain, hundreds gathered May 30 under a large white tent on the grounds of Mount St. Mary Cemetery, Flushing, to honor service men and women at an annual Memorial Day Field Mass.