Patrick Morgan promotes the Dorothy Bennett Mercy Center’s mission, helping families overcome negative influences that impact their well-being and self-sufficiency.
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Maryknoll Jubilarians Have Ties to Diocese
Father James M. Gilligan, a native of Brooklyn, will celebrate his 60th anniversary of ordination, and Father Donald P. McQuade, a native of Astoria, will celebrate his 50th anniversary.
Bushwick Parish Hosts City ID Card Center
St. Brigid Church in Bushwick opened a temporary enrollment site for IDNYC, a free identification card for New York City residents. The center will remain open until May 22.
First Communion Is Right Setting for May Crowning
Emphasizing the importance of a close relationship with Jesus and Mary, Most Precious Blood parish combined its First Communion Mass and May Crowning, last Saturday.
St. Edmund Prep H.S. Alumna Urges Commitment to Service
Noelle Meyers-Powell, class of 2010 and one of the first students at St. Edmund Prep H.S., Sheepshead Bay, to receive the International Baccalaureate Diploma, recently visited the preparatory school to speak to the current IB Diploma candidates about community service. A major component of the IB Diploma is the creativity, action and service requirement. Students […]
St. Saviour Raises Money For Smile Train
In Park Slope, St. Saviour H.S.’s Inner Glow Club raised $750 in donations to Smile Train, an international charity that provides free cleft lip and palate repair surgery to children in more than 85 developing countries. The money raised by the club is enough to pay for three corrective surgeries.
Here’s Our Choice for Sports Mom of the Year
Liz Wiatre knows what it takes to be a sports mom, having raised four children – all of whom excelled in whichever sport they played.
Brooklyn Nuns Are on a Mission in Guyana
Sister Karen Schneider, an ER pediatrician, and Sister Mary McGrory, a psychologist and RN from Brooklyn, regularly travel to Haiti and Guyana to provide medical care.
Scout Honors
Scouts were awarded Catholic Religious Emblems at a convocation conducted by the Diocesan Catholic Committee on Scouting at St. Athanasius Church, Bensonhurst.
Strengthening the Future of the Diocese
Our parishes and Diocese must look to the future with plans to strengthen our faith. With that in mind, we are embarking on a bold initiative entitled Generations of Faith.