Cardinal Egan lies in state

City Mourns Loss of Cardinal Edward Egan

Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan led the service at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, where eight cardinals and scores of bishops were in attendance, as well as Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Mayor Bill de Blasio and former Mayors Rudy Giuliani, Michael Bloomberg, and David Dinkins.

Brother Emmett Corry

Brother Emmett Corry, O.S.F.

Brother Emmett Corry, O.S.F., who wrote the history of the Franciscan Brothers of Brooklyn, died Feb. 25 at Lutheran Augustana Center, Sunset Park. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated March 2, at Our Lady of Angels Church, Bay Ridge. The son of Irish immigrant parents, Patrick J. Corry graduated from St. Francis de Sales […]

Our Lady of the Snows frog dissection

Tablet TALK: Snows’ Student-Scientists Get Familiar With Frogs

Eighth graders at Our Lady of the Snows School get a leg up on high school, Father Gregory Tatum talks about Passover at St. Joseph’s Seminary and College, a little girl from Ireland needs your help and more in this week’s Tablet Talk.

Pope Francis with Paul and Alison Morisi

Pope Greets Newlywed Couple from Brooklyn

By Paul and Alison Morisi On Valentine’s Day 2014 we were lucky enough to travel to Rome to listen to Pope Francis address to engaged couples. Not only was our trip amazing, but the experience of being there and listening to His Holiness speaking about marriage and how to prepare for not just our wedding […]

Mary Kay Gallagher

Brooklynite Recalls Catholic Day Nurseries

Mary Kay Gallagher, 95, was the last president of the Board of Managers of the Immaculate Conception Day Nursery and may be the last living member of that women’s group.

Brooklyn Artists Depict Stations

Fourteen different artists of various faiths, including Catholic, Episcopalian, Buddhist and agnostic, came together to produce one Way of the Cross, currently on display at St. Luke and St. Matthew Episcopal Church, Prospect Heights.

April Mass Will Celebrate 75th Anniversary of Msgr. Quinn’s Death

Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio and Rockville Centre Bishop William Murphy will celebrate a Mass commemorating the 75th anniversary of the death of the Servant of God Msgr. Bernard John Quinn. The liturgy will be conducted at St. Brigid’s Church, Westbury, L.I., on Saturday, April 11 at 10 a.m. Following the Mass, a visit will be made […]

Around the Diocese: Feb. 28, 2015

BROOKLYN Resurrection, Gerritsen Beach — Lenten Series: Repentance, Feb. 26, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Speaker: Father James Devlin. Future dates: March 5 and 12. Call 743-7234. Visitation B.V.M., Red Hook — Healing Mass, Feb. 27, 7 p.m. Call 624-1572. Holy Family, Canarsie — Youth Stations of the Cross, Feb. 27, 7 p.m. Call 257-4423. Our Lady of […]