Right before the end of the season on Aug. 29, the Brooklyn Cyclones commemorated the 100th anniversary of the legendary Ebbets Field, which served as the central hub of Brooklyn baseball on Sullivan Place in Flatbush. At MCU Park in Coney Island, Ray Ebbets, the closest living relative to former Brooklyn Dodgers’ owner Charles Ebbets, […]
My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, On Aug. 31, I had the privilege in our Diocese in Brooklyn and Queens of ordaining ten men to the Transitional Diaconate. This means, please God, that this coming June we will ordain these men and three others to the priesthood for service to the Diocese of […]
The Brooklyn Chinese Apostolate brought friends, family and the Church community together for a day of games and performances. The organization’s lay committee organized a Summer Fun Day at St. Agatha School, Sunset Park. This marks the second year the event. Last year, it was held at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Sunset Park. […]
We always knew that attending a school that is part of the Sisters of St. Joseph Community was a special opportunity. This summer, the eight of us were given a chance to take the sisters’ mission, which we learned about in school and put into practice in real life. We spent a whole week tending […]
Brooklyn Commemorates Irish in Philly The Commodore Barry Club of Brooklyn traveled to Philadelphia for a day of commemoration and festivities. The bus arrived at Old St. Mary’s Church, where Archbishop Charles J. Chaput celebrated a Mass in honor of the church’s 250th anniversary. Members explored the colonial neighborhood while honoring the patriot who emigrated from […]
by Antonina Zielinska Young adults from throughout the northeast have joined forces with Franciscan Friars in Brooklyn to build up the Church of God, both physically and spiritually. Thirteen volunteers from Capuchin Youth and Family Services based in Garrison, N.Y., visited St. Michael’s Friary, East New York, for a week of communal prayer and service. […]
Martha Hennessy, granddaughter of Dorothy Day, will speak at the next Tablet Forum on Friday, Sept. 6, at 7 p.m. at St. Sebastian Church, Woodside. Tickets are not necessary. Admission is free. Martha Hennessy, a mother and grandmother, lives with her husband on a small farm in Vermont. She is the seventh grandchild of Dorothy Day, co-founder of the Catholic Worker […]
Here are the results for Catholic Youth Organization baseball, softball and soccer. Congratulations to all those who participated in CYO sports this year! Baseball Pee Wee First Place: Our Lady of Hope, Middle Village Second Place: St. Luke, Whitestone Novice First Place: Our Lady of Hope Second Place: St. Margaret, Middle Village Bantam First Place: […]
After months of meticulous restoration, the pipe organ at Our Lady of Refuge Church, Flatbush, was returned June 17 to the parish for re-installation. Movers carried parts of the organ piece-by-piece off two trucks and into the church building. Over the next two weeks, the crew will assemble as much of the organ as possible […]
Bishop Ford H.S., Park Slope, hosted the 74th annual Basketball Old-Timers of America dinner May 3. Four new inductees joined the ranks of the 183 Old-Timers in the Hall of Fame. They are: Willie Hall, Tom Konchalski, Mike Riordan and Bobby Cremins. Hall is a graduate of Archbishop Molloy H.S., Briarwood, who went on to […]
