Bishop Robert Brennan joined education leaders from across the Diocese of Brooklyn at St. John’s University on Sept. 29 for the Catholic Schools Brooklyn & Queens 2026 Fall Conference.
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Alumnae Celebrate 100th Anniversary of Bishop McDonnell Memorial High School
Bishop Robert Brennan celebrated a 100th anniversary Mass for Bishop McDonnell Memorial High School in the school’s auditorium on Sept. 26.
St. John’s Launches Free Textbook Program for First-Year Students
For the first time this fall, incoming freshmen at St. John’s University can save hundreds of dollars on textbooks, lab manuals, and general courseware through the all-new St. John’s Ready Program.
Who Were the Carrolls: Young Men Who Influenced the American Revolution
Unable to receive a Catholic education in the British colonies in North America, three young men from wealthy Maryland families were sent to Saint-Omer, France, to study at the College of the English Jesuits.
Students Find Community, Faith in New ‘SPARK’ Summer Program
In the Cristo Rey Brooklyn High School’s SPARK summer program, “SPARK” stands for: spirituality, professionalism, academics, resilience, and knowledge.
Priests Defeat Principals at Catholic Schools Night, But Students Steal the Show in the Diocese of Brooklyn
Behind a late three-run home run by one of this year’s bobblehead honorees, Father Christopher Bethge, priests and seminarians from across Brooklyn and Queens defeated Catholic school principals and administrators 13-5 after a years-long drought at the diocese’s annual Scholars vs. Collars softball game during Catholic Schools Night at Maimonides Park on June 24.
Red, White and New: Catholic War Veterans’ Gift Helps Fontbonne Raise the Flag High in Brooklyn
Fontbonne Hall Academy needed a new flagpole, so the Catholic War Veterans of Kings County donated $10,000 to help make that happen.
Bishop Robert Brennan Joins Diocese of Brooklyn 8th Grade Grads in Special Greeting to Pope Leo XIV
Students from 35 Catholic schools in the Diocese of Brooklyn on May 8 celebrated the first anniversary of Pope Leo’s pontificate by sending him a video with this message: “Pope Leo, we love you!”
Bishop Brennan’s Send-off to Eighth Graders: ‘You Are Loved’
Eighth graders graduating from Catholic schools or academies in the Diocese of Brooklyn received final reminders of God’s love from their shepherd, Bishop Robert Brennan.
The Art of Faith: The Tablet’s ‘Christ Is Risen’ Contest Awards Student Artists From the Diocese
Eighteen students attending Catholic schools and academies within the Diocese of Brooklyn were honored on April 22 for artwork they submitted to The Tablet’s “Christ Is Risen” Art Contest.