With graduation around the corner, the Diocese of Brooklyn’s high school seniors will soon embark on a new chapter of their lives.

With graduation around the corner, the Diocese of Brooklyn’s high school seniors will soon embark on a new chapter of their lives.
Sunday Mass attendance in person at Catholic churches in the U.S. is back to pre-pandemic levels — although just under one quarter of the nation’s Catholics are in the pews on a regular weekly basis.
Known as the “king of instruments,” the majestic church pipe organ is facing a difficult time. There is a shortage of organists that is affecting not only the 185 parishes in the Diocese of Brooklyn but churches across the country. Locally, from Bay Ridge to Bayside, a scarcity of organ players is having an impact on Sunday services.