As the Year of Consecrated Life nears its end, the parish of Our Lady of Hope invited all those who are living out a consecrated vocation to celebrate the Eucharist Oct. 11 at the Middle Village church. “We thank you, for where would we be without your ministry,” Father Carrano said to those visiting his parish.
With the announcement of the Jubilee Year of Mercy proclaimed by Pope Francis (which will begin Dec. 8), it’s easy to forget that another specially dedicated year is still going on, namely the Year of Consecrated Life (which began Nov. 29, 2014).
Religious Sisters from the Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens celebrated their anniversaries of religious life at a Jubilee Mass and dinner with Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio at the Immaculate Conception Center in Douglaston on Sunday, May 31.
These are the remarks of Sister Maryann Seton Lopiccolo, S.C., the Episcopal Delegate for Religious, at this year’s Sisters’ and Brothers’ Jubilee celebration.
See what’s happening in the diocese to celebrate the Year of Consecrated Life.
Three Christian Brothers with ties to the Brooklyn Diocese are marking their 50th years with the congregation.
A complete list of the Orders and Congregations of Sisters, Brothers, and Priests in consecrated life, as well as the Secular Institutes, active in Brooklyn and Queens.
Four members of the Franciscan Brothers of Brooklyn are marking significant anniversaries of their entry into the Order.
Brother Robert Connolly, S.C., a native of Brooklyn, is marking his 65th year with the Brothers of the Sacred Heart. He pronounced first vows in 1950. Born in Brooklyn, he attended St. Rose of Lima School, Parkville, and in 1945, he entered the Brothers of the Sacred Heart Juniorate in Metuchen, N.J., pronouncing first vows […]
By Laura Dodson ORLANDO, Fla. (CNS) – “Where are you all from?” Bishop John G. Noonan of Orlando, himself from Ireland asked the religious sisters, brothers, priests and the more than 500 people gathered to celebrate the gift of consecrated life. Salesians, LaSalettes, Carmelites, Franciscans and Salvatorians, members of the Mercy, Precious Blood and Blessed […]
