Massgoers at St. Gregory the Great Church, Crown Heights, clapped and sang as the parish gardens were illuminated with white and multi-colored lights to proclaim the start of Advent. Following the 5 p.m. Vigil Mass on Nov. 26, Father Lamartine Petit-Monsieur, assisted by Deacon Andres DeLeon II, began the lighting ceremony with a prayer. Head […]
Crown Heights
Carnival – Caribbean Apostolate Blends Faith and Culture
by Antonina Zielinska People who came to see Brooklyn’s celebrated West Indian American Day Parade on Labor Day couldn’t miss the Catholics from around the diocese in red T-shirts marching and singing praise to God. With their shirts emblazoned with the words “Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn,” they marched and sang in the largest celebration […]