For Decades, Jornadistas Evangelize at Caminata

On a solemn and early Holy Saturday along the empty streets of Williamsburg, emerged hundreds of Latino youth and young adults outside Transfiguration parish. They were assembling into the line of march on Marcy Ave. to display their faith in full force at the Caminata 2018.

Obituary: Sister Anne Marie Dean, CSJ

Sister Anne Marie Dean, CSJ, formerly Sister Mary Michaeline, died Nov. 15 in Maria Regina Residence, Brentwood, in the 59th year of religious life.

Obituary: Deacon Angel Baez

Deacon Angel Baez, 81, a one-year resident of Braemar Living at Wallkill, N.Y., died July 26, following a long illness, at Orange Regional Medical Center in Middletown.

Sister Mary Ruth Hill, C.S.J.

Sister Mary Ruth Hill, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 79 years, died in Bishop Kearney Convent, Feb. 29.

Southside Parish Marks A Day of Blessings

by Ed Wilkinson When Bishop Frank Caggiano visited Epiphany Church on the south side of Williamsburg, it was to dedicate three renovated parish halls. But the celebration also included a Confirmation, blessing of a marriage and another blessing for a recently retired cop. Bishop Caggiano, who serves as vicar general of the diocese, was paying […]

Parish Marks Feast Day

by Antonina Zielinska In honor of its feast day, the mostly Hispanic community of Epiphany Church,  Williamsburg, welcomed the Three Magi during a Mass and fiesta, Jan. 6. The Three Kings, portrayed by Robinson Roman, Victor Valdez, and Efrain Quiles, processed through the streets accompanied parishioners, servers and Father Manuel de Jesús Rodriguez, pastor of […]

Sisters of St. Joseph Not Forgotten in Epiphany Church

Sisters Jean Philip Brady, C.S.J., and Miriam Anna Morgan, C.S.J., were honored for decades of dedicated service to Epiphany Church, Williamsburg, now part of St. Peter and Paul parish. Father Manuel de Jesus Rodriguez, pastor, led the community in thanking both sisters who came back to the parish to celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany […]