In Guatemalan households, at Christmas, the most important item is not the Christmas tree; it’s the Nativity scene.
Father Christopher Heanue
With ‘Big City’ Podcast, Bishop Seeks to Connect With Catholics
Bishop Brennan is the host of the weekly 30-minute podcast that gives him the chance to explore questions of faith that affect the everyday lives of people living in New York City.
The Mass of the Lord’s Supper Starts the Easter Triduum
The time-honored ritual of recreating the act of Jesus Christ washing the feet of His disciples during the Last Supper was the highlight of the Holy Thursday Mass at the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph on April 14.
Brooklyn Faithful Celebrate Palm Sunday With A Triumphant Street Procession
For Jessica Figueroa, there was only one way to get into the spirit of Holy Week: being among the scores of Catholics from the Diocese of Brooklyn’s large and vibrant Hispanic community who celebrated Palm Sunday in a procession led by Bishop Robert Brennan.
Vision at Our Lady of Knock: Another Doorway of Hope for Irish Faithful
An iconic symbol of Irish Catholicism offers a sobering reminder about faith in New York City as well as on the Emerald Isle.
Televised Devotionals Reach Out and Teach
Immediately following the 8 a.m. Mass every weekday morning at the Co_Cathedral of St. Jospeh, Father Christopher Heanue, the co-cathedral rector, leads a devotional prayer — a different prayer each day.
‘A Priest’s First Parish is Always His Most Loved’
Father Christopher Heanue recently served his final Masses as administrator of Holy Child Jesus Church, bidding farewell to hundreds of parishioners who came to wish him well. Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio recently announced a new assignment for him — rector-pastor of the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph.
Bishop Cisneros, An Immigrant Story
On the evening of June 5, 2006, Msgr. Octavio Cisneros, my college seminary rector, asked if I would be available to drive him somewhere the next day. He said that he would have too much on his mind to drive himself and didn’t want to get in an accident. Little did I know then that I would be driving him to the announcement of his nomination as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Brooklyn, along with Msgr. Sansaricq and Msgr. Caggiano.
The Need for Authentic Witnesses
Most of us who participate in Sunday Mass regularly know that we are imperfect, that we are sinners, that we are so often hypocritical. We do not attend Mass because we are perfect; we attend because we are imperfect. It is only God who can heal and perfect us. This is true of parishioners and preachers alike.
John Hume Hailed Here as Peacemaker for Northern Ireland
John Hume, the Nobel Peace prize winner who died on Aug. 3, was being hailed as a man who strived to bring peace to Northern Ireland.
