For Father John Gribowich, 36, the best type of ministry is to love others. “I have a great love for the poor ever since I was in high school. I want to live the social justice mission of the church.”
Knights of Columbus
Co-Naming Street for Bishop Is the Way to Go
By Michael Rizzo There’s a new name for 74th Avenue that runs alongside Holy Family parish in Fresh Meadows, between Utopia Parkway and 175th Street. It’s now co-named Bishop Ignatius A. Catanello Way, dedicated to the late prelate who served as the parish’s pastor from 2007 to 2010 and was an auxiliary bishop of the […]
Remembering Bishop Catanello
The late Bishop Ignatius A. Catanello will be remembered at two separate occasions on two successive weekends. On Sunday, June 7, following the noon Mass at Holy Family Church, Fresh Meadows, Bishop Ignatius A. Catanello Way will be dedicated at the corner of 74th St. and Utopia Pkwy. The proposal to name the street after […]
Knights of Columbus Receive Notre Dame’s Pro-Life Medal
Praised for their “heroic and tireless efforts” to affirm a culture of life, the Knights of Columbus received Notre Dame’s Evangelium Vitae Medal.
Fish Fry in Glendale
The Msgr. Sherman Knights of Columbus held their annual Lenten Fish Fry that was attended by almost 100 people. All proceeds will benefit St. Pancras parish.
Pro Vita Mass Honors Local Life Leaders
The diocesan Pro Vita Mass was celebrated Jan. 25 at St. James Cathedral-Basilica in Downtown Brooklyn. For more about the Pro Vita celebration, see this week’s Editor’s Space column by Ed Wilkinson.
Sinise Tells Knights About Path to Faith
Actor Gary Sinise was a guest speaker at the Knights of Columbus’ 132nd Supreme Convention. More than 2,000 Knights, their families and Church leaders attended the fraternal organization’s Aug. 5-7 convention in Orlando.
K. of C. Keeps Watch For Religious Liberty
A small but hearty band of people, much like the early American patriots, came to pray for religious liberty when the Knights of Columbus Council No. 60 of Brooklyn sponsored an overnight vigil of eucharistic adoration to mark the beginning of the U.S. bishops’ Fortnight of Freedom.
Tablet TALK
This week’s Tablet TALK has details about the new leadership for the Passionists; a free concert of chamber music at St. Josaphat’s Church, Bayside; the diocesan observance of World Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests and more…
Bensonhurst Columbus Day Parade (with slideshow)
The second largest Columbus Day parade in the U.S. featured marching bands, cheerleaders, classic cars and, of course, the Knights of Columbus. This year’s Grand Marshals, pictured to the right, were Josephine Sportella-Giusto, principal of the Academy of Talented Scholars; Lenny Tillman of Lenco Diagnostic Laboratories; Luigi Rosabianca of Rosabianca & Associates; and Father Michael […]