The annual Diocesan Wedding Anniversary Celebration will take place on Saturday, April 25, at the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph in Prospect Heights. The Mass, celebrated by Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, will begin at 11 a.m. All couples married in 1990 or before are invited to attend with their families. All registered couples will receive a certificate […]
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A Mission of Loving With Integrity
The World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia this September should be more than a vast Catholic “gathering of the clans” around Pope Francis – and so should the months between now and then.
Mill Basin Lovebirds Married 70 Years
Mary and John Tuohy recently celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary with a Mass of thanksgiving at St. Bernard’s Church, Mill Basin. The lovebirds are pictured, above, with their pastor, Msgr. Jamie Gigantiello, far left, and Father Ilyas Gill, parochial vicar.
Diocese Invites Faithful to Respond to Survey on Family and Marriage
In preparation for the General Synod of Bishops on the Family, the Diocese of Brooklyn has launched a survey on marriage and family life, to reflect the views and concerns of the faithful of Brooklyn and Queens.
Pope Says Annulments Should Be Free of Charge
Pope Francis, addressing the Vatican tribunal primarily responsible for hearing requests for marriage annulments, said: “How I wish that all processes were free.”
Nonsense on “60 Minutes”
“60 Minutes,” The CBS News “magazine” that helped redefine television journalism, prides itself on challenging conventional wisdom. No such challenge, alas, was evident in the program’s recent segment on Pope Francis, which aired Dec. 28.
NET Focuses on Family
New Evangelization Television (NET TV) will present an original program Mission of Love, based on the catechesis for the 2015 World Meeting of Families to be held in Philadelphia in the fall. Premiering Sunday, Jan. 18 at 7:30 p.m., Mission of Love takes a look into the lives of couples and families: their ups and […]
Offended by Sarcastic Letter
Dear Editor: I am writing in response to Jack Foley’s letter (Nov. 29) commenting on an earlier letter calling for greater outreach to divorced and gay people. Mr. Foley sarcastically proposes that such an outreach should also be extended to priests involved in sex scandals, drug dealers, rapists, murderers and terrorists as well. As a […]
The Challenges to Marriage
This week, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio begins the second of his three-part series of articles on the upcoming Synod on of the Family and moves to the issues for consideration in Part II of the document entitled: “The Pastoral Program for the Family in Light of New Challenges.”
Couples Celebrate 6,309 Years of Marriage
More than 160 local couples celebrated significant wedding anniversaries with Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio at the annual diocesan Wedding Anniversary Celebration, April 26.