On the evening of June 23, a couple hundred Our Lady of Mount Carmel parishioners kicked off the Giglio Season with the annual “Taking Out of the Boat.”
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Only In Print: Here Comes the Bride: Church Weddings Get Back on Track
As restrictions gradually started to ease a few months ago, many postponed Catholic church weddings still awaited rescheduling, a situation that’s rapidly starting to change.
Only In Print: Bookstore Survives Amid Shift in Industry: ‘If We Make $1, It’s a Lot’
A red shopping bag hanging on the doorknob at the entrance to The BookMark Shoppe on Third Avenue carries the clever message, “Reading is Cheaper than Therapy.”
Only In Print: Late-Night Solace Found at 24-Hour Chapel
When Gilberto Perez feels the need to pray in the middle of the night, he knows where to go: a chapel tucked behind the altar of his parish church, Our Lady of Sorrows.
Only In Print: Letters Show Mother Cabrini’s Admiration for Bishop of Brooklyn
Although she couldn’t read or write English, Mother Frances Cabrini kept up an ongoing relationship with Brooklyn Bishop Charles McDonnell, who was the second Bishop of Brooklyn from 1892 to 1921.
Only in Print: Diocese Deacons: God Guides Us Through Journey of Fatherhood
Being a dad has always been tough — just ask St. Joseph.
Only In Print: St. Edmund Fifth Grader Wins National Handwriting Contest
If cursive writing was an Olympic sport, Caitlyn Ngo would be a gold medalist.
Only In Print: Year After Ordination, Priest Says His Work Has Just Begun
A year has passed since his ordination to the priesthood and assignment as a parochial vicar for Our Lady of Angels Church, but to Father Dragan Pušić, everything still feels brand new.
Only in Print: Memory Garden Project Brightens Parish’s Grotto, Comforts Community
They may be made from acrylic, but the red cardinals nestled in tree branches in the grotto of Transfiguration-St. Stanislaus Kostka Church seem as real as the birds chirping and flapping their wings in shrubbery nearby.
Only in Print: Livestream Masses in Diocese Here to Stay Post-Pandemic
As pews at the churches continue to fill to maximum capacity, many pastors across the Diocese of Brooklyn note technology is still important to utilize.