NET-TV will provide live coverage of the ordinations to the permanent diaconate by Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio on Saturday, May 23, at 11 a.m. Co-hosts for this special presentation will be Ed Wilkinson, Editor of The Tablet, and Deacon Kevin McCormack, principal of Xaverian H.S., Bay Ridge. NET-TV can be seen on Ch. 97 of Time […]
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13 New Priests for the Diocese
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio ordained 13 men as priests of the diocese to serve in Brooklyn and Queens on June 28 at St. Joseph’s Co-Cathedral, Prospect Heights. [new_royalslider id=”49″]
A Diverse Class of New Priests for the Diocese
This year’s priestly ordination ceremony had to be one of the most eagerly anticipated events of the church calendar. It’s not often that a diocese can boast about ordaining more priests for a single year than any other diocese or archdiocese in the country. But that was the case in Brooklyn this year.
Trials Prepare Deacon For Ordination Day
Fully aware that being a disciple of Christ means embracing the cross, Francisco Hernández stood before Auxiliary Bishop Octavio Cisneros and bound himself to Church service as a permanent deacon.
Meet Our New Priests
Photos, brief biographies and details of the first Masses of thanksgiving of the men.
Father Carlos Velásquez
God gave Father Carlos C. Velásquez, 26, the gift of an early vocation.
Father Anthony Rosado
A life of faith is the fullest kind of life there is for Father Anthony Francis Rosado, 30.
Father Robert Pierre-Louis
Haitian-born Father Robert Pierre-Louis aspires to be “a priest according to the heart of Mary and Jesus.”
Father Peter Penton
Ordination day will be the culmination of a nearly lifelong journey for Peter John Penton, 55.
Father Gregory McIlhenney
Gregory Michael Vincent McIlhenney, 35, is proud to have been formed in the faith by his parents and his parish religious education program.