The 2021 Catholic Education’s Year of Renewal Summit celebrated the Diocese of Brooklyn’s resilience during the pandemic and encouraged further development of vibrant, rigorous religious education in local schools and faith formation programs.
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‘A Complete Leap of Faith’: One Teen’s Journey to Becoming a Sister
For Anabell Maradiaga, moving to Puerto Rico has been an eye-opening experience, compared to life in the concrete jungle of Corona, Queens. The 19-year-old is on her way to becoming part of the Missionary Sisters of Mary for Faith Formation.
FEMA Program Helps Families Pay For COVID-Related Funeral Costs
The Federal Emergency (FEMA) has rolled out a COVID-19 Funeral Assistance program that offers up to $9,000 per funeral to reimburse families for expenses in cases of COVID-19 deaths that occurred after Jan. 20, 2020.
A New Beginning For Our Lady of Sorrows
The spirit of renewal and resilience was in the air at Our Lady of Sorrows Church on April 11 as Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio officially installed Father Manuel De Jesus Rodriguez as the pastor and blessed the church’s new Perpetual Adoration Chapel.
Elmhurst Hospital’s New CEO Fixing One Block at a Time
Helen Arteaga Landaverde, the new CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst, plans to leverage her 20 years as a health care administrator to block a “third wave” of COVID-19 and maintain future pandemics readiness.
Retired Auxiliary Bishop Octavio Cisneros Presents Our Lady of Sorrows Parish With Statue of Our Lady of Charity
“I come from everywhere and I go everywhere. I am art among the arts and with the mountains, I am one.” These verses, from Cuban patriot and poet José Martí, were on the mind of retired Auxiliary Bishop Octavio Cisneros as he prepared to present Our Lady of Sorrows Church with a statue of Our Lady of Charity.
Teachers’ Drive-by Easter Parade Lifts Students’ Spirits
A drive-by Easter parade is how teachers from Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Academy in Corona, Queens, chose to stay as close to their students as possible during a time when they can’t be together in person.
Culture, Faith and Gifts
The tradition of gift-giving on Christmas didn’t start with Santa Claus, but instead goes back to the Three Kings who traveled from the east to Jerusalem to give baby Jesus gold, frankincense and myrrh.
Only in Print: Masses in Spanish Are Popular, Now Common, in Diocese | November 9, 2019
Heavy rain didn’t stop hundreds of people from packing into the pews at Our Lady of Sorrows, Corona, for a standing room-only Sunday Mass on Oct. 27.
Father Sans Is Celebrating His 65th Year as a Priest
Father Pablo Sans, who lives at Our Lady of the Cenacle rectory in Richmond Hill, marked his 65th year as a priest on March 15.