All through the day, the people of Corona kept coming to look at what had happened to their parish church, Our Lady of Sorrows. The parishioners, who are mostly Hispanic immigrants, turn out in large numbers for Sunday Mass there. On any given Sunday, there are 12,000 to 13,000 worshippers there. But when they came […]
Brooklyn’s first Italian Roman Catholic parish – Sacred Hearts-St. Stephen, Carroll Gardens – hosted the Congrega Maria S.S. Addolorata and the people of Mola Di Bari on Sept. 8 as they honored the feast of their hometown patron saint, Our Lady of Sorrows, with a traditional Italian street procession and Mass. This year marked the […]
by Antonina Zielinska As the U.S. Congress debates immigration reform, Catholic Bishops throughout the U.S. prayed with immigrant communities on Sunday, Sept. 8, in a unified effort to promote change in the country’s legal system. In an answer to the call of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio celebrated a standing-room-only Spanish […]
by Antonina Zielinska The students at Our Lady of Sorrows School, Corona, enthusiastically welcomed their bishop when he came to celebrate Catholic Schools Week with them. The choir greeted him with song, which Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio told them they performed very well. “Their singing is wonderful,” said Anthony Biscione, deputy superintendent of Catholic Schools. “It’s […]
Since 1948, the Congrega Maria SS. Addolorata has been honoring the Blessed Mother on the Sunday before the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, Sept. 15, with a street procession and Mass at Sacred Hearts-St. Stephen Church, Carroll Gardens. Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio was the main celebrant of the evening Mass on Sunday, Sept. 9. Earlier […]
Fresh off winning the 2012 NBA Championship, Miami Heat point guard Mario Chalmers had one last tune-up match before starting his preparation for next season. As part of the sporting equipment company Spalding’s “Arena to Driveway” contest, Chalmers visited East Elmhurst on Aug. 17 for a game of one-on-one basketball. His opponent was 17-year-old Carlos […]
