Bishop Robert J. Brennan celebrated Mass Saturday, Dec. 4 at the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph to observe World Youth Day. He urged youth teenagers from across the Diocese of Brooklyn to be like St. Joseph, cast off fear, and “Don’t be afraid to give yourself to Jesus.”
Even at a relatively young age, Maya Wierciszewski, an eighth-grader at Notre Dame Catholic Academy, Ridgewood, realizes the importance of praying the rosary for the unborn.
Missionaries from the Institute of the Incarnate Word have been pounding the pavement this September to invite Brooklynites around St. Teresa of Avila, Crown Heights, and Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph’s, Prospect Heights, to church.
In a rare public appearance, Bishop Emeritus Thomas V. Daily was present for the dedication April 5 of the new Brooklyn Residence named in his honor sponsored by Catholic Charities.
Cars slowed and passersby paused to witness the exuberance emanating from St. Joseph Co-Cathedral as nearly 1,200 teenagers gathered for Brooklyn Catholic Youth Day.
Husband, father, laborer and immigrant – that is how retired Auxiliary Bishop Guy Sansaricq described St. Joseph to more than 500 Haitian Catholics who gathered to honor the patron of the universal Church on his feast day.
When the Salve Regina was intoned last Saturday evening at St. Joseph’s Co-Cathedral in Prospect Heights, about 75 men picked up the chant and didn’t miss a beat for the rest of the hymn. This was their school song, the unofficial anthem of Cathedral Prep, which is marking the 100th anniversary of its establishment […]
A record group of 1,200 diocesan students and 100 chaperones turned out for this year’s Rosary Rally, held Oct. 9 at the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph.
One of the fun things about being a journalist is that you get to do things that other people do not. Last week, I found myself climbing a seven-story high scaffolding inside St. Joseph Co-Cathedral, Prospect Heights, to get an up-close look at the restoration of the building. I wasn’t alone. Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio and […]
EverGreene’s chief conservator, Gillian Randell, cleans the face of the Heavenly Father in one of 13 historic murals on the ceilings and walls of St. Joseph’s Co-Cathedral, Prospect Heights. Before restoration began the figures and rich decoration could hardly be deciphered. The restored murals are now a distinctive feature of St. Joseph’s, which is set […]
