More than 500 “rescued” relics were displayed recently at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Oratory in Montclair, New Jersey.

More than 500 “rescued” relics were displayed recently at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Oratory in Montclair, New Jersey.
The legacy of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, a lay order dedicated to education since the 17th century, is enshrined at the archives of an institution they founded in the Bronx in the 1850s. As a result, Manhattan University — formerly known as Manhattan College — has accrued a vast archive of historical documents and artifacts from the order’s districts throughout the United States.
A first-class relic of St. Jude Thaddeus arrived at Our Lady of Mount Carmel-Annunciation Parish on Feb. 24, with parishioners lining up to venerate it and pray to the apostle of hope.
During the 81 years of life for Francesco Forgione, who later became known and venerated as “Padre Pio,” he wasn’t able to visit the United States. While the saint’s relics have toured across the country and even throughout the Diocese of Brooklyn, for the first time, his relics will be displayed at the nation’s largest Catholic church in Washington D.C., May 21-22.
Officials for the supervisory congregation engage in a process for certify- ing relics as outlined in the Church’s Canon Law.
Blessed Carlo Acutis is helping students in the Diocese of Brooklyn grow closer to their faith. Scores of students came to Holy Family Church in Fresh Meadows on Wednesday, April 6 to take part in a prayer rally where they were given the opportunity to venerate a relic of Acutis.
Retired Msgr. Robert J. Sarno’s career spans nearly a half century, with 38 years serving the Vatican’s Congregation for the Causes of the Saints.
It is a bandage stained with blood from St. Padre Pio’s stigmata will appear Saturday, Sept. 18, at the Shrine Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel-Annunciation Parish in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The relic will be available for people to view before and after 11 a.m. Mass.
On July 14, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio officially accepted the first-degree relic of Blessed Carlo Acutis — tiny strands of his hair — that was brought to the U.S. from Italy.
An unidentified male stole a bag outside Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church on East 116th Street in Manhattan on Oct. 13. Inside was a second-class relic, a piece of stone from the Shrine of St. Michael on Mount Gargano in Italy.