Bensonhurst Feast Links Italians With Homeland

As Sicilians have done for half a millennia before them, local Italians in Brooklyn honored St. Rosalia as patroness of Palermo at the culmination of the 18th Ave. Feast.

Italian Ices and Raffles Support St. Mary’s

This week’s Tablet TALK highlights a Year of Mercy-Walking Pilgrimage of Brooklyn Churches for young adults, an upcoming talk by Jesuit Father Joseph Koterski and much more.

Good Friday in Bensonhurst

Auxiliary Bishop Paul Sanchez led the traditional Good Friday procession conducted by the parishes in Bensonhurst.

Holding the Hand of Jesus

At the annual Lenten Penance Service at St. Dominic Church, Bensonhurst, young people acted out how Jesus defeats the world’s efforts to reduce people to instruments. The message was that He is there to help people get over life’s temptations.

St. Dominic’s Courts Neighbors with Hoops (with video)

The Public High Schools Athletic League in New York is known for producing top-notch basketball teams and players. However, it turns out not every school is lucky enough to have its own home court. So in Bensonhurst, a local Catholic parish has opened its doors.

Maimonides CEO Lights Brooklyn One More Time

Maimonides Medical Center invited Christian leaders to the hospital Nov. 18 to make sure they would have enough money to again bring light to their communities this Christmas season.

NYC Marathon Times

Check in here for the times of some local diocesan N.Y.C. Marathon runners.

Father Nicholas Colalella

Italian-American Father Nicholas Colalella, 24, who began discerning his priestly call in high school, is ready to cast his life for God.