Deacon Callistus Ibeh’s journey toward the priesthood wasn’t as easy as riding a bike, but the avid cyclist said he didn’t encounter too many bumps along the way.
St. Joseph’s Seminary and College – Yonkers
Opening Mass at Dunwoodie Celebrates 125th Anniversary
Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio joined hundreds more for Mass celebrating the 125th year of St. Joseph’s Seminary & College at Dunwoodie, Yonkers. Auxiliary Bishop James Massa, the rector, said the hill-top campus is “merely a branch campus of the one that the Great Teacher founded back in Galilee, two millennia ago.”
Pope Francis to Christian Leaders: ‘Continue Walking Together’
Christians together can change the world. That was the message Pope Francis gave Wednesday, June 9, to Catholic leaders and evangelical and pentecostal pastors gathered for this year’s John 17 retreat, encouraging them to continue on a path of unity.
Two Transitional Deacons Ordained for Brooklyn Diocese
Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York, ordained six men as transitional deacons at St. Joseph Seminary in the Dunwoodie section of Yonkers on Nov. 9, including two who are studying to become priests for the Diocese of Brooklyn — Nestor Armando Martinez Barajas and Dragan Pusic.
Ordained Transitional Deacons
The five men becoming priests for the Diocese of Brooklyn June 30 were ordained transitional deacons during three separate Masses in Rome, Yonkers and Astoria.
Father Jose Diaz
The invitation to discipleship for Father Jose Diaz, 28, came in the form of a letter from a concerned friend during high school.
Seminary Schola Opens Advent With Sacred Music Concerts
This year’s Schola Advent and Christmas concerts will raise funds for the cultural and spiritual enrichment programs for seminarians at St. Joseph Seminary in Yonkers throughout the year.
Deacons from Dunwoodie
Five of the men who will be ordained priests this weekend were ordained transitional deacons at St. Joseph’s Seminary, Dunwoodie, where they studied theology. The ordinations were done last November by Rockville Centre Bishop William Murphy in the chapel at Dunwoodie.
Dunwoodie Seminary Trains Church Musicians
The St. Cecilia Academy, an educational program ran by St. Joseph’s Seminary, Dunwoodie, turned out its first graduates in November.
Seminarians, Religious Encouraged by Pope
Being one of 2,500 people in attendance for evening prayers with Pope Francis at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Manhattan, Sept. 24, seminarian Mark Bristol described the experience as intimate.