BEING A NATIVE New Yorker, I am very much accustomed to the New York City subway system. Having taken the subway trains all my life to get within the five boroughs, I am aware of how the system works. I am also aware of my surroundings while riding the subway at certain times of the day.
If the patron saint of youth, St. John Bosco, could have stepped into Carnesecca Arena for Steubenville NYC, he would contemplate just how the third-largest indoor sports arena in New York City could have transformed into a snippet of heaven.
Join St. Martin de Porres parish, Bedford-Stuyvesant, for a Holy Spirit Revival at Our Lady of Victory Church this August.
When Father Willy Kingsley Ndi, 31, was a child in Cameroon, Africa, he fell in love with sacred things.
Franciscan Friars of the Renewal will lead a Lenten Parish Mission at St. Martin de Porres parish, Bedford-Stuyvesant.
Jan. 15 marking the birthday of sainthood candidate Msgr. Bernard J. Quinn at St. Peter Claver Church
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio ordained 16 men to the transitional diaconate Nov. 5 at St. Joseph’s Seminary, Dunwoodie
“We all knew that she is a saint, but now it is official,” Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio said Sunday, Sept. 4, at the Mass at Our Lady of Victory.
Parishioners and clergy in Brooklyn and Queens gathered to observe the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday at Our Lady of Victory Church, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Jan. 18.
For me, one of the most moving parts of a diaconate ordination ceremony is the handing on of the Book of the Gospels. The ordaining bishop has the Book of the Gospels in his hands and the new deacon kneels before him to receive it. As the bishop hands over the Book of the Gospels, he says these words, “Receive the Gospel of Christ, whose herald you now are. Believe what you read, teach what you believe and practice what you teach.”
