Youth from across the Brooklyn Diocese spent their first weekend during Lent at a Stay-Awake-Athon, an overnight lock-in at St. Thomas Aquinas, Flatlands, Feb. 16-17.
St. Thomas Aquinas – Flatlands Brooklyn
New Pastor in Flatlands; Late Pastor Remembered
A standing-room-only crowd filled St. Thomas Aquinas Church as the Flatlands faithful honored two beloved pastors on the feast of the parish patron.
Sports Round-Up Jan. 13
St. Thomas Aquinas was once again the site of the Msgr. King Basketball Tournament, played for the 49th time, Dec. 26-30, and featuring top boys’ varsity teams from New York City and beyond.
Get to Know the 2017 – 2018 Youth Ambassadors
For Black Catholic History Month, we’re highlighting the 2017 – 2018 Vicariate of Black Catholic Concerns’ Youth Ambassadors. Every week in November, you’ll get to learn more about who they are!
Fatima Pilgrimage
Father Dwayne Davis, administrator of St. Thomas Aquinas parish, Flatlands, led a group of 43 parishioners on a pilgrimage to Fatima, Portugal.
Steubenville NYC Leads Teens Closer to Christ
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.
Flatlands Procession
Father Dwayne Davis, the newly appointed administrator of St. Thomas Aquinas parish, Flatlands, bore the monstrance as the Corpus Christi procession made its way through the streets of the neighborhood.
Obituary: Sister Mary Patricia O’Connell, R.S.M.
Sister Mary Patricia O’Connell, R.S.M., a Sister of Mercy for 58 years, died April 18. She was 76.
Memorial Mass for Msgr. John Brown
A memorial Mass for Msgr. John J. Brown, who died Jan. 31, will be celebrated at St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Flatlands, on Saturday, April 29 at 10:30 a.m. Msgr. Brown died on March 3 after a brief illness.
Teen News Flash for March 18, 2017
Challenging themselves to stay up all night and live their faith out loud, students shared in Holy Hour and Midnight Mass at the eighth annual youth Lock-in/Stay Awake-A-Thon Friday, March 3 at St. Thomas Aquinas, Flatlands.