Early July, 25 youth and young adults journeyed with Father Dwayne Davis from the Vicariate of Black Catholic Concerns (VBCC) Youth Leadership Ambassador Program to Jamaica, West Indies. The mission sought to serve the poorest of the poor in Kingston.
Sister Lois Keller, R.S.M., 83, a Sister of Mercy of the Americas Mid-Atlantic Community for 65 years, died July 3 at Calvary Hospice in Lutheran Hospital, Sunset Park.
Four buses of pilgrims from St. Sebastian Church visited the six Holy Doors for the Jubilee Year of Mercy in Brooklyn and Queens.
The religious brothers of the diocese were honored along with women religious at a jubilee celebration May 22 at Immaculate Conception Center, Douglaston. They were guests of honor at a liturgy celebrated by Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio and at the dinner that followed.
In 1966, a Brooklyn man took a leap of faith and opened a little hardware store in Park Slope.
This week’s Tablet TALK features a new Divine Mercy image in Williamsburg, highlights a Tenebrae service held in Flatbush, an upcoming event for job seekers, details for the VBCC gala and much more.
After the birth of her son and the loss of a close friend, Claudia O’Brien experienced a renewal of faith that has led her back to the Catholic Church.
Shortly before sunrise on a recent Saturday, more than 150 people walked through the doors of St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Flatlands, thus beginning their day-long pilgrimage to all six Holy Doors in Brooklyn and Queens.
Nemesia Gonzalez, the mother of Deacon Louis Gonzalez of St. Thomas Aquinas, Brooklyn, died Jan. 21.
The sixth-grade boys’ bantam CYO basketball team at St. Thomas Aquinas, Flatlands, was lucky enough to play on the floor at the world’s most famous arena.
