The Youth Holy Hour and Vocation Fair on March 21 was the second time in 2025 that youth from throughout the diocese gave up their Friday night for a standing-room-only event with Bishop Brennan.
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New Religious Community Aims to Be ‘Spiritual Mothers to Spiritual Orphans’
Jennifher Dircio and Basia Cdno are the first candidates for a new community of religious sisters under development — the Franciscan Sisters of the Pure Heart — in the Bronx.
‘Generous Benefactor’ Helps Aspiring Religious Sister Pay Off Debt, Pursue Vocation
Aloni Bonilla — a candidate to be a religious sister — had a rough 2023, but this year began with immense blessings.
Paris Pilgrimage Inspired Young Queens Man to Join Priesthood
Father James Rodriguez visited Paris when he was 15 years old and found that spending time in the City of Light helped him see the light.
Franciscan Sister Focuses on Future And Keeping the Catholic Voice Alive
Sister Carol Woods, SFMA, has been a member of the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Assisi for more than 40 years. But rather than rest on any of her past accomplishments, she’s busy helping her religious community plan for the future.
Nursing School Graduates Say Pandemic Confirmed Their Career Choice
The COVID-19 pandemic overshadowed much of the college experience for this year’s graduating class, but nursing school graduates may have felt this more acutely.
Ordination Survey Finds Dropping Percentages of new White U.S. Priests
The annual report of new priests commissioned by the U.S. bishops shows that among those who responded, a shrinking number are white, a sign of the “little-C” catholic nature of the Catholic Church.
Only in Print: Summer Vocations Turn to Tech
At the Visitation Monastery in Bay Ridge, the nine nuns who live there make use of online services for virtual, online doctors’ appointments and to chat with candidates who are contemplating religious life.
A Time for Discernment: Vocation Retreat With Bishop DiMarzio
When 17-year-old Anthony Longo walks through the doors at the Immaculate Conception Center in Douglaston, Queens, he feels instantly at home.
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.