Seven decades of faith, education and love – that is the legacy the Holy Union Sisters have left to the people of Astoria as their ministry at Immaculate Conception parish came to a close this spring.
vocations
Recent Deaths of Priests Point To the Need for Vocations
I’ve written too many priests’ obituaries and attended too many priests’ funerals in the first 10 weeks of this year. We’ve already lost eight diocesan priests due to death in this calendar year. In 2016, it wasn’t until Sept. 24 that we reached that same total for the year.
Everyone Plays Role in Encouraging Vocations
Promoting religious vocations is the responsibility of every baptized Catholic, said Rockville Centre Deacon Kevin McCormack when he addressed nearly 50 Brooklyn Diocesan parish vocation representatives in Bath Beach Nov. 13.
Vocation Awareness Week
The diocese will celebrate National Vocation Awareness Week, Nov. 6-13, with several events around the diocese.
Wahlberg Appeals for Vocations to Priesthood
Actor Mark Wahlberg’s video praising “good and holy priests” – created for the National Conference of Diocesan Vocation Directors – has been viewed over 560,000 times on Facebook.
Ten New Priests (with slideshow)
Bishop DiMarzio ordained the 10 men on Saturday, June 4, in a two-and-a-half-hour ceremony at St. Joseph’s Co-Cathedral, Prospect Heights. The new priests are Fathers Gesson Agenis, Yvon-Hector Aurelien, Victor Manuel Bolaños, Mark Charlton Mendelsohn Bristol, Ralph Edel, Lukasz Kubiak, Uririoghene Melchizedek John-Baptist Okrokoto, Ambiorix D’Jesus Osorio Torres, Jaroslaw Szeraszewicz, and Marcial Thomas.
Stats on Priests Are Reasons for Hope
It’s ordination season and Catholics have reason to be pleased with the numbers of priests who will serve the Church well into the future. In recent years, the numbers of priestly ordinations have given Catholic Church observers reason to believe there is not a global vocations crisis, but they acknowledge there is still a need for more.
Seminarians on Pilgrimage
Twenty-four college seminarians from the Cathedral House of Formation, Douglaston, and four priests participated in a Holy Year pilgrimage to Rome and Assisi.
Frassati Vocation Group
Cathedral Preparatory School and Seminary, Elmhurst, has a group where young men meet to speak about the call to the priesthood. The Vocation/Discernment group is named after Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, who is known as “a man of the beatitudes.”
Information Sessions for the Permanent Diaconate
The deacon is a man of faith called to serve God and God’s people as an official representative of the Church in service to others. Information sessions are being held for those interested in the Diaconate Formation Program’s admissions process.