EIGHT MEN TO BE ORDAINED FOR THE PRIESTHOOD ON SATURDAY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 27, 2013

Largest Ordination Class for the Diocese of Brooklyn Since 2007

Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio will ordain eight men to the priesthood for the Diocese of Brooklyn at a Mass at St. James Cathedral Basilica, 250 Cathedral Place, Downtown Brooklyn, on Saturday June 29th at 11 a.m.
Three of the men hail from Haiti, two have Korean origins, one an African-American, one an Italian- American and one a Filipino-American. They are Dwayne Davis, Raymond Flores, Stephen Giulietti, Paul Young Kim, Jun Hee Lee, Michel Pierre Louis, Killick Pierrilus and Lucon Riguad.
“The Ordination of priests has been one of the great joys of my Episcopal ministry and I have had the privilege of Ordaining 45 men to the priesthood, including our eight newly Ordained, since I came to the Diocese in 2003,” said Bishop DiMarzio. “Their language abilities certainly cover the needs of our multi-ethnic Diocese, and I admire each of these young men. Despite the many distractions of the world, they have given up everything to come and follow Christ.”
The Ordination Mass can be watched on NET TV on Cablevision Ch. 30 and TimeWarner Ch. 97, and will be live-streamed at www.netny.net.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
Stefanie Gutierrez
917-587-2784
sgutierrez@desalesmedia.org

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Life, Marriage & Religious Freedom


What is this about?

In this Year of Faith, the Catholic Bishops of the United States have called for a nationwide effort to advance a movement for Life, Marriage, and Religious Liberty through prayer, penance, and sacrifice. Catholics across the Nation are being encouraged to pray for rebuilding a culture favorable to life and marriage and for increased protections of religious liberty.

This call to prayer is prompted by unprecedented challenges to the Church and the Nation, particularly the HHS Mandate and current trends in government and culture toward redefining marriage.

The goal of this call to prayer is twofold: one, to increase awareness of these challenges and two, to build spiritual stamina and fortitude among the faithful so that we can be effective and joyful witnesses of faith, hope, and charity and agents of the New Evangelization. CLICK HERE for more information from the USCCB.


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Whiz kid said no to $480G in Ivy aid

4 Jun 2013 | New York Daily News | DENIS HAMILL

READ IT ON THE DAILY NEWS WEBSITE HERE

Sal Cocchiaro knows numbers.

He just graduated as valedictorian of St. Francis Prep with a 100.7 average and won $480,000 worth of scholarships from seven Ivy League-caliber colleges. But this middle-class Bayside, Queens, kid chose a full four-year ride at Fordham University — just 30 minutes from home and family.

So how did the 17-year-old wind up with a 100-plus average? Read more »

June, 2013 State History Day Champions at Sacred Heart of Bayside

Congratulations to the students of Sacred Heart School in Bayside for their award-winning history projects!  Each year, more than half of a million students participate in National History Day by choosing a historical topic and conducting a research presentation. This presentation is not simply a couple weeks of work, or even a semester.  Students conducting this research commit themselves to it for the entire year.

Fourteen students from the school competed in the local History Day Competition and half of them made it to States (all students listed with photo).  Jenna Alma, Robyn Alma, Sienna DeBenedittis and Christine McLaughlin won third place in the State competition as well as the Ancient Order of Hibernian’s Award for Irish History for their research on the Irish Potato Famine.  Students Gabrielle Vance, Kathryn Pender, and Maria Caminiti will move on to present at National History Day in Washington D.C. Read more »

Woodhaven students produce documentary exploring the neighborhood’s history

St. Thomas the Apostle School students interviewed residents, merchants, civic leaders and lawmakers. Their film will be screened Monday at The Cinemart theater in Forest Hills

BY LISA L. COLANGELO / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

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Photographer: AARON SHOWALTER/NEW YORK DAILY NEWSSt. Thomas the Apostle students talk to Loycent Gordon (l.) and Alex Ewen (second l.), owners of Neirs Tavern on 78th St. in Woodhaven.

 

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FUNERAL SERVICES FOR RETIRED AUXILIARY BISHOP JOSEPH M. SULLIVAN

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 8, 2013

The following funeral services for Bishop Joseph Sullivan have been established. All services
listed below are open to the public.

Monday, June 10th
Wake
2 – 5 p.m., 7 – 9 p.m.
McLaughlin & Sons Funeral Home
9620 Third Avenue (on the corner of 97th Street)
Brooklyn, New York 11209

Tuesday, June 11th
Wake
12 p.m. – 5 p.m.
McLaughlin & Sons Funeral Home
7:30 p.m. Vigil Mass
Our Lady of Hope R.C. Church
61-21 71st Street (Eliot Avenue and 72nd Street)
Middle Village, New York 11379

Wednesday, June 12th
11 a.m. Funeral Mass
Church of St. Ephrem
929 Bay Ridge Parkway
(75th Street between Fort Hamilton Parkway & 10th Avenue)
Brooklyn, New York 11228

Burial to follow
St. John’s Cemetery
8001 Metropolitan Avenue
Middle Village, New York 11379

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
Stefanie Gutierrez
718-517-3112
sgutierrez@desalesmedia.org

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RETIRED AUXILIARY BISHOP JOSEPH SULLIVAN OF BROOKLYN DIES AT 83

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 7, 2013

RETIRED AUXILIARY BISHOP JOSEPH SULLIVAN OF BROOKLYN DIES AT 83

Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio and the Diocese of Brooklyn mourn his passing

Retired Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Brooklyn, the Most Reverend Joseph M. Sullivan, died June 7, 2013, after a May 30th car accident on the Long Island Expressway in Syosset, New York. Bishop Sullivan was critically injured in the three-car collision and was immediately airlifted to Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow, New York. He died from injuries sustained from the impact.
“We mourn the passing of Bishop Joseph Sullivan,” said Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio. “During his tenure, Catholic Charities of Brooklyn and Queens became a nationally recognized provider of social services. Even in retirement, Bishop Joe continued to serve on many boards for Catholic hospitals and health institutions. He epitomized the best of our Church’s teaching and the fundamental option for the poor. He was an outstanding priest.”
Bishop Sullivan was born on March 23, 1930, one of 11 children of the late Thomas and Margaret Sullivan. Bishop Sullivan attended St. Ephrem’s elementary school and St. Michael’s Diocesan High School, both in Brooklyn, and Manhattan College.
In 1950, he began studies for the priesthood at Immaculate Conception Seminary in Huntington, L.I., and was ordained June 2, 1956, by Archbishop Thomas E. Molloy in St. James Cathedral in Brooklyn.
After a three-year period as a newly-ordained priest at Our Lady of Lourdes parish in Queens Village, he was assigned to study social work, and in l961 he earned a master’s degree from the Fordham University School of Social Work. In that same year, he was appointed assistant director of Catholic Charities’ childcare division and four years later was named the director. Bishop Sullivan also earned a master’s in public administration from New York University.
In 1968, when Bishop Francis J. Mugavero became the Diocesan Bishop, he chose then–Father Sullivan to succeed him as the executive director of Catholic Charities and appointed him Secretary to the Ordinary for Charities. He was elected executive vice-president of the board of trustees of Catholic Charities in l979.
In the following year, on Oct. 7, 1980, he was one of three Brooklyn priests named Auxiliary Bishops by then Pope John Paul II. The others were late Anthony Cardinal Bevilacqua and
Bishop Rene A. Valero. Bishop–elect Sullivan was also given the title of Titular Bishop of Suliana.
As an auxiliary bishop, Bishop Sullivan held the titles of Vicar for Human Services and Regional Bishop for the 62 parishes of the Brooklyn West Vicariate.
Other pastoral work in which Bishop Sullivan helped serve were health care issues and needs, where he played an instrumental role in the formation of St. Vincent’s Catholic Medical Centers, which joined the hospitals and related facilities of the Diocese with similar institutions conducted by the New York Sisters of Charity. Bishop Sullivan has served on numerous Church and civic boards concerned with health and human services on the national, State and local levels. These have included the chairmanship of the Catholic Medical Center of Brooklyn and Queens and membership on the board of Catholic Charities USA.
Also included in his activities outside the Diocese has been his service as chairman of the Social Development and World Peace Department of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, as well as a member of the Board of Directors of Catholic Medical Mission Board for ten years, two of them as Chairman. As a Board leader, he was able to extend his commitment to meet the challenge of HIV/AIDS to countries where CMMB had programs to meet the challenge of HIV/AIDS, and visited the programs in action in Kenya.
In the late 1990s, he chaired an ad hoc committee that produced a pastoral letter on charity — “In All Things Charity: A Pastoral Challenge for the New Millennium” — approved by the U.S. bishops in November 1999. He said the message was intended “to reclaim the meaning of charity,” which he said had become a pejorative term in modern society.
Bishop Sullivan is survived by his sisters Betty, Dolly and Fran, and brothers John, Pete and Ralph; he has over 100 nieces, nephews, and grandnieces and grandnephews. He was predeceased by his brothers Gerard, Richard, Thomas and William.
Funeral arrangements are pending and will be released as they become available.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
Stefanie Gutierrez
718-517-3112
sgutierrez@desalesmedia.org

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Academy Alignment Decree

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 6th, 2013.

It was with great effort that the Diocese of Brooklyn undertook in September 2008 a strategic planning initiative entitled Preserving the Vision, which sought to strengthen the mission of our Catholic elementary schools. Strengthening and enhancing our Catholic education is important in our community especially in the efforts of the new evangelization. The academy structure is a two-tier governance model, which instills a Catholic identity and which develops multiple partnerships that would enhance the academic and spiritual dimensions as well as strengthen the financial viability of the academy itself. Read more »