AUXILIARY BISHOPS NAMED
TO NEW POSTS
(December
12, 2006)
Bishop
Nicholas DiMarzio has assigned new responsibilities to the four auxiliary bishops of the Diocese,
as indicated in a list of official diocesan appointments issued this week by
the Office of Clergy Personnel.
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NEW CHRISTMAS EVENT TO BENEFIT SCHOLARSHIPS
(November
28, 2006)
A new festive way to celebrate the Christmas season will be launched Tuesday, Dec. 12, when
the Alive in Hope Foundation of the
Diocese of Brooklyn inaugurates an annual Bishop's Christmas Luncheon, which this year will
benefit the Bishop's Scholarship Program.
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NEW ORLEANS PRELATE SAYS THANKS FOR FUNDS
(November
21, 2006)
The archbishop of New Orleans has thanked the people of the Diocese of Brooklyn
for "the remarkable way" they have responded to an appeal to assist relief
efforts there since Hurricane Katrina.
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LOCAL PRIEST CONSULTANT TO POLISH BISHOPS
(November
20, 2006)
The Catholic bishops of Poland have reached out to a Queens priest
to be the American consultant on a commission formed to study the pastoral and
spiritual needs of Poles living away from their home country and recommend how
they may be better served.
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JOINT PRAYER SERVICE SET ON LEBANON AND ITS
PEOPLE
(November 20, 2006)
The Eparchy of St. Maron of Brooklyn and the
Diocese of Brooklyn will sponsor a first-ever joint interfaith prayer service
for Lebanon at Our Lady of Lebanon Cathedral, 109 Remsen St., Brooklyn,
Wednesday, Dec. 6, at 8 p.m.
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BILOXI SAYS THANKS FOR KATRINA AID
(November 14,
2006)
The Diocese of Biloxi has described the Catholics of Brooklyn and
Queens as "magnificent, Christ-like people" for contributing funds to assist in
rebuilding church structures as Hurrican Katrina recovery efforts there
continue.
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PARISHIONERS ASSIST KATRINA RECOVERY
(October 30,
2006)
Responding to
an appeal by
Bishop
Nicholas
DiMarzio, members of the 216 parishes in Brooklyn
and Queens contributed more than $140,000 to a hurricane recovery collection taken
a year after Katrina struck the Gulf Coast.
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FOREIGN-BORN SEMINARIANS
TO TAKE MAJOR STEP
(October
23, 2006)
Three seminarians from diverse backgrounds will move a step closer to priestly ordination
for the Diocese of brooklyn
when they are
Admitted
to
Candidacy in a ceremony during an All Saints
Day Mass to be celebrated in the chapel of the Immaculate Conception
Center, Douglaston, Wednesday, Nov. 1, at 9:15 a.m.
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PARISH KEEPS IT PROMISE PARISHIONERS RESPOND
AGAIN
(October 4, 2006)
Akin to the popular film refrain, "If you build
it, they will
come,"
the
operative expression at St. John Vianney parish in
Flushing appears to be, "You did what you said you'd do last
year, so we'll help you again this year."
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MEMORY OF LATE PASTOR EVOKED BY APPEAL
SUCCESS
(September 26, 2006)
In
Williamsburg's
Transfiguration parish, success in 2006 Annual Catholic Appeal
has enabled parishioners to establish a simple memorial to a beloved last
pastor who spent his entire priesthood among them.
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RAMPING UP
RESPONSE
TO ANNUAL APPEAL
(September 19, 2006)
Thanks to the 2006 Annual Catholic
Appeal,
a
veritable "stairway to heaven" is nearing completion that
will ease entry into Regina Pacis Church for parishioners who have found
the steep front steps increasingly difficult to mount.
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CONFERENCE TO
FOCUS ON STEM-CELL RESEARCH
(September 19, 2006)
The ethical and
scientific issues related to stem-cell research and cloning and the alternatives
to embryonic cell-stem research will be examined at a conference,
sponsored
by
the Office of Government Affairs of the Diocese
of Brooklyn, to be held in St. Albert's Hall of St. John's
University, 8000 Utopia Pkwy., Jamaica, Saturday, Oct. 7.
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MAKING A DIFFERENCE
AT ST. JEROME'S
(September 12, 2006)
When part of the church roof is crying for repairs
and
the
condition of the kneelers in the pews needs
addressing, and week-to-week parish expenses are in search of a revenue boost,
where is a pastor to turn for help?
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FAMILIES AND GOD
CONVOCATION THEME
(September 12, 2006)
Some 400
representatives of Brooklyn and Queens parishes will take part in Diocesan Evangelization Convocation
II,
a
tradition begun last year, on the theme: "Changing
Families and a Changeless God," at the Immaculate Conception Center, Douglaston, Saturday,
Sept. 16, from 10:45 a.m. to 3:20 p.m.
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OUR LADY OF TRUST
SCHOOL
NEW VENTURE IN CANARSIE
(AUGUST 21, 2006)
When
parochial school in Brooklyn and Queens welcome their students for the new academic year
in
September, three in Canarsie will launch an innovative
cooperative venture that will give their schools a new name, an advisory
board, a business manager and three separtate "campuses."
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BISHOP ASKS ASSISTANCE
FOR HURRICANE RECOVERY
(August 15, 2006)
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio has asked the parishes of
the Diocese of Brooklyn to conduct a collection for hurricane recovery at the Masses
on
the weekend of Aug. 26-27 as a follow
up to the humanitarian relief collection that was taken last year after
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastated the Gulf Coast.
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DIOCESE REIMBURSED FOR
CANCELLED EVENT
(July 24, 2006)
The Insurance and Finance Department of
the Diocese of Brooklyn looked for a silver lining in case bad weather would
cause
the Diocese to cancel its observance of the
closing of the Year of the Eucharist Oct. 15---and found it in
the form of a check for $86, 556.48.
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PARISHIONERS ANSWER
CALLS FOR ASSISTANCE
(July 24, 2006)
The
proceeds of four national collections taken in the
parishes of Brooklyn and Queens in March and April exceeded $600,000, according
to results announced by the Diocese this week.
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BAY RIDGE CHURCH SITE
OF BISHOP'S ORDINATION
(June 28, 2006)
Bishop
Nicholas DiMarzio has announced that Our Lady of
Angels Church in Bay Ridge has been selected
as the site of the Episcopal Ordination Ceremony for Auxiliary Bishops-elect Guy
A. Sansaricq, Octavio Cisneros and Frank J. Caggiano.
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MOST STUDENTS STAYING
IN CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
(June 27, 2006)
Seventy-eight percent of students in
seven parochial schools in Brooklyn and Queens that
will not reopen in September are registered to
attend neighborhood Catholic schools, according to a June 23 survey taken by
the diocesan Office of Catholic School Support Services.
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PRIESTLY ORDINATION
SET FOR QUEENS MAN
(June 20, 2006)
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio will ordain Father Robert E.
Keighron to the priesthood for the Diocese of Brooklyn at St. James
Cathedral-Basilica, Brooklyn, Saturday, July 1, at 11 a.m.
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BISHOP ASKS SUPPORT
FOR PETER'S PENCE
(June 20, 2006)
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio has
asked parishioners to support the annual Peter's Pence collection,
which the 217 parishes in Brooklyn and Queens will take up at
the Masses on the weekend of July 1-2.
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SPIRITUALITY ENHANCED BY
RETREAT IN ASSISI
(June 13, 2006)
A group of diocesan priests experienced a "spiritual
boost" as they made a
directed retreat in Assisi, led by a Conventual Franciscan
who provided an extra dimension by his knowledge of the home of
St. Francis and insights into the saint's life.
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POPE NAMES THREE
BROOKLYN PRIESTS AUXILIARY BISHOPS FOR BROOKLYN DIOCESE
(June 6,
2006)
Pope Benedict XVI has appointed three Brooklyn priests---Msgr. Guy A.
Sansaricq, Msgr. Octavio Cisneros and
Msgr. Frank J. Caggiano---as auxiliary bishops of the Diocese
of Brooklyn, it was announced today (June 6) in Washington by Archbishop
Pietro Sambi, apostolic nunico to the United States.
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BISHOP TO ORDAIN
POLISH-BORN PRIEST
(May 23, 2006)
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio will ordain Father Wladyslaw Z. Kubrak
to the priesthood for the Diocese of Brooklyn at St. James Cathedral
Basilica, Brooklyn, Saturday, June 3, at 11 a.m.
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CARIBBEAN BISHOP TO
LEAD REVIVAL
(May 19, 2006)
A Catholic bishop from the Caribbean will preach at a three-day
Revival for parishioners of 12 churches in Southeast Queens Tuesday through Thursday,
May 30-June 1, beginning at 7:30 each evening.
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ST. VIRGILIUS SCHOOL TO CLOSE IN JUNE
(May 16, 2005)
St.
Virgilius School in Broad Channel will close in June and affiliate with St.
Camillus School in Rockaway Beach, Msgr. Michael J. Hardiman, the Vicar for
Educatin in the Diocese of Brooklyn, has announced.
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SCHOOLS TO REALIGN FOR FALL SEMESTER
(May 9, 2006)
A
realignment of schools in Bensonhurst, Carroll Gardens and Ozone Park for the
2006-2007 academic year was announced today (May 9) by Msgr. Michael J.
Hardiman, Vicar for Education of the Diocese of Brookyn.
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GENEROUS RESPONSE TO CALLS FOR AID AT HOME AND ABROAD
(May 8,
2006)
A massive outpournig of support for the victims of two natural
disasters---Hurricane Katrina and the Indian Ocean tsunami---served once again
to demonstrate the generosity shown traditionally by the faithful of the Diocese
of Brooklyn towards people affected by radical upheavals in their lives.
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SERVICES THAT RESPOND TO ABUSE ALLEGATIONS
(May 2, 206)
In
the four years since the clergy sexual abuse scandal broke, every (arch)diocese
in the country has established services to address the problem.
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BISHOP PLACES PRIEST ON LEAVE
(April 24, 2006)
Bishop
Nicholas DiMarzio has placed a Brooklyn parochial vicar on administrative leave
from active priestly ministry after accepting the Diocesan Review Board's
finding that an allegation against the priest of inappropriate behavior with a
young lady two decades ago was credible.
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RE-ELECTED BY VICARS,
WHO MEET NEW CARDINAL
(April 24,
2006)
Halifax Sister of Charity Maryann Seton Lopiccolo, Episcopal Delegate
for Religious in the Diocese of Brooklyn, has been elected to a second
two-year term as president of the National Conference of Vicars for
Religious.
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PLAN TO RESTRUCTURE VICARIATE ANNOUNCED
(March 21,
2006)
With a goal of improving its services to parishes and clusters of
parishes in the Diocese of Brooklyn, the Vicariate for Evangelization and
Pastoral Life will merge three of its components into a new entity to be named
the Office of Faith Formation, according to an announcement made last week by
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio.
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GOOD FRIDAY COLLECTION
AIDS HOLY LAND
CHRISTIANS
(March 17, 2006)
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio is urging the
Catholics in Brooklyn and Queens to support the collection taken at the Good
Friday liturgy in their parish churches April 14, which assists the Holy Shrines
in the Holy Land and the works of mercy performed by the Church in the Christian
communities there.
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CATHOLIC-ORTHODOX MARRIAGE
CONFERENCE TOPIC MARCH
14
(March 7, 2006)
Pastoral sensitivity to the needs of couples who enter
into a Romas Catholic-Orthodox marriage will be discussed at a conference to be
held at the Immaculate Conception Center, 7200 Douglaston,Pkwy., Douglaston,
Tuesday, March 14, at 1 p.m.
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TWO SCHOOLS SET TO AFFILIATE
WITH NEARBY SCHOOLS IN
FALL
(March 7, 2006)
Two Catholic elementary schools---one in Greenpoint,
the other in Bayside---will close in June and affiliate with two other
neighborhood schools, it was announced by the respective parishes at the Sunday
Masses March 5.
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QUEEN OF PEACE SCHOOL
WILL NOT REOPEN IN THE
FALL
(February 14, 2006)
Queen of Peace in Kew Gardens Hills will close in
June because of declining enrollment and increasing financial support required
from the parish, it was announced this week.
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KEY ELEMENTS NEED IN PASTORAL PLANNING
(February 14,
2006)
The Pastoral Planning Process now underway in the parishes of Brooklyn
and Queens must develop gradually, have a "bottom up" cast and be a tool of
evangelization, an assembly of priests in Queens was told last week.
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THOUSANDS SET TO RALLY FOR EDUCATION TAX CREDITS
(February
7, 2006)
In a major show of strength, thousands are scheduled to converge on
the state capital in Albany next week for a rally in support of education tax
credits.
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VATICAN LAUDS 'LIVELY FAITH'
(January 31, 2006)
The
prefect of the Vatican's Congregation for Bishops said an extensive report of
the state of the Diocese of Brooklyn for 1998-2003 gave evidence "that the
People of God possess a lively faith and an active generosity which gives great
hope for the future. "
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FORMER PASTOR PLEADS GUILTY
(January 24, 2006)
Father
Joseph P. Byrns pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of endangering the
welfare of a child Monday (Jan. 23) in Brooklyn Supreme Court and he will be
sentenced by Judge Robert J. Collins March 7.
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DIOCESE AGAIN FOUND COMPLIANT WITH CHILD PROTECTION
CHARTER
(January 24, 2006)
For the third year, the Diocese of Brooklyn has
been found to be in compliance with the U.S. Bishops' "Charter for the Protecton
of Children and Young People," based on "the completeness and accuracy of the
information furnished by the Diocese" to an audit conducted last November.
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PLAN EDUCATIONAL EFFORT ON
PASTORAL PLANNING
(January
24, 2005)
Stating that "it is imperative that the lay faithful be fully
informed," Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio has announced the launching of an
educational program on the Diocese of Brooklyn's pastoral planning process.
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COMBINED COLLECTION TO AID CHURCH IN AFRICA
(January 10,
2006)
The Church in Africa will join the Church in Latin America and in
Eastern Europe as a beneficiary of a collection to be taken in the 216 parishes
of the Diocese of Brooklyn at the Masses on the weekend of Jan.
21-22.
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