A Catholic View on Immigration

In the latest edition of The Shepherd’s Voice Series, Brothers and Sisters in Christ: A Catholic Teaching on the Issue of Immigration, The Most Reverend Nicholas DiMarzio, Bishop of Brooklyn, examines the morality of immigration policy and the responsibility of Catholic citizens to ensure that the laws of their country always support the inherent human dignity of all people, regardless of where they were born.

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St. Bernadette’s in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn, Hailed a Blue Ribbon School

On September 9, 2008 U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings announced that St. Bernadette’s will be one of only 320 schools in the entire country awarded the highly regarded No Child Left Behind – Blue Ribbon distinction. To qualify for this honor a school must either show dramatic gains in the achievement of their students or be judged as academically superior by the U. S. Department of Education.

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