Month: January 2013
St. Francis de Sales School Building Re-opens!
Remembering Bishop Catanello
The Most Reverend Ignatius A. Catanello, Titular Bishop of Deultum and Retired Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Brooklyn, died after a lengthy illness on Monday, March 11, 2013.
The Most Reverend Nicholas DiMarzio, Bishop of Brooklyn, praised Bishop Catanello’s long service to the Church. “For 47 years, ‘Bishop Iggy’ as so many fondly knew him as, faithfully served the people of the Diocese of Brooklyn. In the last few years, as he struggled with illness, Bishop Catanello identified with Christ. I ask the people of the Diocese ofBrooklyn to join me as we pray for the repose of his soul. Bishop Catanello’s favorite phrase was, ‘OK pal.’ I know that he is OK now.”
STUDENTS FROM ST. FRANCIS DE SALES, BELLE HARBOR, TO RETURN TO SCHOOL BUILDING ON TUESDAY, JAN. 22ND
Students from St. Francis de Sales, Belle Harbor, will return to classes in their school building on Tuesday, January 22nd, for the first time in three months after Hurricane Sandy. They will be welcomed back with banners and balloons.
Jacob Riis monument still stands despite a wallop from Superstorm Sandy
Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Declared “Venerable”
On June 28, the Vatican announced that Pope Benedict XVI has approved the heroic virtues of U.S. Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen clearing the way for the advancement of his sainthood cause. Father Andrew Small, OMI, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies noted, “As head of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith from 1950 to 1966, the Venerable Fulton Sheen was heroic in spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ far and wide – from Peoria to Pretoria; New York to New Delhi. He teaches us still that the Church is missionary by her very nature.”
ST. FIDELIS SCHOOL, COLLEGE POINT, SET TO CLOSE
Faced with declining enrollment and increased operating costs, St. Fidelis School in College Point will close in June.