Month: May 2015

June Workshops: Forming Evangelization Teams

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Father Frank DeSiano, CSP, President of the Paulist Evangelization Ministries will provide multiple two-hour workshops to assist parish leaders form new Parish Evangelization Teams and learn about Basic Evangelization Steps (including forming small parish groups).

Pastors/Administrators are asked to attend one of the two-hour workshops along with parish staff and volunteers. These workshops will assist us as we prepare to implement the parish elements of our Diocesan Evangelization and Renewal Springboard Plan. Registration is required for planning purposes. Presentations will be in English with Spanish PowerPoint slides and discussion.

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GOVERNOR CUOMO INTRODUCES PARENTAL CHOICE IN EDUCATION ACT

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For Immediate Release: 5/12/2015

GOVERNOR ANDREW M. CUOMO

GOVERNOR CUOMO INTRODUCES PARENTAL CHOICE IN EDUCATION ACT

Governor Joins Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Parents, Students and Local Elected Officials to Call on Legislature to Stand Up for Choice in Education

​Last Year, Approximately 44,000 Students Attended 186 Nonpublic Schools on Long Island

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today introduced the Parental Choice in Education Act, which will support and protect alternative school options for parents and students across New York State. The Act provides for $150 million Read more »

‘The Unique Role of the Mother’ by Bishop DiMarzio

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May 6, 2015 – Excerpted from Put Out Into the Deep, Bishop DiMarzio’s column in The Tablet:

My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord,

“Love is Our Mission, the Family fully alive” is the title of the preparatory document for Catechesis for the World Meeting of Families, to be held this September in Philadelphia.

The section on the “Family Creating the Future” might be important for us to consider as we prepare to celebrate Mother’s Day.

“Marriage is meant to be fertile and to welcome new life. Children shape the future, just as they themselves are shaped in their families. Without children, there can be no future. Children reared with love and guidance are the foundation for a loving future. Wounded children portend a wounded future. Families are the bedrock of all larger communities. Families are domestic churches, places where parents help children discover that God loves them and has a plan for each child’s life.”

Read the full text of the Bishop’s column on The Tablet website.

Brooklyn Diocese to Announce Launch of Capital Campaign

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GOF_LogoOn Sunday, May 3rd, the Diocese of Brooklyn, together with the Catholic Foundation for Brooklyn and Queens, will officially announce the launch of Generations of Faith, a comprehensive fundraising initiative to meet the spiritual and material needs of the diocese.

Continuing the unprecedented generosity of the 1996 Alive in Hope campaign, this 2015-2016 effort aims to raise a minimum of $80 million. The campaign will be conducted in the 186 parishes of Brooklyn and Queens, inviting the more than 1.5 million Catholics in the diocese to participate.

Generations of Faith, named after the numerous generations of Catholics raised and living in the many tightknit neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Queens, will focus on three main goals: to strengthen the parishes of Brooklyn and Queens (50%), serve and care for senior priests (37.5%), and foster the formation of the Catholic faith for future generations (12.5%). Read more »