Reverend Joseph P. Quigley – Announcement of Death

Most Reverend Robert J. Brennan, Bishop of Brooklyn, regrets to inform you of the death of Reverend Joseph P. Quigley, a retired priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn. Father Quigley was born on September 15, 1933 in New York, was ordained to the Priesthood on May 28, 1960, and died Friday, July 29, 2022.

Father Quigley served the Diocese of Brooklyn as Parochial Vicar of the Parishes of Saint Mark (Brooklyn), Our Lady of Sorrows (Corona), and Saint Augustine (Brooklyn). He also served as Chaplain for the Coney Island Hospital in Brooklyn.

The arrangements are as follows:

WAKE: Saint Mark R.C Church
2609 East 19th Street
Brooklyn, New York 11235
Tel: (718) 891-3100

Sunday, July 31, 2022
4:00 PM – 8:00 PM

FUNERAL: Saint Mark R.C Church

2609 East 19th Street
Brooklyn, New York 11235
Tel: (718) 891-3100

Monday, August 1, 2022
11:00 AM

INTERNMENT: Saint John Cemetery
Middle Village, New York

Please pray for the repose of his soul and for the consolation of his family and friends. May he rest in the peace of Christ, the Risen Lord.

If you wish to send condolences, please mail them to his brother, Mr. Patrick Quigley, P.O. Box 417, Poconos Pines, PA 18350.

Reverend Monsignor Steven J. Aguggia, J.C.L.
Chancellor

135-YEAR-OLD OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL FEAST BEGINS TONIGHT IN BROOKLYN

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 6, 2022

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CATHOLIC TRADITION KICKS OFF IN WILLIAMSBURG TONIGHT WITH THE
OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL FEAST

The 135th Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel begins tonight in Brooklyn with an Opening Night Coronation Mass celebrated by the Most Reverend Robert J. Brennan, Bishop of Brooklyn, at 7 pm at Our Lady of Mount Carmel, located at 275 N 8th Street in Williamsburg.

After tonight’s Mass, a fireworks show will take place at 9 pm. The Italian American feast in Brooklyn, which dates back to 1887, will take place from July 6th – July 17th and include the following special Masses and events:

Sunday, July 10, 11:30 am             Mass in honor of San Paolino

                                                            Celebrated by Msgr. Jamie J. Gigantiello, Pastor
                                                            Our Lady of Mount Carmel – Annunciation Parish

Sunday, July 10, 1:30 pm              Dancing of the Giglio

Wednesday, July 13, 7:30 pm      Giglio Night Lift; Fireworks 9 pm

Saturday, July 16, 10 am               Our Lady of Mount Carmel Feast Day English Mass
                                                            Celebrated by Monsignor David Cassato

Saturday, July 16, 2 pm                Our Lady of Mount Carmel Feast Day English/Italian Mass

                                                           Celebrated by Most Reverend Nicholas DiMarzio
                                                           Bishop Emeritus of Brooklyn

Saturday, July 16, 3 pm                Procession of the statue of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Sunday, July 17, 3 pm                   Old Timers’ Giglio Sunday – Dancing of the Giglio

The Giglio is a seven-story tower structure composed of aluminum, paper-mâché, and plastic painted and decorated with Gigli (flowers) and the image of St. Paulinus. A platform at the base of the tower supports a twelve-piece brass band and singer. The entire assemblage—tower and band—is hoisted and carried by 112 dancing and marching men, the lifters. Each lift begins with the official feast song, written in Williamsburg and used since 1959, “O Giglio e Paradiso.”

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$50,000 REWARD OFFERED IN HOPES OF RETURN OF CHURCH TABERNACLE

The Most Reverend Robert Brennan, Bishop of Brooklyn, today announced a $50,000 reward has been posted for information leading to the return of the Tabernacle stolen from St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church in Park Slope during the Memorial Day weekend.  The reward is being offered by the company that insures Diocesan properties, in addition to the $3,500 reward publicized by the New York City Police Department earlier this month.

“We continue to pray for the one-of-a-kind Tabernacle, made possible by the original parishioners of St. Augustine, to be returned and then restored, in all its glory, to the heart of this church. However, the theft of this historical item has not robbed the faith of the people of this parish,” said Bishop Robert Brennan.

Earlier this month, Bishop Brennan joined Father Frank Tumino, Pastor of St. Augustine-St. Francis Xavier Parish, at a special Mass that blessed and purified St. Augustine in the wake of the desecration and burglary.

The brazen burglary was discovered in the afternoon of Saturday, May 28, 2022. The thief cut through a metal protective casing and made off with the tabernacle, which has been part of the church since it was built in the late 1800s. This holy sacramental receptacle is irreplaceable due to its historical and artistic value. The angels which flanked the tabernacle were decapitated and destroyed.

At the time the incident was discovered, Father Tumino stated, “To know that a burglar entered the most sacred space of our beautiful church and took great pains to cut into a security system is a heinous act of disrespect.”

Anyone with information is asked to call Crimestoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.

St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church is located at 116 6th Avenue (corner of Sterling Place), in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn.

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