Author: Mike Greiner

Cathedral Of St. Thomas More Helps Children Of Church of St. Thomas More

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 29, 2012

Children from St. Thomas More Cathedral’s School in Arlington, Virginia, will make a visit to Catholic school children who are parishioners at St. Thomas More, Breezy Point, to deliver a $1,600 check from a special collection the Virginia church took up in the weeks following Hurricane Sandy for the Breezy Point community who bears the same name.

Over 70 students from St. Thomas More Church attend school at St. Francis de Sales, Belle Harbor. It was one of the heaviest hit areas in the Diocese of Brooklyn, where nearly every parishioner lost their home or sustained significant damage from the super storm. Since then, the school community of St. Francis de Sales has temporarily relocated to Saints Simon and Jude, 294 Avenue T, in Gravesend, Brooklyn. Their first day back to school was this past Monday, Nov. 26th.

The check will be presented at 11 a.m. tomorrow, Friday, Nov. 30th, at Saints Simon and Jude, where students from Breezy Point will accept the donation from their peers in Arlington, on behalf of their parish community.

 

UPDATE REGARDING FIVE CATHOLIC SCHOOLS AFFECTED BY HURRICANE SANDY

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 3, 2012

Over 1,400 children in Catholic schools have been displaced by Hurricane Sandy from five schools which include Ave Maria Catholic Academy, Howard Beach; St. Camillus School, Rockaway Beach; St. Francis de Sales School, Belle Harbor; St. Helen’s School, Howard Beach; and St. Rose of Lima School, Rockaway Beach. Officials from the Office of the Superintendent have been working closely with the principals and pastors of these schools, other diocesan offices and local officials to create a transition plan designed to meet the immediate needs of these students and their families, ensure their ability to continue to receive a Catholic education and if possible, maintain these school communities intact. Read more »

Bishop DiMarzio On The Passing Of Anthony Cardinal Bevilacqua

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:February 2, 2012.

Brooklyn, N.Y., Feb. 1, 2012 – Together, with priests, deacons, religious and lay faithful of the Diocese of Brooklyn, I was saddened to learn this morning of the death of His Eminence, Anthony Cardinal Bevilacqua, retired archbishop of Philadelphia. He was born in Brooklyn in 1923 and ordained a priest for our “Diocese of Immigrants” in 1949. Read more »

Bishop DiMarzio to Celebrate Mass for the Victims of the Haitian Earthquake

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 9, 2010.

Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, Bishop of Brooklyn, will celebrate a Memorial Mass of Remembrance for the Victims of the Haitian earthquake at the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in the Sunset Park section of Brooklyn on Friday February 12, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. The Most Reverend Guy Sansariq, Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn and the first Haitian born Bishop to be consecrated in the United States will preach the sermon. Read more »