Pope Benedict XVI has appointed two priests of the Diocese of Brooklyn – Msgr. Raymond Chappetto, 66, and Msgr. Paul Sanchez, 65 – as auxiliary bishops of Brooklyn. Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, made the announcement public today in Washington, D.C.

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On Palm Sunday, April 1st, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio will celebrate an 11 a.m. bilingual Mass at St. John the Baptist, 75 Lewis Avenue, Bedford-Stuyvesant.

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Brooklyn, N.Y., Feb. 23, 2012 – A total of 949 catechumens and candidates will be present at Christ the King Regional High School, 6802 Metropolitan Avenue, Middle Village, on Sunday, Feb. 26th, for this year’s Rite of Election. It will take place in two sessions, given the great number of attendees. The first will be at 2 p.m. and the second at 4:30 p.m.

During this rite, the Catholic Church acknowledges that one enters the universal faith community of the Church in addition to their particular parish.
The Rite of Election is part of the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (R.C.I.A.), and marks the final stage of preparation for those preparing to join the Church at the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday. This year, that date is April 7th. Read more »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:February 20, 2012.

Brooklyn, N.Y., Feb. 20, 2012 – Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, Bishop of Brooklyn, will celebrate the 12 p.m. Mass on Wednesday, February 22, 2012, at St. James Cathedral Basilica (Jay Street and Cathedral Place, Downtown Brooklyn) to mark Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the Lenten season. Read more »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 2, 2012.

Brooklyn, N.Y., Feb. 2, 2012 – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced last week that almost all employers, including Catholic employers, will be forced to offer their employees health coverage that includes sterilization, abortion – inducing drugs and contraception. Almost all health insurers will be forced to include those “services” in the health policies they write. And almost all individuals will be forced to buy that coverage as a part of their policies. Read more »

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 »

Brooklyn, N.Y., Jan. 25, 2011 – St. Raphael’s School, Long Island City, will close at the end of the 2011-2012 academic year in June 2012 due to declining enrollment and escalating costs, it was announced on Friday.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 19, 2012.

Brooklyn, N.Y., Jan. 17, 2012 – Corpus Christi School, Woodside, will close at the end of the 2011-2012 academic year in June 2012 due to rising debt and low enrollment, it was announced last week. Read more »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 6, 2012.

Brooklyn, N.Y., Jan. 6, 2012 – Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio congratulated Cardinal- designate Timothy Dolan of New York and Cardinal-designate Edwin F. O’Brien, Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre, on their elevation to the dignity of Cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI today. Read more »

Stair-climbing may not be a groundbreaking experience to the average Joe, but if you saw Bella, Isold, or Sammi’s dress rehearsal last weekend, you would realize: it is.

They are three girls who live with Rett, a neurological genetic disorder that mainly affects girls. Children with Rett usually develop normally to between six and 18 months, before losing acquired speech and hand skills. More than half of the girls with Rett live in wheelchairs, have seizures, and rely on feeding tubes for their nutrition. Read more »