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OFFICE OF THE CHANCELLOR
DIOCESE OF BROOKLYN
310 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn, New York 11215 ● 718.399.5990 ● FAX: 718.399-5934 E-mail: curia@diobrook.org
Most Reverend Nicholas DiMarzio, Bishop of Brooklyn, regrets to inform you of the death of Mr. Alejo Burgos, father of Reverend Adnel Burgos, a priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn who is presently released from diocesan assignment. Mr. Burgos died Monday, October 8, 2018 at the Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation, New Hyde Park. A memorial service may be held at a later date.
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 to Reverend Adnel Burgos, c/o Office of the Chancellor, 310 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn, New York 11215.
Reverend Monsignor Anthony Hernandez, J.C.L. Chancellor and Moderator of the Curia
OFFICE OF THE CHANCELLOR
DIOCESE OF BROOKLYN
310 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn, New York 11215 ● 718.399.5990 ● FAX: 718.399.5934 E-mail: curia@diobrook.org
Most Reverend Nicholas DiMarzio, Bishop of Brooklyn, regrets to inform you of the death of Mr. Al Strynkowski, brother of Rev. Monsignor John Strynkowski, Adjunct Spiritual Director of the Cathedral House of Formation. Mr. Al Strynkowski died Friday, October 12, 2018.
The arrangements are as follows:
WAKE: Boyd-Caratozzolo Funeral Home
1785 Deer Park Avenue Deer Park, NY 11729 Tel: (631) 667-8614
Monday, October 15, 2018
7:00 PM to 9:30 PM
Tuesday, October 16, 2018
2:00 PM to 4:30 PM and 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM
SS. Cyril & Methodius Church
125 Half Hollow Road Deer Park, NY 11729 Tel: (631) 667-4044
Wednesday, October 17, 2018
10:15 AM
FUNERAL:
Please pray for the repose of the soul of Mr. Strynkowski, 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 to Rev. Monsignor John Strynkowski, 55 Croyden Street, Malverne, NY 11565
Reverend Monsignor Anthony Hernandez, J.C.L. Chancellor and Vicar for Canonical Affairs Moderator of the Curia
OFFICE OF THE CHANCELLOR
DIOCESE OF BROOKLYN
310 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn, New York 11215 ● 718.399.5990 ● FAX: 718.399.5934 E-mail: curia@diobrook.org
Most Reverend Nicholas DiMarzio, Bishop of Brooklyn, regrets to inform you of the death of Reverend Romano A. Zanon, a retired priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn. Father Zanon was born on November 25, 1927 in Trento, Italy, was ordained to the Priesthood on May 28, 1966, and died Friday, October 5, 2018, at North Shore University Hospital – Northwell Health, Manhasset.
Father Zanon served the Diocese of Brooklyn as Pastor of the Parish of Saint Benedict the Moor (Jamaica), as well as Parochial Vicar of the Parishes of Saint Rita (Brooklyn) and Saint Gabriel (East Elmhurst). He also served as chaplain of Mount Saint Mary’s Cemetery, in Flushing. The arrangements are as follows:
WAKE:
Martin A. Gleason Funeral Homes LLC 149-20 Northern Boulevard
Flushing, New York 11354
Tel: (718) 359-6300
Thursday, October 11, 2018
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
VIGIL:
Saint Andrew Avellino R.C. Church 35-60 158th Street
Flushing, New York 11358
Tel: (718) 359-0417
Thursday, October 11, 2018
7:30 PM
FUNERAL:
Saint Andrew Avellino R.C. Church 35-60 158th Street
Flushing, New York 11358
Tel: (718) 359-0417
Friday, October 12, 2018
10:30 AM
BURIAL:
Mount Saint Mary Cemetery
Flushing, New York
Father Zanon was a member of the Priests’ Purgatorial Society. All priests are invited to concelebrate the Liturgy. Please bring your diocesan vestments.
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.
Reverend Monsignor Anthony Hernandez, J.C.L.
Chancellor and Moderator of the Curia
NICHOLAS DiMARZIO
By the Grace of God and of the Aposcolic See
BISHOP OF BROOKLYN
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DECREE
Changes in the spiritual practices among the faithful, a decrease in available clergy and men and women in consecrated life, changes in the general population within our Diocese, as well as concerns regarding temporal matters have affected the means by which the Gospel of Jesus Christ has been proclaimed within the Diocese of Brooklyn.
In an effort to respond in the best possible way to the gifts of the Holy Spirit generously given to us in our current situation, I have overseen a comprehensive pastoral plan, which included the whole of the Diocese of Brooklyn. In an effort to evangelize more effectively the community in Brooklyn, as well to administrate the temporal goods of the faithful more efficiently, Reverend Monsignor Kieran E. Harrington, Pastor of the Co-Cathedral of Saint Joseph, located at 856 Pacific Street, Brooklyn, New York 11238, and Administrator of Saint Teresa of Avila, located at 563 Sterling Place, Brooklyn, New York 1123 8, petitioned that they be canonically merged.
In keeping with the requirements of the Universal Law of the Church, the Presbyteral Council was consulted on September 25, 2018 (Canon 515 § 2), and after having heard the reasons for the proposed merger its members expressed their support for this action. In addition, after having consulted the territorial Episcopal Vicars, clergy, pastoral ministers and other members of the faithful of the parishes involved, I, the undersigned Bishop of Brooklyn, hereby declare and decree that the Co-Cathedral of Joseph and the Parish of Teresa of Avila, both within the Diocese of Brooklyn, shall be merged to form one Parish.
• This one Parish shall be named the Co-Cathedral of Saint Joseph, with the main Parish office to be located at 856 Pacific Street, Brooklyn, New York 11238.
• Reverend Monsignor Kieran E. Harrington shall be the Pastor of the Parish.
• The territorial boundaries of the new parish shall encompass all of the territory which, up until now, has constituted the territories of the Co-Cathedral of Saint Joseph and Saint Teresa of Avila.
• All assets and obligations currently belonging to aforementioned parishes are by this canonical merger, transferred to the Parish of the Co-Cathedral of Saint Joseph – Saint Teresa of Avila.
• The parochial registers and the seals of the aforementioned parishes shall be kept at 856 Pacific Street, Brooklyn, New York 11238.
• The Parish shall have two churches for worship: The Church of the Co-Cathedral of Saint Joseph and the Church of Saint Teresa of Avila.
This merger shall take effect on November 1, 2018, at which time the public juridic persons of the Co-Cathedral of Saint Joseph – Saint Teresa of Avila shall be merged. Recourse action may be sought according to the norms of Canons 1732 to 1739 of the 1983 Code of Canon Law.
OFFICE OF THE CHANCELLOR
DIOCESE OF BROOKLYN
310 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn, New York 11215 ● 718.399.5990 ● FAX: 718.399.5934 E-mail: curia@diobrook.org
Most Reverend Nicholas DiMarzio, Bishop of Brooklyn, regrets to inform you of the death of Mr. Settimio D’Accordo, brother of Deacon Frank J. D’Accordo, a permanent deacon of the Diocese of Brooklyn assigned to the Parish of St. Bernard, Mill Basin, and Deacon Armand C. D’Accordo, a permanent deacon of the Diocese of Brooklyn assigned to the Parish of St. Francis de Sales, Belle Harbor. Mr. D’Accordo died Monday, September 24, 2018.
WAKE:
Macken Mortuary
52 Clinton Avenue
Rockville Centre, New York 11570
Tel: (516) 766-3300
Friday, September 28, 2018
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
FUNERAL:
Saint Agnes Cathedral
29 Quealy Place
Rockville Centre, New York 11570
Tel: (516) 766-0205
Saturday, September 29, 2018
9:30 AM
BURIAL:\
Saint Philip Neri Cemetery
East Northport, 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 to Deacon Frank J. D’Accordo, Saint Bernard R.C. Church, 2055 East 69th Street, Brooklyn, New York 11234. Reverend Monsignor Anthony Hernandez, J.C.L. Chancellor and Moderator of the Curia
OFFICE OF THE CHANCELLOR
DIOCESE OF BROOKLYN
310 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn, New York 11215 ● 718.399.5990 ● FAX: 718.399.5934 E-mail: curia@diobrook.org
Most Reverend Nicholas DiMarzio, Bishop of Brooklyn, regrets to inform you of the death of Mrs. Antonina Borheck, wife of Deacon Steven Borheck, a permanent deacon of the Diocese of Brooklyn assigned to the Parish of Our Lady of the Snows, Floral Park. Mrs. Borheck died Thursday, September 13, 2018. The arrangements are as follows:
WAKE:
Thomas F. Dalton Funeral Home 125 Hillside Avenue
New Hyde Park, New York 11040 Tel: (516) 354-0634 Sunday, September 16, 2018
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
7:00 PM – 9:30 PM
FUNERAL:
Our Lady of the Snows R.C. Church 258-15 80th Avenue
Floral Park, New York 11004
Tel: (718) 347-6070 Monday, September 17, 2018
10:30 AM
BURIAL:
Saint John Cemetery
Middle Village, New York
Please pray for the repose of her soul and for the consolation of her family and friends. May she rest in the peace of Christ, the Risen Lord. If you wish to send condolences, please mail to Deacon Steven Borheck, Our Lady of the Snows, 258-15 80th Avenue, Floral Park, New York 11004. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Reverend Monsignor Anthony Hernandez, J.C.L.
Chancellor and Moderator of the
OFFICE OF THE CHANCELLOR
DIOCESE OF BROOKLYN
310 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn, New York 11215 ● 718.399.5990 ● FAX: 718.399.5934
E-mail: curia@diobrook.org
Most Reverend Nicholas DiMarzio, Bishop of Brooklyn, regrets to inform you of the death of Mr. Frank J. Grande, father of Reverend Kenneth Grande, Pastor of Saint John the Evangelist-Saint Rocco (Brooklyn). Mr. Grande died Tuesday, September 11, 2018.
The arrangements are as follows:
WAKE:
Colonial Funeral Home 2819 Hylan Boulevard
Staten Island, NY 10306
Tel: (718) 351-5858
Sunday, September 16, 2018 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM and
6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
FUNERAL:
Saint Charles Church
200 Penn Avenue
Staten Island, NY 10306
Tel: (718) 987-2670
Monday, September 17, 2018 10:15 AM
BURIAL:
Calverton National Cemetery Calverton, NY
Please pray for the repose of the soul of Mr. Grande, 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 to Reverend Kenneth Grande, St. John the Evangelist- St. Rocco, 250 21st Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215.
Reverend Monsignor Anthony Hernandez, J.C.L.
Chancellor and Vicar for Canonical Affairs
OFFICE OF THE CHANCELLOR
DIOCESE OF BROOKLYN
310 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn, New York 11215 ● 718.399.5990 ● FAX: 718.399.5934 E-mail: curia@diobrook.org
Most Reverend Nicholas DiMarzio, Bishop of Brooklyn, regrets to inform you of the death of Reverend Monsignor Eugene A. Feldhaus, a retired priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn. Monsignor Feldhaus was born on July 13, 1920 in College Point, was ordained to the Priesthood on June 15, 1946, and died Tuesday, August 21, 2018 at the Bishop Mugavero Residence, Douglaston. Monsignor Feldhaus served the Diocese of Brooklyn as Pastor of the Parish of Saint Gregory the Great (Bellerose), as well as Parochial Vicar of the Parishes of SS. Peter & Paul (Brooklyn) and Saint Hugh (Huntington Station). He also served as faculty of Cathedral College, in Douglaston. The arrangements are as follows:
WAKE
Saturday, August 25, 2018
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Saint Gregory the Great R.C. Church 242-20 88th Avenue
Bellerose, New York 11426
Tel: (718) 347-3707
Sunday, August 26, 2018
1:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Immaculate Conception Center 7200 Douglaston Parkway Douglaston, New York 11362
Tel: (718) 229-8001
VIGIL
Sunday, August 26, 2018
7:30 PM
Immaculate Conception Center 7200 Douglaston Parkway Douglaston, New York 11362
Tel: (718) 229-8001
FUNERAL
Monday, August 27, 2018
10:30 AM
Immaculate Conception Center 7200 Douglaston Parkway Douglaston, New York 11362
Tel: (718) 229-8001
BURIAL
Saint John Cemetery
Middle Village, New York
Monsignor Feldhaus was a member of the Priests’ Purgatorial Society. All priests are invited to concelebrate the Liturgy. Please bring your diocesan vestments. If you wish to send condolences, please mail to his niece, Ms. Carol Palmer, 709 Roma Road, Venice, Florida 34285. 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.
Reverend Monsignor Anthony Hernandez, J.C.L.
Chancellor and Moderator of the Curia
It is with great sorrow that I address the horrific stories in the Pennsylvania Grand Jury report detailing the sexual abuse of minors by members of the clergy. It is shameful to think that some bishops and others in positions of authority would have failed to recognize the gravity of child abuse and not taken greater steps to stop it. I know this has been hurtful and confusing to the faithful. It is even more painful to the survivors of clergy abuse who are forced to relive their trauma when they hear additional accounts of evil perpetrated against more than a thousand innocent children. The wounds of betrayal continue to be reopened. I know that words alone cannot express the anger and pain that many are feeling. Only Jesus can bring about healing in the midst of such darkness and brokenness.
Many people have lost trust in the Catholic Church, and words are empty without action. Here in the Diocese of Brooklyn, we continue to urge anyone who is a victim of sexual abuse, or is aware of sexual abuse committed by a member of the clergy, a diocesan employee, or volunteer to report it. Allegations called into the diocesan reporting line at 1-888-634-4499 will be immediately turned over to law enforcement and callers will be met with compassion, support, and concern. We are committed to ensuring that children and the most vulnerable are protected, that victim-survivors are heard, and that protocols to immediately and directly report allegations to law enforcement are strictly followed. Our Independent Reconciliation and Compensation Program (IRCP) has allowed hundreds of victims to seek some sense of closure and compensation. The Church has come a long way over the past 15 years, but we must never become complacent. We must never stop working to understand and protect against the evil that has hurt and even destroyed so many within our Church. And we must remain committed to regaining the trust of the faithful.
Today, I commend Pope Francis for his clarification on Catholic Church teaching on the death penalty, declaring it inadmissible in all cases. In 1995 Pope John Paul II said that execution is only appropriate “when it would not be possible to defend society,” but he pointed out that such cases were “very rare, if not nonexistent.” Today Pope Francis has made even clearer the Church’s consistent life ethic.
While it has become popular for people to accept capital punishment as a just consequence for heinous crimes, the death penalty is an act of revenge. Taking someone’s life, regardless of the reason, is an attack, as the Holy Father said, “on the dignity of a person.” Capital punishment destroys the sanctity of life and diminishes us as a society.
