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News Releases 2004 Archive
NOTES $7 MILLION SUBSIDY FOR PARISH
SCHOOLS
(November 30, 2004)
In
response to the plight of parish elementary schools whose tuition and other
revenues fell short of expenses last year, the Diocese of Brooklyn subsidized
them with more than $7 million in direct assistance, according to the Vicar for
Education of the Diocese of Brooklyn.
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CARDINAL DULLES TO ADDRESS
EVANGELIZATION CONVOCATION
(November 23, 2004)
Avery
Cardinal
Dulles, the prominent Jesuit theologian, will deliver the keynote address at a
Diocese of Brooklyn convocation on the New Evangelization at the Immaculate
Conception Center, 7200 Douglaston Pkwy., Douglaston, Saturday, Dec. 4.
(read complete story)
TO OBSERVE TEN YEARS OF CATHOLIC-JEWISH
TIES
(November 22, 2004)
Bishop
Nicholas DiMarzio of the Diocese of Brooklyn will host a reception Dec. 1 for
Jewish and Catholic leaders to mark the tenth anniversary of Vatican-Israeli
relations, to be held at the Immacualte Conception Center, 7200 Douglaston
Pkwy., Douglaston, from 7 to 9 p.m.
(read complete story)
SEX ABUSE CODE OF CONDUCT
RESPONSES BEING RECEIVED
(November
16, 2004)
A Code of Conduct with regard to the sexual
abuse of minors is circulating among more than 22,000 representativies of the
Diocese of Brooklyn who have regular contact with young people.
(read complete story)
HONOREE THINKS BACK AT FUTURES DINNER
(November 9, 2004)
With a warm
tribute to a Christian Brother at St. Cecilia's School in Greenpoint who made
mathematics come to life for him concluding his acceptance talk, Wall St.
executive Vincent J. Viola received the Futures Scholarship Fund Award at the
14th annual Futures in Education foundation dinner, held at the Brooklyn Museum
of Art Nov. 8.
(read complete story)
DISCALCED CAMELITES TO WELCOME
VISITORS
(November 8, 2004)
The
new Monastery of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St. Joseph, 361 Highland Blvd.,
East New York, will have an open house Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 13 and 14,
and Friday, Nov. 19, from 2 to 6 p.m. each day.
(read complete story)
OFFERS PASTORAL AID ON CLAIMS OF
ABUSE
(November 8, 2004)
As part
of its ongoing effort to adhere to the "Charter for the Protection of Children
and Young People," issued by the US Catholic bishops in 2002, the Diocese of
Brooklyn has a Victims Assistance Coordinator who provides pastoral counseling
to persons who claim that a clergyman abused them as a minor.
(read complete story)
WESTERN BISHOP TO DISCUSS STEWARDSHIP IN DIOCESE
(November 8, 2004)
Bishop
Robert J.
Carlson of Sioux Falls, S.D., will deliver the keynote address at the Diocese of
Brooklyn's annual Stewardship Day to be held at the Immaculate Conception
Center, Douglaston, Saturday, Nov. 20.
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PARISHIONERS DONATE $300,000 FOR FLOOD, HURRICANE
VICTIMS
(November 8, 2004)
Special collections requested by Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio
and taken in parishes of the Diocese of Brooklyn raised more than $300,000 to
assist victims of violent weather conditions that caused havoc in the South and
the Caribbean in May and September, according to a report issued by the Diocese
Nov. 8.
(read complete story)
ALLEGATION AGAINST PRIEST FOUND NOT TO BE CREDIBLE
(November
4, 2004)
Bishop Nicholas
DiMarzio has announced that an allegation of improper sexual behavior with a
minor against Father Richard M. Lewkiewicz, when he was a parochial vicar in
Blessed Sacrament parish in Cypress Hills more than 30 years ago, has "no merit
and no credibility."
(read complete story)
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS LOSE NEARLY 3,000 STUDENTS
(October 28, 2004)
Continuing a pattern of
severe declines in student population, the 147 elementary schools in the Diocese
of Brooklyn have enrolled 44,753 pre-kindergarten to eighth-grade youngsters for
the 2004/2005 school year, a drop of nearly 3,000 from the prior
year.
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complete story)
DIOCESAN MISSION OFFICE MOVING TO
PARK SLOPE
(October 25, 2004)
After decades in the
Catholic Charities building at 191 Joralemon St. in downtown Brooklyn, the
diocesan Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith/Holy Childhood
Association will relocate Nov. 1 to offices at the diocesan building at 310
Prospect Park West in Park Slope.
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VIEW PEACEMAKER ROLE IN PASTORAL CARE
(October
19, 2004)
The 21st
annual national
Pastoral Care Week (Oct. 24-30) will be noted by more than 70 clergy, Religious
and laity who minister at 40 hospitals, nursing homes, hospices and mental
health facilities in the Diocese of Brooklyn.
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RADIO MARIA LAUNCHES
BROADCASTS IN ENGLISH
(September 28, 2004)
Radio Maria, an international association of stations
committed to promoting the New Evangelization called for by Pope John Paul II,
has begun broadcasting three one-hour English-language programs a week on WVOX
(1460 AM).
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story)
COLLECTION TO AID
HURRICANE
VICTIMS
(September 20, 2004)
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio has asked pastors of parishes in
Brooklyn and Queens to consider taking special Sunday collections to support
relief efforts among victims of the hurricanes that have hit the Caribbean and
parts of the southeastern section of the country.
In a Sept. 15 letter, the Bishop said he would send the
funds
to Catholic Relief
Services
for aid in the Caribbean and to Catholic Charities USA for assistance in
the South.
The series of hurricanes "have caused massive destruction and have placed people
in harm's way," the Bishop wrote. "With sadness we note the large number of
deaths and the toll that these tragedies have taken on the families left behind."
Bishop DiMarzio said "the needs created by these turbulent storms" would
motivate parishioners, who "have always responded generously to appeals to
assist people in distress."
NATIONAL COLLECTIONRESULTS
REPORTED
(September
20, 2004)
Parishioners of the churches in the Diocese made substantial contributions to
national collections taken in the first six months of 2004. The collection dates
and the results reported by parishes through Aug. 31 follow:
Jan. 25, Aid to the Church in Central and Eastern Europe and the Church in Latin
America, $151,819.87; Feb. 29, Black and Indian Missions, $167,330.87; March 21,
American Bishops? Overseas Appeal, $172,799.61; April 9 (Good Friday), Holy Land, $194,104.18; April 25,
Catholic
Home Missions Appeal, $159,809.39; May 16, Catholic Communication Campaign, $122,815.23; June 27, Peter?s
Pence, $152,883.75.
BISHOP ANNOUNCES PLAN TO ENCOURAGE VOCATIONS
(September 14, 2004)
Eager to
increase vocations to the priesthood and the religious life, Bishop Nicholas
DiMarzio has announced a "strategic action plan" for the Diocese of Brooklyn
drawn from ideas advanced at a vocations congress held in Montreal in 2002 and
studied here since then.
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complete story)
MORE THAN HALF OF PARISHES OVER GOAL FOR STEWARDSHIP
APPEAL
(September 7, 2004)
One
hundred thirty parishes in Brooklyn and Queens that have surpassed their goals
in 2004 Annual Stewardship Appeal are benefiting from the over-goal funds.
(read
complete story)
STATEMENT BY BISHOP NICHOLAS DIMARZIO
ON REVEREND JOSEPH P. BYRNS
(August
24, 2004)
I was profoundly saddened
by the report of allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior made by a young
man that led to the indictment and arrest of Father Joseph P. Byrns, the former
pastor of St. Rose of Lima Church, Parkville.
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complete story)
NEW HOME IN BROOKLYN FOR CARMELITE
SISTERS
(August 17,
2004)
When
in 1997 the Discalced Carmelite Sisters closed the monastery in Prospect Heights
that had been the contemplative order's home for 90 years, hope lingered that
some day they would return and resume their prayerful presence in Brooklyn.
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complete story)
BISHOP PLACES PASTOR ON LEAVE
(August 10, 2004)
Bishop Nicholas
DiMarzio has placed a Brooklyn pastor on administrative leave from active
priestly ministry after allegations of sexual misconduct against him were found
to be credible.
(read
complete story)
SET '888' NUMBER TO REPORT ABUSE
(August 6, 2004)
Bishop Nicholas
DiMarzio has announced that the Diocese of Brooklyn has established a 24-hour
toll-free telephone number for persons to call if they wish to report that as
children they were sexually abused by a member of the diocesan clergy.
(read
complete story)
LOCAL PARISHIONERS AID CARIBBEAN FLOODING VICTIMS
(July 23,
2004)
The Diocese of Brooklyn has sent $144,345.14 to Catholic
Relief Services
for emergency aid
it delivered to thousands of people affected by violent flooding in Haiti and
the Dominican Republic in May.
(read
complete story)
CHARGES AGAINST PRIEST FOUND TO BE CREDIBLE
(June 28, 2004)
Bishop Nicholas
DiMarzio has announced that allegations of sexual misconduct with minors made
against a priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn were found to be credible.
(read
complete story)
MURDERED HOMELESS MAN 'NOT HOMELESS ANYMORE'
(June 22, 2004)
The
pastor of St.
Gabriel the Archangle Church in East New York said William Pearson, Jr., a
homeless man murdered at the foot of a statue of the Blessed Mother in front of
the rectory, was "not a homeless anymore" in his homily at the funeral Mass
Monday.
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complete story)
TO TRAIN FACILITATORS FOR VIRTUS WORKSHOPS(June 15,
2004)
Sharon
Womack Doty, an attorney and child sexual abuse prevention consultant, will
train 40 persons in the Diocese to lead abuse awareness workshops, for adults at
a two-day course to be given at 310 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn, Thursday and
Friday, June 24-25, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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complete story)
LOCAL DIOCESES PIONEERS IN HELPING AGING RELIGIOUS
(May 18,
2004)
For the 20th year, the Diocese of Brooklyn and the Diocese
of
Rockville
Centre will collaborate in asking parishioners in the churches of the four-county
region to respond to the retirement needs of Religious Sisters and Brothers by
supporting the Religious Retirement Fund.
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BOROUGH PARK SCHOOLS SET CO-SPONSORSHIP
(May 18, 2004)
Holy Spirit School
in Borough Park, beset with a sharp enrollment decline, creating a severe fiscal
strain on the school and the parish, will close its doors in June, it was
announced this week.
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complete story)
CATHEDRAL TO HOST MASS FOR NURSES
(April
27, 2004)
Nursing
professionals and student nurses from health care institutions and schools
in Brooklyn and Queens will attend the Diocese of Brooklyn's 13th annual Nurses
Mass, to be offered in St. James Cathedral Basilica Sunday, May 2, at 10:15
a.m.
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BISHOP TO DISCUSS EDUCATION ON DIOCESAN TELEVISION
(April 22, 2004)
Bishop Nicholas
DiMarzio and a panel of educators will talk about parochial education in the
Diocese and the role of teachers on the CTN instructional television school
service and the Paryer Channel.
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story)
BISHOP NAMES MSGR. HARDIMAN,
DR CHADZUTKO TO EDUCATION
POSTS
(April 6, 2004)
Bishop
Nicholas DiMarzio has announced that he has appointed Msgr. Michael J. Hardiman
as Vicar for Education, filling a position vacant since the death of Msgr. Guy
J. Puglisi last July.
(read complete story)
BISHOP TO OFFER MASS
FOR MADRID BOMBING
VICTIMS
(April 6,
2004)
Bishop
Nicholas DiMarzio of the Diocese of Brooklyn will offer a memorial Mass in
Spanish for the victims of the terrorist attacks in Madrid at St. Joseph?s
Church, 43-19 30
th Ave., Astoria, Wednesday,
April 7, at 7:30 p.m.
Msgr.
Perfecto B. Vasquez, a native of Spain who is pastor of Guardian Angel Church in
Brooklyn, will preach the homily.
Two
cultural groups comprised primarily of Queens residents born in Spain---Casa
Galicia and Circolo Espanol---will attend the Mass. Juan Manuel Egea Ibanez, the
Consul General of Spain in New York, also will be present, according to Deacon
Jorge A. Gonzalez, director of the Hispanic Ministry Office of the Brooklyn
Diocese.
More than
190 persons died and more than 1,600 were injured in the March 11 bombings of
commuter trains.
HISPANIC YOUTH TO DEMONSTRATE FAITH
IN HOLY SATURDAY PROCESSION IN
QUEENS
(April 2, 2004)
Several hundred Hispanic Catholic youths from Queens
and Brooklyn will express their religious faith in a Holy Saturday procession,
April 10, called a Caminata, along seven miles of Queens streets, beginning in
Elmhurst and
finishing in Long Island City.Members of the Jornada Movement, a youth
group, they will wend their way through eight parishes, carrying banners and
statues and praying in front of each parish church.
The procession will begin at 8:30 a.m.
at St. Bartholomew?s Church, 43
rd Ave. and
Ithaca St., Elmhurst, and continue to the following churches: St. Leo?s, 49th Ave. and 104 th
St., Corona; Our Lady of Sorrows, 37
th Ave. and
104
th St., Corona; St. Gabriel?s, 26
th Ave. and 98
th St.,
East Elmhurst; St. Joan of Arc, 35
th
Ave. and
82
nd St., Jackson Heights; Corpus Christi,
31stAve. and 61st St., Woodside; St. Joseph?s, 30
th Ave. and 43rd St.,
Astoria, and St. Patrick?s, 40 th Ave. and 29
th St., Long Island City.
The Centro de Evangelizacion San
Vicente de Paul, 118 Congress St., Brooklyn, is coordinating the Caminata.
TEACHERS' CONTRACT
NEGOTIATIONS
(April 1, 2004)
When negotiations opened two years ago for a new contact
between five parishes in the Diocese of Brooklyn and the Federation of Catholic
Teachers, the hope was that discussions would lead to a fair and satisfactory
agreement for everyone affected---children, parents and teachers in the five
unionized schools.
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ST. CLEMENT POPE SCHOOL TO
CLOSE IN JUNE
(March 17, 2004)
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio has accepted the recommendation of
the Brooklyn Diocesan Task Force for Catholic Schools that St. Clement Pope
School, South Ozone Park, close at the end of te academic year in June.
(read complete story)
SEXUAL ABUSE CLAIM FOUND TO
LACK CREDIBILITY
(March 17, 2004)
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio has
told parishioners of St. Pancras Church, Glendale, that an investigation of an
allegation of sexual misconduct with a minor against the pastor, Father
Vincent J. Gallo, has found the claim to be "unsubstantiated and lacking
in credibility."
(read complete story)
BISHOP NICHOLAS DIMARZIO
ON UNREST IN HAITI
(March 2, 2004)
We have all been concerned about the upheaval and unrest in
Haiti. Violence can never be justified as the principal means of bringing about
political change.
I ask for
your continued prayers for peace and stability in Haiti. I join with my Haitian
brothers and sisters who now live here, to pray for those who have died or been
injured in this latest uprising.
We commend
the people of Haiti to the protection of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, and we ask
for all countries to assist in bringing about a future for Haiti based on the
dignity of each person and attention to the basic human rights and needs of
every citizen.
News Releases - February
2004
News Releases - January
2004
of Msgr. Peter V. Kain to succeed the
late Msgr. John J. Antoncic as the executive secretary of the diocesan
Presbyteral Council.
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story)
COMMITTEE FORMED TO SEARCH FOR SCHOOL
SUPERINTENDENT
(December 9, 2003)
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio has formed a six-member search committee
for
a Superintendent for
Schools
for the Diocese of Brooklyn, which manitains the largest network of Catholic schools in
the U.S.
(read
complete story)
ANTI-SEMITIC ACTS
(December 5, 2003)
In
recent days the Jewish community throughout the world has been the victim of
violent acts.
(read
complete story)
'VICE CITY' VIDEO GAME
(December 1, 2003)
A new
video game called, "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City,"
made by Rockstar Games, Inc., whose parent company is Take 2 Interactive
Software, Inc., has become one of the leading "best sellers" in the video
game market.
Unfortunately, it is a game that promotes
violence, particularly against Haitian people, and protrays them as an object of derision
and persecution.
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ST. JAMES CATHEDRAL TO LAUNCH SESQUICENTENNIAL
CELEBRATION
(November 24, 2003)
A year-long series of liturgical, musical
and artistic events will celebrate the 150th anniversary of the establishing of
St. James Cathedral in downtown Brooklyn as the cathedral church of the Diocese
of Brooklyn.
(read
complete story)
SET INFORMATION NIGHTS FOR PROSPECTIVE
DEACONS
(November 18, 2003)
The diocesan Permanent Diaconate Office has
announced a schedule of five information nights in December and January for men
interested in seeking admission into a diaconate formation class set to begin in
the Fall of 2004.
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complete story)
STATEMENT BY BISHOP DIMARZIO ON BISHOP MANSELL'S
APPOINTMENT
(November 14, 2003)
I wish to congratulate Bishop Mansell as
he leaves his pastoral ministry as Bishop of Buffalo to assume the position of
Archbishop of Hartford.
(read
complete story)
CARDINAL BEVILACQUA'S HOMILY AT 150TH ANNIVERSARY
MASS
(November 16, 2003)
It is with immense, personal joy that I join with
Bishop DiMarzio, Bishop Daily, Bishop Sulliavn, Bishop Valero and Bishop Catanello,
with all the priests, deacons, consecrated Religious and lay faithful of the
Church in
Brooklyn and Queens
in giving gratitude to Almighty God on this 150th Anniversary of the establishment
of the Diocese of Brooklyn.
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CARDINAL BEVILACQUA TO PREACH AS DIOCESE CONCLUDES
SESQUICENTENNIAL OBSERVANCE
(November 12, 2003)
Anthony Cardinal
Bevilacqua, the retired Archbishop of Philadelphia, will return to his native Diocese
of Brooklyn
Sunday, Nov. 16,
to preach the homily at a Mass closing the diocese's observance of the
150th anniversary of its founding.
(read complete story)
NATIONAL AWARD FOR BROOKLYN SISTER
(November 4,
2003)
Sister Maryann Seton Lopiccolo, S.C., Episcopal Delegate for Religious
of the
Diocese of Brooklyn,
will be honored by the Religious Formation Conference at its national congress in
St. Louis Saturday, Nov. 8.
(read complete story)
OFFICE AIDS VICTIMS OF CLERGY
ABUSE
(November 4, 2003)
A person claiming to have been sexually abused as
a minor by a priest of deacon may seek access to pastoral care from the
Diocese of Brooklyn by contacting Sister Ellen Patricia Finn, O.P. at (718)
722-6050.
(read complete story)
BISHOP BANS PRIEST FROM PUBLIC MINISTRY
(October 29,
2003)
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio
has issued a canonical precept to Father John F. Johnston, directing him not
to exercise public priestly ministry.
(read complete story)
DIOCESE TO SPONSOR STEWARDSHIP DAY NOV. 8
(October 27,
2003)
Leaders
in
the Church's effort to promote greater understanding of Gospel stewardship among the
faithful will address a Stewardship Day to be held at the Immaculate Conception
Center, Douglaston, Saturday, Nov. 8.
(read complete story)
SESQUICENTENNIAL MEDALS TO HONOR PARISH LEADERS
(October
7, 2003)
A commemorative medal celebrating the 150th anniversary of the
founding of the Diocese of Brooklyn has been struck and will be
presented this month to two representatives of every parish "who have given
outstanding service to the local community for a number of years and are
presently residing in the parish."
(read complete story)
ASSISTS PERSONS CLAIMING CLERGY SEX
ABUSE
(September 30, 2003)
Sister Ellen Patricia Finn, O.P.,
associate executive director of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Brooklyn, coordinates
a process for providing immediate pastoral care to persons who claim a clergyman
sexually abused them as minors.
(read complete story)
BISHOP DIMARZIO TO BE INSTALLED AS SEVENTH BISHOP OF
BROOKLYN OCT. 3 IN OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP BASILICA
(September 23, 2003)
In the presence of family,
friends and representatives of the Church and public
life, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio will be installed as the seventh Bishop of
Brooklyn at a Mass in Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica, Sunset Park,
Friday, Oct. 3, 2 p.m.
(read complete story)
DINNER WILL BENEFIT BRIGHT CHRISTMAS
(September 16,
2003)
The Tablet's Bright Christmas fund, which assists needy parishes
diocesan social service programs, will benefit from the proceeds from the Oct.
16 dinner celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Diocese of Brooklyn and The
Tablet's 95th year of publication.
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story)
DINNER OCT. 16 TO MARK DUAL ANNIVERSARIES
(September 16,
2003)
The 150th anniversary of the founding of the Diocese of Brooklyn and
the 95 years since The Tablet published its first issue will be celebrated at
the dinner set for the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge, 333 Jay St.,
Thursday, Oct. 16, beginning with a reception at 6 p.m. followed by dinner at
7.
(read
complete story)
DIACONAL CONVOCATION ON HOLISTIC MINISTRY
(SEPTEMBER
16, 2003)
Archbishop Sean P. O'Malley, O.F.M. Cap., of Boston and Bishop
Robert C. Morlino of Madison, Wis., will be the keynote speakers at a
convocation of permanent deacons of the Diocese of Brooklyn at the Legionnaires
of Christ Formation House, Thornwood, N.Y., Saturday, Sept. 20.
(read complete story)
WAR ON
IRAQ
(August 23, 2003)
Innocent men, women and children lost their lives
in the bombings in Baghdad and Jerusalem Aug. 19, causing people of good will to
lament the mindless acts of terror that continually threaten all efforts to
bring peace and stability to two troubled areas of our
world.
(read complete
story)
BISHOP DIMARZIO'S INSTALLATION SET FOR OCT.
3
(August 5, 2003)
The
installation of Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio as the seventh Bishop of Brooklyn has
been set for Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica, 59th St., and Fifth Ave., Bay
Ridge, on Friday, Oct. 3, at 2p.m.
(
read complete story)
POPE NAMES CAMDEN
BISHOP TO DIOCESE OF BROOKLYN
(Aug. 1, 2003)
Pope John Paul II has accepted the resignation
of
Bishop Thomas V. Daily of Brooklyn, and named Bishop Nicholas A. DiMarzio of
Camden to succeed him.
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complete story)
STATEMENT OF MOST REVEREND NICHOLAS
DI MARZIO, Ph.D., D.D.
(AUGUST 1, 2003)
It is with
thanks to Almighty God and gratefulness to our Holy Father, Pope John Paul II,
that he has appointed me the Seventh
Bishop of Brooklyn. I also give thanks to Bishop Daily, Sixth bishop of Brooklyn, who
has shepherded this flock for thirteen years with fatherly devotion.
(read
complete story)
MOST REVEREND NICHOLAS DI MARZIO, Ph.D.,
D.D.
Bishop of Camden
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio was installed as
sixth Bishop of Camden July 22, 1999. His appointment by Pope John Paul II
was announced June 8, 1999 in Washington by Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo,
apostolic nuncio to the United States.
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complete story)
INITIATIVES THAT AFFECTED
CHURCH LIFE IN THE DIOCESE
(Aug. 1, 2003)
Following is a cross-section of the significant
events that impacted on the work of the Church in the Diocese of Brooklyn during
Bishop Thomas V. Daily's 13 years as the Diocesan Bishop.
(read complete story)
FINAL 'ALIVE IN HOPE' REPORT
SHOWS $78 MILLION SUCCESS
(July 28, 2003)
The Diocese of Brooklyn's historic "Alive in
Hope"
capital and endowment campaign sought $50 million, but parishioners went far
beyond that by contributing an unanticipated $67,347,306, according to a report
issued to mark the end of the fund raising effort on April 30.
(read
complete story)
ASSISTANCE COORDINATOR OFFERS PASTORAL CARE
(July
7, 2003)
Persons who claim
to have been sexually abused when they were minors by a member of the clergy may
receive immediate pastoal care from the assistance coordinator for the Diocese
of Brooklyn: Sister Ellen Patricai, O.P.
(read complete story)
APPOINTMENT OF BISHOP BARBARITO
(July 1, 2003)
I am so
delighted that our Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, has chosen Bishop Gerald M.
Barbarito to be the Bishop of Palm Beach, succeeding Archbishop Sean
O'Malley.
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story)
$100,000 BP GRANT AIDS
KIDS IMPACTED BY 9/11
(June 30,
2003)
The
BP Foundation, Inc., an affiliate of the global energy company, has donated
$100,000 to the Futures in Education Foundation of the Diocese of Brooklyn to
aid families affected by the terrorist attacks on the World Trade
Center.
(read complete story)
BISHOP APPOINTS
INTERIM SCHOOLS SUPERINTENDENT
(June 24, 2003)
Bishop Thomas V. Daily has
announced the appointment of Dr. Thomas Chadzutko as interim Superintendent of
Schools, succeeding Msgr. Guy J. Puglisi, effective July 1.
(read complete story)
DIOCESE OF
BROOKLYN SET TO SELL SITE OF ST. ANTHONY'S HOSPITAL
(June 10, 2003)
The Diocese of Brooklyn has reached an
agreement to sell the former site of St. Anthony's Hospital in Woodhaven to the
Ciampa Organization, a Flushing-based firm that has developed properties in the
country for more than 70 years.
(read complete
story)
FINAL MASS
OFFERED AT ST. ANN-ST. GEORGE
(June 3, 2003)
Mass was offered for the last time at St.
Ann-St.
George Church, in the Farragut neighborhood near the Brooklyn Navy
Yard, last Sunday (June 1), with the priest celebrant encouraging the
congregation to carry to their new parish communities on Pentecost Sunday the
same Spirit that engergized the apostles at the first Pentecost.
(read complete
story)
BISHOP WILL
ORDAIN TWO FOR PRIESTHOOD MAY 31
(May 21, 2003)
Bishop Thomas V. Daily will ordain two
men to serve
as priests of the Diocese of Brooklyn at a Mass in St. James Cathedral Basilica,
Jay St. and Cathedral Pl., Brooklyn, Saturday, May 31, at 10a.m.
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story)
DIOCESE OF
BROOKLYN TO HONOR WNET PRESIDENT
(May 16, 2003)
The Diocese of Brooklyn will honor Dr.
William F.
Baker, president of Thirteen/WNET, at the diocese's annual World Communications
Day luncheon, to be held at the Marriott Hotel in downtown Brooklyn Friday, May
16.
(read complete
story)
BISHOP
INSTITUTES BUDGET CUTBACKS
(May 12, 2003)
Forseeing a possible $7 million budget deficit
in
the next fiscal year in the Diocese of Brooklyn, Bishop Thomas V. Daily has
instituted measures that will bear on the activities of some 60 programs and
services supported by diocesan central funds.
(read complete
story)
DEACON NAMED TO
HEAD DOUGLASTON CENTER
(April 15, 2003)
Bishop Thomas V. Daily has announced the
appointment of Deacon Stanley J. Galazin as director to the Immaculate
Conception Center in Douglaston, succeeding Msgr. Michael J. Hardiman.
(read complete
story)
SUPPORT
STEWARDSHIP APPEAL DESPITE TOUGH ECONOMY
(April 15, 2003)
Despite the financial pressures
created by a
sputtering economy, parishioners of churches in Brooklyn and Queens have made
pledges of support in excess of the $4.4 million goal of the 2003 Annual
Stewardship Appeal, according to a report issued this week.
(read complete
story)
FATHER HIMES
SPEAKER ON SESQUICENTENNIAL
(April 01, 2003)
Father Michael J. Himes, professor of theology
at
Boston College, will deliver the first of two sesquicentennial addresses that
will celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Diocese of Brooklyn when he speaks
at the Immaculate Conception Center in Douglaston Sunday, April 6, at 4:30 p.m.
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TEN PRIESTS
NAMED MONSIGNORS BY POPE
(March 25, 2003)
Bishop Thomas V. Daily has announced that Pope
John
Paul II has elevated ten priests of the Diocese of Brooklyn to the rank of
Chaplain of His Holiness, giving them the title Reverend Monsignor and making
them members of the papal household.
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EXECUTIVE
NAMED ASSISTANCE COORDINATOR
(March 11,
2003)
Bishop Thomas V. Daily has announced
that he has appointed Sister Ellen Patricia Finn, O.P., associate executive
director of Catholic Charities, to coordinate the Diocese of Brooklyn's pastoral
assistance for persons who claim to have been sexually abused when they were
minors by a member of the clergy.
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STEWARDSHIP
APPEAL AIDS 60 PROGRAMS, PARISHES
(February 25, 2003)
The 2003 Annual Stewardship Appeal
of the Diocese
of Brooklyn will enter its pledge-making phase the weekend of March 1-2, when
the members of 219 parishes will commit their financial support for the more
than 60 educational, social service and pastoral outreach programs offered by
the Diocese.
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WORKSHOP
EXPLORES HOW TO PROTECT CHILDREN FROM ABUSE
(February 19, 2003)
Promoting an awareness
of how to protect
children from sexual abuse was the theme of a workshop attended by more than 250
pastors, parish elementary school principals and parish directors of religious
education and held Feb. 11 at the Immaculate Conception Center in
Douglaston.
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BISHOP NAMES
MEMBERS OF REVIEW BOARD
(February 18, 2003)
Bishop Thomas V. Daily of the Diocese of Brooklyn
has announced the names of eight persons he has appointed to serve on a review
board on sexual abuse of minors by clergy which he has established.
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FOUR PARISH
SCHOOLS TO CLOSE IN JUNE
(February 11, 2003)
Bishop Thomas V. Daily
has accepted the recommendation of the Education Commission of the Diocese of
Brooklyn that four "at risk" parish elementary schools---three in Brooklyn and
one in Queens---close June 30.
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DEACON TO SERVE
ON USCCB
COUNCIL
(February
11, 2003)
Deacon Guillermo D. Gomez of St. Gerard
Majella parish, Hollis, has been named to the National Advisory Council of the
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington on the recommendation
of Bishop Thomas V. Daily.
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complete
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FEWER PRIESTS POINTS TO
PERSONNEL PROBLEM
(January 21, 2003)
A statistical summary issued by the Clergy Personnel Office of the
Diocese of Brooklyn states that 320 diocesan priests were assigned to serve in
191 of the 217 parishes and six chapels of Brooklyn and Queens as of Oct. 31,
2002.
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STEWARDSHIP APPEAL SURPASSES
GOAL
(January 21, 2003)
The 2002 Annual Stewardship Appeal of the Diocese
of Brooklyn oversubscribed its goal by more than $1.5 milliom, according to
statistics released by the Stewardship and Development Office.
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BISHOP HAILS PARISHIONERS' 'REMARKABLE'
GENEROSITY
(January 17, 2003)
Church projects designed to assist a range
of beneficiaries, from aging Religious and home missions here to the needy in
Latin America and catechetical programs in Eastern Europe, received nearly $2.9
million in contributions from the Catholics of Brooklyn and Queens beginning at
Christmas, 2001, and concluding in November last year.
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