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Bishop DiMarzio's Calendar
Monday, May 14, 10:30 a.m., College of Consultors meeting, Immaculate Conception Center, Douglaston.
1 p.m., Presbyteral Council meeting, Immaculate Conception Center, Douglaston.
3 p.m., Assignment Board meeting, Immaculate Conception Center, Douglaston.
5:30 p.m., Mass and Dinner, Brothers’ Jubilee, Immaculate Conception Center, Douglaston.
Tuesday, May 15, 12 p.m., Pastors’ Meeting, Immaculate Conception Center, Douglaston.
8 p.m., Mass of the Neophyte, Main Chapel, Immaculate Conception Center, Douglaston.
Thursday, May 17, 8 a.m., Mass and breakfast, St. Vincent’s Hospital, Manhattan.
Saturday, May 19, 10 a.m., Ordination of Permanent Deacons, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica, Brooklyn.
6 p.m., Installation of Pastor, St. Joan of Arc Church, Jackson Heights.
CLERGY PERSONNEL APPOINTMENTS
(April 24, 2007)
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ACADEMY IN OZONE PARK SIXTH IN DIOCESE
(May 8, 2006)
When Divene Mercy Catholic Academy in Ozone Park greets its first classes of students in September, it will become the sixth multiparish elementary school in the Diocese of Brooklyn---and the first in Queens---to be designated as an academy.
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CRITICIZES STEROTYPE OF PRIESTLY MORALE
(April 24, 2007)
A prominent priest-psychologist urged the more than 375 priests of the Diocese of Brooklyn who attended a spring convocation at the Immaculate Conception Center in Douglaston April 19 to "get the word out about priestly life and satisfaction."
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NEW PROGRAM FOR MEN DISCERNING PRIESTHOOD
(April 23, 2007)
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio has announced that the Diocese of Brooklyn will establish a new residential facility for men who wish to discern seriously whether God may be calling them to the priesthood.
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GOOD FRIDAY APPEAL ASSISTS HOLY LAND
(March 27, 2007)
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio is urging the Catholics in Brooklyn and Queens to support the collection taken at the Good Friday liturgy in their parishes April 6, which assists the Holy Shrines in the Holy Land and the works of mercy performed by the Church in the Christian community there.
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POPE BENEDICT HONORS PRIESTS OF DIOCESE
(March 16, 2007)
Pope Benedict XVI has elevated seven priests of the Diocese of Brooklyn to the rank of Chaplain of His Holiness with the title of Reverend Monsignor, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio has announced. They were recognized for outstanding service to the Church.
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PASTORS INFORMED ON PLANS FOR POTENTIAL PARISH MERGERS
(March 13, 2007 )
An explanation of the process underway on the reconfiguration of parishes in Brooklyn and Queens highlighted the agenda of a pilot program instituted by Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio designed to keep pastors and administrators current on issues and programs affecting the Diocese of Brooklyn.
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STATE BISHOPS, GOVERNOR CONFER ON CATHOLIC CONCERNS
(March 13, 2007)
ALBANY---New York State bishops met as a group here with Governor Eliot Spitzer for the first time since his election Monday (March 12) and outlined their views on legislative initiatives that concern Catholics in the state.
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MSGR. GARCIA NAMED FOR PAPAL HONOR
(February 27, 2007)
Msgr. Otto L. Garcia, former Vicar General and Moderator of the Curia, has been honored by Pope Benedict XVI, who has bestowed on him the title of Protonotary Apostolic in recognition of exceptional work he has performed on behalf of the Church.
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DECISIONS REACHED ON TWO SCHOOLS
(February 13,
2007)
Parents of
students in two parish elementary schools---St. Charles Borromeo in Brooklyn Heights
and Presentation in Jamaica---were informed this week that their school
will close officially at the end of the academic year in June.
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BISHOP PLACES PRIEST ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE
(February 13,
2007)
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio has placed a Queens pastor on administrative
leave from active priestly ministry after accepting the Diocesan Review Board's
finding that an allegation against the priest of inappropriate
behavior with a young man more than two decades ago was credible.
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FUNERAL MASS HELD FOR MSGR WILLIAM VARVARO
(January
30, 2007)
A
Funeral Mass for Msgr William A. Varvaro, pastor of St. Margaret's
Church, Middle Village, since 1993 and a prominent canon
lawyer, was offered at the church, 66-05 79th Pl., Tuesday, Jan. 30.
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PARISHIONERS
CONTINUE SUPPORT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
(January 5, 2006)
Responding to the call of Bishop Nicholas
DiMarzio
and the pastors/administrators of the 216 parishes in Brooklyn and Queens,
parishioners contributed $2,906,007 to special diocesan and national collections
taken at 12 weekend Masses, Good Friday and Christmas Day in 2006.
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COLLECTION TO ASSIST THREE REGIONS OF WORLD
(January 9, 2007)
A collection to
assist the Churches in Need ---in Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe
and Africa---will be taken at the Masses Jan. 20-21 in the 216 parishes fof
Brooklyn and Queens.
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