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Pope's Apostolic Journey
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POPE WILL TAKE REMINDER OF BROOKLYN BACK TO ROME
When Pope Benedict XVI leaves John F. Kennedy Airport Sunday evening and
returns to Rome on “Shepherd One,” he will carry with him a replica of the massive stained glass window
of the Immaculate Conception that adorns St. James Cathedral Basilica in Brooklyn.
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"DO NOT BE AFRAID"
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BISHOP DIMARZIO'S
"Put Out Into the
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May 10, 2008
A Tradition of Communicating
Our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, chose as the theme for the 42nd World Communications Day, celebrated May 4: “The Media: At the Crossroads between Self-Promotion and Service; Searching for the Truth in Order to Share It with Others.” He built his message on communications on the theme of the World Day of Peace last January, when he said: “The social communications media, in particular, because of their educational potential, have a special responsibility for promoting respect for the family, making clear its expectations and rights, and presenting all its beauty.”
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NAMED TO DIRECT HUMAN RESOURCES
Brendan G. McLoughlin, an experienced employee benefits administrator, has been named director of the Human Resources Office of the Diocese of Brooklyn. The office administers the pension and medical plans of the Diocese and serves as a consultant to pastors and parishes on personnel matters.
Mr. McLoughlin brings to his position a background in employee benefits for Metropolitan Life, the Grumman Corp., GPU Energy Corp. and Price Waterhouse Coopers. He also served as an assistant controller at St. John’s University, from which he has a bachelor’s degree.
Before coming to the Brooklyn Diocese, he was Director of Finance and Plant Operations, including oversight of human resource functions, at Regis High School in Manhattan since l999. He is a graduate of Regis and Our Lady Help of Christians School, Brooklyn.
Mr. McLoughlin will direct a staff of 11.
VICE PRESIDENT TO JOIN POPE AT DEPARTURE CEREMONY
Pope Benedict XVI will be joined by Vice President Richard and Mrs. Lynne Cheney for
the Farewell Ceremony at JFK Airport when the Holy Father concludes his Apostolic Journey to the United
States on Sunday evening, April 20.
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SET ETHNIC THEME FOR PAPAL DEPARTURE
People from ethnic cultures of other parts of the world, ranging
from Asia and the Americas to Africa and Europe, will display their diversity at the farewell ceremony
when Pope Benedict XVI concludes his apostolic journey to New York at Kennedy International Airport Sunday
evening, April 20.
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MUSIC WILL FILL THE AIR WHEN HOLY FATHER VISITS
The guests attending the arrival and departure ceremonies
at Kennedy Airport for Pope Benedict XVI when he comes to New York in April will witness the musical talents
of 250 singers and musicians drawn from parishes and schools throughout the Diocese of Brooklyn.
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BROOKLYN DIOCESE WELCOME SET
FOR POPE BENEDICT XVI
When Pope Benedict XVI arrives at JFK Airport on Friday morning,
April 18, to begin the second segment of his six-day apostolic journey to the United States, greeting
him as he descends the stairs from his Alitalia carrier will be Cardinal Edward Egan of New York, Archbishop
Celestino Migliore, the Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, and Bishop Nicholas
DiMarzio of the Diocese of Brooklyn.
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TWO PARK SLOPE PARISHES MERGE
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of the Diocese of Brooklyn has issued
a canonical decree on the merger of two Park Slope parishes that became effective March 1.
The decree states that Holy Family parish, 205 14th St., and St. Thomas Aquinas parish,
249 Ninth St., have been merged to become Holy Family-St. Thomas Aquinas parish. The parish office will
be at 249 Ninth St.
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EAST NEW YORK, HOLLIS SCHOOLS SET TO CLOSE
Faced with declining enrollment and increased operating costs, St. Fortunata School
in East New York and St. Gerard Majella School in Hollis will close in June.
Enrollment statistics indicate that in the current school year, St. Fortunata’s School has 142 students
in kindergarten to eighth-grade. It represents a precipitous decline since fours years earlier when 314
students attended the school, which opened in l957.
lope parishes that became effective March 1.
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BISHOP OUTLINES NORMS FOR 'FAITHFUL CITIZENSHIP'
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of the Diocese of Brooklyn delivered an address at the Cathedral
Club of Brooklyn’s annual dinner that drew on the guidance on political issues contained in the U.S. Bishops’
2007 document, “Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship: A Call to Political Responsibility.”
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LONG TIME MIGRATION DIRECTOR ASKS TO YIELD DAY-TO-DAY TASKS
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of the Diocese of Brooklyn has accepted Msgr. Ronald T. Marino’s
request to relinquish his duties as director of the Catholic Migration Office, a post he has held for
17 years, effective June 30.
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TWO SCHOOLS SET TO CLOSE IN JUNE
Our Lady of the Cenacle School in Richmond Hill and St. Finbar’s School in Bath Beach will each graduate
its last class in June and will not reopen in the fall after several years of declining enrollment and
increasing dependency on diocesan and parish funding to remain operational.
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BISHOP ANNOUNCES PARISH MERGERS
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of the Diocese of Brooklyn has issued canonical decrees announcing the mergers
of six parishes into three in Brooklyn and Queens. They became effective Jan. 1. In two instances, the
reconfigured parishes will be known by a new name.
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AUDIT OF DIOCESE FINDS 'CHARTER' COMPLIANCE
An audit of the Diocese of Brooklyn's adherence to the U.S. Bishops' "Charter for the Protection of Children
and Young People" has found it to be in compliance with the 17 articles of the document, which the Bishops
issued in 2002 and revised two years ago.
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BISHOP GIVES NEW ROLE TO MSGR. HARDIMAN
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio has announced the appointment of Msgr. Michael J. Hardiman as acting executive
director of the Futures in Education Foundation Endowment Fund, effective Jan. 1.
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QUEENS PASTOR PLACED ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of the Diocese of Brooklyn has placed a Queens pastor on administrative leave
from priestly ministry after receiving allegations of sexual abuse placed on the diocese's telephone reporting
line.
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NAME FATHER MASSA VATICAN CONSULTOR
Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Father James Massa, a priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn, to be a consultor
of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue. The appointment was announced at the Vatican Nov.
20.
Father Massa is the executive director of the Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs and the
Subcommittee on Interreligious Dialogue of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington.
NAME BROOKLYN PRIEST U.S. BISHOPS' LITURGIST
Msgr. Anthony F. Sherman, a priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn, has been appointed executive secretary
of the Secretariat for Divine Worship of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington.
He began his three-year term on Nov. 15.
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DECADE LATER, STILL ALIVE IN HOPE
Ten years later, the Diocese of Brooklyn's historic Alive in Hope capital and endowment campaign continues
to nourish the fiscal needs of programs and services that minister to the faithful of all ages.
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FORMER QUEENS PASTOR ON LEAVE FROM MINISTRY
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of the Diocese of Brooklyn has announced that an investigation by the DiocesanReview
Board has found sufficient evidence of sexual abuse of minors by a former Queens pastor.
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TUITION ASSISTANCE FOR 6,200 STUDENTS
More than 6,200 students now attending parish elementary schools in Brooklyn and Queens are receiving
tuition assistance totaling $6,115,550 from scholarship programs administered by the Diocese of Brooklyn.
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BISHOP'S LETTER OFFERS VISION FOR NEW EVANGELIZATION
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio has issued his third pastoral letter to the people of the Diocese of Brooklyn,
entitled "'Do Not Be Afraid,' a Pastoral Vision for the New Evangelization.
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NEW TABLET READERS FROM ACA DONORS
A mailed copy of The Tablet is arriving at the homes of 20,000 parishioners for the first time this week,
as a new circulation practice inspired by Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio goes into effect tying the diocesan
newpaper with the Annual Catholic Appeal (ACA).
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BISHOP ANNOUNCES PARISH MERGERS
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of the Diocese of Brooklyn has announced the merging of 13 parishes into six---fie
in Brooklyn and one in Queens. The changes became effective Sept. 1.
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CATHOLIC SCHOOL GRANTS SET FOR LOW-INCOME FAMILIES
New scholarship dollars are opening the doors to a parochial elementary school education for children
now in public schools who come from low-income families, and their parents and guardians are being invited
to apply for grants that will be available for the school year that begins in September.
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BISHOP PLACES RETIRED PASTOR ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of the Diocese of Brooklyn has placed a retired Queens pastor on administrative
leave from exercising priestly ministry after accepting a finding from the Diocesan Review Board that
sufficient evidence existed of sexual abuse of minors three decades ago.
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ACADEMY IN OZONE PARK SIXTH IN DIOCESE
When Divine 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 STEREOTYPE OF PRIESTLY MORALE
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
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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PASTORS INFORMED ON PLANS FOR POTENTIAL PARISH MERGERS
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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BISHOP PLACES PRIEST ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE
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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