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HIGH SCHOOL
VOCATION RETREAT
(for young men
)

NOVEMBER 17 & 18, 2007

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PROJECT MIRYAM & JOSEPH
(for women and men discerning religious life)

JANUARY 20, 2008

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to view our latest newsletter.




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"SCHEDULE of EVENTS"
for 2007- 2008.



NEWS from
RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES


Sisters of the Good Shepherd:
www.goodshepherdsisters.org

Vocation Spirit & Mission Live-In Weekend
November 3-5, 2007

Wickatunk, NJ

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The Passionist Missionaries:
www.icmonastery.org

"Come and See" Days

First Saturday of the month
Jamaica, NY

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CONTEST INFORMATION

"Listen and You Can Win" iPod Contest



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Catholic Schools Week 2008
"Catholic Schools Light the Way"

Poster/Essay Contest

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ORDINATION CLASS of 2007

Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio ordained nine men to the priesthood for service in the Diocese of Brooklyn at ceremonies held in June at St. James Cathedral Basilica in Brooklyn: Father Bryan J. Carney, St. Helen’s, Howard Beach; Father Vincent G. Chirichella, St. Luke’s, Whitestone; Father Jean M. Delva, SS. Joachim and Anne, Queens Village;  Father Vincentius T. Do, St. Rosalia-Regina Pacis, Bensonhurst; Father James A. Kuroly, Our Lady of Sorrows, Corona; Father Bony Monastere, Presentation, Jamaica; Father Raphael Munday-Kukana, St. Francis of Assisi, Astoria; Father Peter J. Purpura, St. Bernard, Bergen Beach; Father Thomas Vassalotti, St. Agatha, Sunset Park. In September, Father Purpura will pursue post-ordination studies in Rome.

    CLICK HERE for more pictures from this year's Ordinations.

    CLICK HERE to learn how these men said "yes" to God's call.

    For pictures from the Diaconate Ordination, CLICK HERE .

 

A freedom found in saying yes

God invites us to this freedom to love and to be in love with Him. The Christian way, bound fast to Him who is the way, is the way of liberating love that dissolves sin and death and grants life in abundance.

God is calling you in a special way to come and follow Him. Your response to Him, your joyful embrace of His providential plan for you, is the very meaning of life. God invites us to co-create our lives and bring them to their full realization in our life's vocation, our joyful response to Christ's invitation to live in complete freedom.


 CLICK on the image to view this year's poster
featuring the nine men of our Diocese who will be ordained to the priesthood in June of 2007.