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Pope Francis: Panel Will Study Whether Women May Serve as Deacons
Pope Francis said that he would set up a commission to study whether women could serve as deacons in the Roman Catholic Church. The Diocese of Brooklyn reacted and Michelle Powers filed this report on...
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Decades of Priesthood in the Diocese
Msgr. Eugene Feldhaus has been a priest for 70 years. He, along with 42 others, celebrate priestly anniversaries -- ranging from two and a half to seven decades. Currents Correspondent Katie...
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Father John Maduri
Father Maduri is the pastor of Most Precious Blood Church in Gravesend, Brooklyn. We sat with him on the steps of the rectory and spoke about his road to the priesthood and the satisfaction he finds...
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Priest Candidates “Called To Serve” by the Example of Others
Deacon Jaroslaw Szeraszewicz felt he should become a priest after coming face-to-face with St. John Paul II, while Deacon Ralph Edel was inspired by clergy in the Diocese of Brooklyn. Both share their...
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Fr. Stephen Giuletti
On this episode of On The Block, host Ed Wilkinson meets with Father Stephen Giuletti at Bishop Ford High School in Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn, which houses a piano that he graciously played for us....
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9/11 Papers
This week on "In the Arena," join special guest segment-host Lisa Jandovitz and award winning reporter and producer, Bill Tucker, as they are joined on the phone by Congressman Peter King and Former...
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“Called to Serve” in the Diocese of Immigrants
Many of the men who will be ordained priests for the Brooklyn Diocese - also known as the Diocese of Immigrants - are immigrants themselves. Deacon Ambiorix Osorio was born in the Dominican Republic...
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Priest Candidates “Called to Serve” from Other Nations
The diverse people of the Diocese of Brooklyn are receiving new ministers for their spiritual needs. Of the ten men who will be ordained priests, seven were born outside of the United States. Currents...
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Msgr. Steven Aguggia
We met Msgr. Steven Aguggia on the street of the original St. Margaret’s Church in Middle Village, where he is the pastor. Along with being the pastor of the vibrant Queens parish, he is also the head...
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10 New Priests for the Diocese of Immigrants
St. Joseph Co-Cathedral is packed as Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio ordains 10 men to the priesthood to serve the Church in Brooklyn and Queens. Seven of these new ministers were born outside of the United...
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Fr. Thomas Vassalotti
We chatted with Father Vassalotti in the garden area of St. Frances of Paola parish in Williamsburg, a worship site of Divine Mercy parish. Father Vassalotti spoke about the special challenges facing...
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Father Carlos Velasquez
Ed talks with Father Carlos Velasquez, who was ordained one year ago, now Parochial Vicar of St. Sebastian’s in Woodside, Queens. They talk about Father Velasquez’s life growing up in Fort Greene...
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Father Alonzo Cox
Ed meets with the youngest pastor in the diocese, Father Alonzo Cox, in the garden of Our Lady of Victory Church in Bedford-Stuyvesant, a worship site of St. Martin De Porres Parish. Father Cox talks...
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Diverse Priests Serve Brooklyn for the Summer
About eighty priests from more than a dozen countries are serving Brooklyn and Queens during the summer months, bringing their own cultural experiences to the Diocese of Immigrants. Nigeria, Ghana,...
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Fr. Troike Program Shapes Young Leaders
Nearly 90 elementary school boys attended the 49th annual Fr. Troike Leadership Program at Cathedral Preparatory School and Seminary. Tim Harfmann reports from Elmhurst, where these young men sharpen...
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After Jamaica, Brooklyn Bishop Comes Home
Former and future parishioners joyfully welcome home Brooklyn-born Bishop Neil Tiedemann, who has served in Jamaica for the last eight years. Currents Correspondent Katie Breidenbach reports as the...
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Queens Seminary Welcomes Albany Bishop
Tim Harfmann reports from Douglaston as Bishop Edward Scharfenberger, the leader of the Catholic Church in Albany, visits the Cathedral Seminary House of Formation. The Brooklyn-born bishop makes his...
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Ridgewood Holy Hour for Vocations
Tim Harfmann reports from Ridgewood, where Catholics gather with Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio to pray for vocations. As part of the national Vocations Awareness Week, the holy hour at Our Lady of the...
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Convocation for Brooklyn Diocese Vocation Committees
As part of Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio's push for vocations, every parish in Brooklyn and Queens is creating a committee. To conclude the national Vocations Awareness Week, the Brooklyn diocese held a...
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Public School Kids Called To Religious Life
Brooklyn diocese vocational director Father Sean Suckiel is used to going around the diocese to talk to kids about vocations. But this time he visits Holy Child Jesus Catholic Academy's religious...
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