By Bill Miller | The Tablet
FLATLANDS — As a student at Cristo Rey Brooklyn High School, Rajae Clarke (class of 2017) began thinking about becoming a priest, and plenty of people were available to offer advice.
The first in that clerical line was the school’s chaplain, Father Dwayne Davis, who also became the pastor at Clarke’s parish, St. Thomas Aquinas in the Flatlands.
RALEIGH – The Diocese of Raleigh’s African Heritage Mass was celebrated Sunday, Aug. 24, at Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral. Bishop Luis Rafael Zarama presided, and Father Marcos León offered the homily.
This annual Mass honors the gifts of the African ancestry communities in the Diocese of Raleigh, including African American, Caribbean and African migrant Catholics. This year’s celebration reflected the community’s rich diversity, with national flags carried in the entrance procession by elders and founding families, and prayers and music offered in multiple languages such as French, Igbo, Kikongo, Lingala and Swahili.
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Covington’s Church of Our Savior anticipated a large turnout for Sunday mass, Aug. 24: church leaders taped a handwritten note to the sanctuary door advising people that mass would be held next door in the social hall.
By the time mass began at 9:30, approximately 75 congregants and visitors filled the hall to celebrate the long career of Sister Janet Bucher, who retired in July as the church’s pastoral administrator.
Life of Hope convened a Back to School event on August 22, 2025 in Brooklyn, NY.
Participating kids were able to take home a new backpack and a few school supplies.
What a blessing for these scholars and their families!
“Can you feel the presence of our mother, Mary?” asked Vincentian Father Patrick Obot to a spirited audience that packed the Basilica Shrine of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal in Philadelphia’s East Germantown neighborhood Sunday, Aug. 17.
The Nigerian priest gave a passion-filled homily for the Mass of Blessing and Dedication of the Our Lady of Kibeho Shrine, now permanently set within a rosary walk in the courtyard outside the Basilica Shrine.