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Monsignor Paul W. Jervis of the Brooklyn Diocese, a beloved figure known as a “champion for racial harmony,” died on Sept. 5 at the age of 69.
Pastor Martin Carter died in December at the age of 91 but not before making his mark in history. In 1995, he became the first Black pastor of Our Lady of Victory Church in Brooklyn.
Fr. Alonzo Cox ’05C recalls St. John’s University as a place where his vocation to the priesthood was intensified and his life’s path was cemented. “I did so much discernment at St. John’s,” Fr. Cox said recently.
The Tablet March 1, 2021 The following is the full text from homilist Father Franklin Ezeorah, for the Feb. 28, 2021 Black History Month Mass: “I like to begin by thanking your excellency Most Reverend Nicholas DiMarzio, the Catholic Bishop of Brooklyn Diocese, and the Very Reverend Father Alonzo Cox, the Vicar for the Black Catholic Concerns of the Diocese of Brooklyn, for graciously allowing me to be the homilist of this year’s Diocesan Black History celebration. This Diocese is arguably the most diverse in the US because of its openness to welcome immigrants and its diversified ...
The Tablet January 21, 2021 By Father Alonzo Cox Since the year 1983, our country has deemed the birthday of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to be a federal holiday. For some, this is just another holiday to relax from work, get errands done, or to catch up with friends and family. Holidays are meant to be moments of celebration. Over these last several months, holidays have become very different. Thanksgiving and Christmas are just two examples of holidays that were celebrated much differently than before. Many of us spent these days at home using the gift of modern tec...