By Currents News
Catholic Charities is celebrating 125 years of service in Brooklyn and Queens this year. Over the weekend of October 15, the Holy Father’s representative to the United States, Cardinal Christophe Pierre celebrated a closing Mass at a packed Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph on Sunday, November 17.
The Papal Nuncio reminded the hundreds of parishioners in the Prospect Heights church of why they provide the services and help they do throughout the Diocese of Brooklyn.
Since Catholic Charities of Brooklyn and Queens was founded in 1899, they have grown to become one of the largest faith based providers of affordable housing in the country: they currently sponsor more than 160 programs and services.