It is my pleasure to welcome you to our Brooklyn Priests website. As you visit this page, I hope you are able to see the vibrant, faithful, and joy-filled Church that exists in the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens. The Priests who serve this Diocese are filled with zeal for the work of Evangelization and for the mission of the Church. It is our hope that this page will offer what you are searching for.
Jesus in the Gospels says, “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened.” (Matthew 7:7) It is clear that by coming to this page you are seeking – whether that search is for information, support, or discernment – there is a quest going on in your heart. With the strongest encouragement I say to you KEEP SEARCHING. It is in the search that we encounter God-with-us – Emmanuel!
God is truly with us – He lives – in this Diocese; most especially “in all the Tabernacles of the World.” This Eucharistic presence is only possible through the ministry of the Priest. I, as the Shepherd of this local Church, pray for an increase of Vocations for our Diocese; that many men will stand up to become ministers and guardians of the Sacraments. We need men to be filled with the Splendor of Truth and with the Joy of the Gospel. I pray that on this site you have a glimpse that in Brooklyn you will encounter priests who are with and for their people. I pray that for whatever reason you have come here – that the Lord who has begun the good work in you – will bring it to fulfillment.
With assurance of prayer and every blessing,
Most Reverend Robert J. Brennan
Ask most seminarians, and they can remember the precise moment when they told their parents they felt called to the priesthood. Some received overwhelming support right away. Some encountered raised eyebrows. And some found themselves having to defend their decision against Mom or Dad’s vehement......
