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5 Churches In Sheepshead Bay Worth Visiting This Easter

Bibles tucked behind a pew at the United Methodist Church of Sheepshead Bay. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Happy Good Friday, neighbors! Easter Sunday is on the horizon. And given that houses of worship are an important part of a neighborhood’s culture and identity, we though it would be

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ICYMI: Fatal Crash Prompts Calls For Turn Signal, Sheepshead Bay’s Worst Slum, $3.4 Million Fraud

The Lexus involved in the fatal crash on Emmons and Nostrand avenues. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)In Case You Missed It (ICYMI): Here are some of the big stories you may have missed this week. You can keep up with what’s going on in the neighborhood all week

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Good Shepherd Church’s Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony Kicks Off Holiday Season

Members of the Good Shepherd Church choir singing Christmas carols. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Hundreds gathered on the lawn outside Good Shepherd Church Saturday evening to herald in the holiday season with the parish’s annual tree lighting ceremony. Persistent rain, which had lasted throughout the day, let up

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Annual “Music From Good Shepherd” Series Concludes With Handel’s “Messiah” Tomorrow Night

The annual fall “Music from Good Shepherd” classical music series, under the musical direction of Michael Fontana, concludes this Sunday, December 14, at 6:00pm with a performance of Handel’s “Messiah,” featuring a full orchestra, choir and soloists. While admission is free and open to the public, donations for

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Annual “Music From Good Shepherd” Concerts Kick Off This Weekend

Source: Good ShepherdThe annual “Music from Good Shepherd” chamber music series kicks of this Sunday, beginning yet another season of free recitals open to everybody in the neighborhood. The series of concerts, under the leadership of Musical Director Michael Fontana, takes place over the course of 10 consecutive Sundays at

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Good Shepherd’s Annual Concert Series Underway

George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah,” written in Beethoven’s handwriting; “Beethoven so admired Handel’s work that he wrote it out so as to get the ‘feeling of its intricacies’ and ‘to unravel its complexities’.” Source: Rain.orgThe 18th annual “Music from Good Shepherd” chamber music series kicked off two

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Good Shepherd’s Monsignor Thomas Brady Passes Away After Bout With Cancer

Courtesy of Good ShepherdMonsignor Thomas Brady, the beloved former pastor of Marine Park’s Good Shepherd Roman Catholic Church (1943 Brown Street), passed away Monday evening after more than half a century as a man of the cloth. Brady lost a long battle with an unspecified form of cancer, said

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Forget Manhattan, Good Shepherd’s Got The Best Classical Concerts Around

The music of cellos, harpsichords, flutes and clarinets will soon fill Good Shepherd Church as the Homecrest house of worship gets ready to hold its annual concert series. Every Sunday, from October 7 through December 16, New Yorkers are invited to enjoy recitals by some of the best classical musicians

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Good Shepherd’s Monsignor Brady Escapes Indictment On Sex Abuse Charges

Brady, with Assemblywoman Weinstein, at Good Shepherd Sports Annual Little League's opening day celebration in 2011. (Source: assembly.state.ny.us)A grand jury decided not to indict the beloved monsignor of Marine Park’s Good Shepherd Roman Catholic Church on sex abuse charges. Thomas Brady, a longtime priest at

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Marine Park’s Own Joe “JoePa” Paterno Remembered By Childhood Pals

A statue of Brooklyn's own Joe "JoePa" Paterno in front of Beaver Stadium, home to the Penn State Nittany Lions. Source: WikipediaCollege football fans all over the country mourned the passing of the Brooklyn-born Penn State titan, Joe “JoePa” Paterno, who succumbed to complications lung cancer this past week at

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Nativity Figures Stolen From Good Shepherd Church

This is a photo of the school. We don't have a photo of the church. You get the idea.Three Nativity figures, including Baby Jesus and Blessed Mother, were stolen from the outside creche at Good Shepherd’s Roman Catholic Church (1950 Batchelder Street) in Marine Park on Tuesday, January

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Good Shepherd Hit By Swine Flu

From GerritsenBeach.net: Two cases of swine flu have been suspected at two Catholic grammar schools in Brooklyn. Rev. Kieran Harrington said that two schools, St. Brigid in Bushwick and Good Shepherd in Marine Park, would be closed at dismissal today and remain closed for the rest of the week.