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St. Edmund Church in Breezy Point engulfed in flames on Holy Saturday

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Apr. 21, 2025 By Lloyd Mitchell & Robert Pozarycki Parishioners in Breezy Point stood helplessly outside St. Edmund Church on Saturday as flames engulfed their beloved house of worship in a devastating three-alarm fire. Fire Department sources said the blaze ignited just after 2:15 p.m. on April 19 at 216 Rockaway Beach Blvd., in…

Bishop Brennan leads All Souls Day Mass at Flushing’s Mount St. Mary Cemetery

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Nov. 7, 2024 By QNS News Team Bishop Robert Brennan, head of the Diocese of Brooklyn, led All Souls Day Mass on Saturday, Nov. 2, at Mount St. Mary Cemetery in Flushing, drawing a congregation of 450 to honor their deceased loved ones. The event, organized by the Diocese of Brooklyn’s Catholic Cemeteries office,…