BAY RIDGE — The Cathedral Club of Brooklyn, a Catholic lay organization founded in the Diocese of Brooklyn in 1900, held its annual mass at Saint Anselm Church the morning of Nov. 23, followed by an intimate brunch at the Bay Ridge Manor.

The purpose of the mass is to remember and honor past Cathedral Club members as well as club members’ family members “who have gone home to God in the past year,” Club President Harry D’Onofrio told the Brooklyn Eagle.

Cathedral Club of Brooklyn President Harry D’Onofrio alongside his wife, Jennifer, inside Saint Anselm. Brooklyn Eagle photo by Wayne Daren Schneiderman

“The goal is to provide closure and a sense of celebration that our loved ones are not forgotten,” he said. D’Onofrio, a Bensonhurst native, was installed as president in June 2025, and

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