by Stefanie Gutierrez The Knights of Columbus and Squires of Immaculate Conception parish, Astoria, celebrated their 12th annual Flag Day ceremony on Tuesday, June 14. Over 200 students, educators, dignitaries from the military, the N.Y.P.D. Police Band, and alumni from the area attended the event. Popular tenor and former N.Y.P.D. policeman Daniel Rodriguez opened and […]
by Marie Elena Giossi Nearly 30 concerned Catholics protested Queens State Sen. Joseph Addabbo’s support for same-sex marriage legislation and rallied outside his Howard Beach district office June 15. Most participants arrived on buses sponsored by the diocesan Government Affairs Office, which organized the rally. Carrying signs affirming traditional marriage, the intergenerational group prayed the […]
Steel recovered from the World Trade Center that has been cut to make memorial crosses sits inside Hanger 17 at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport. The World Trade Center steel program, operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, is selecting portions of steel beams recovered from the center’s collapsed […]
Jeremy Canna Third-Year Seminarian Immaculate Conception Seminary, Huntington “Jesus of Nazareth: Holy Week” by Pope Benedict XVI “Back to Virtue” by Peter Kreeft “Beyond a House Divided” by Carl Anderson “A Biblical Walk Through the Mass” by Edward Sri Larry Celona Reporter, New York Post “Tabloid City” by Pete Hamill “Bums” by Peter Golenbock Msgr. […]
Today, Governor Andrew Cuomo and the state legislature have deconstructed the single most important institution in human history. Republicans and Democrats alike succumbed to powerful political elites and have passed legislation that will undermine our families and as a consequence, our society. With this vote, Governor Cuomo has opened a new front in the culture […]
This is our special double edition of The Tablet. We will not publish an issue on July 2, so we have expanded editorial space in this week’s paper. The next edition of The Tablet will be dated July 9. It also will be a special edition because it will be originating from a new space. […]
by Antonina Zielinska To commemorate the close of the centennial year of St. Luke’s school, Whitestone, the parish invited Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio and school alumni to participate in a Mass of thanksgiving and a dinner-dance. “Our celebration of 100 years is in gratitude to all of those who answered the challenges of the past,” said […]
On Saturday, June 18, Msgr. Andrew Vaccari, pastor, and the parishoners of St. Mary Mother of Jesus parish, Bath Beach, celebrated a Multicultural Liturgy at the 5 p.m. Mass. The children, dressed in traditional clothing of Mexico, Italy, America and Poland, sang the lyrics of the song, “Love in Any Language” as the choir sang each […]
Father Eugene Hemrick BETWEEN 380 and 400 international priests enter the U.S. priesthood yearly, according to the study “International Priests in America: Challenges and Opportunities” (Liturgical Press), by the late Dean R. Hoge and Dominican Father Aniedi Okure. Although American-born priests still outnumber international priests substantially, the study said, priests among second-generation immigrants, together with […]
We go to press as the summer solstice sets in. Now the days grow shorter even as we anticipate more of them in the sun. Gas prices are swelling, but so are the fruits whose luscious juice we savor. Body time seems to slow as if to indulge the soul’s permission to just let things […]
