A point needs to be made about the Mass. Not any “kind” of Mass in particular, like the “traditional Mass” or the Novus Ordo. Nor the language of periodic revisions or translations. Nor even the culturally adaptable modes through which the Mass engages the five senses. None of the ritual or rubrical accidentals that give […]
Month: June 2011
A Fond Farewell
Students of Resurrection-Ascension School, Rego Park, gave a great sendoff to Msgr. Vincent F. Fullam, who is retiring as pastor of the parish and spiritual leader of the school. Students from pre-k to eighth grade, faculty and staff, under the guidance of Principal Joann Heppt, put together a special tribute highlighting the many milestones and […]
‘Wax’ Figures Come to Life At South Ozone Park School (with slide show)
by Marie Elena Giossi Move over Madame Tussauds! South Ozone Park students opened their own wax museum featuring living, bilingual figures at a one-time only exhibit last week. Thirty-three seventh graders at St. Teresa of Avila School presented a Live Wax Museum, featuring famous Spanish-speakers, both past and present, in the school auditorium on Friday, […]
Latest Religious Issue in Rome Is a Water Fight
by John Thavis VATICAN CITY (CNS) – A referendum in Italy has spotlighted an emerging social justice issue for the Catholic Church: access to safe water as a basic human right. Italians went to the polls June 12-13 and voted overwhelmingly to revoke a decree that imposed the privatization of water resources. The issue stirred […]
More Than 60 U.S. Bishops Will Attend World Youth Day
WASHINGTON (CNS) – More than 60 U.S. bishops, including Brooklyn Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio and Auxiliary Bishop Frank Caggiano, plan to join the 25,000 U.S. World Youth Day pilgrims expected to be part of an estimated one million-plus young people who will attend at least one of the events in Madrid Aug. 16-21. A morning Mass […]
Same-Sex Marriage Law Puts Hold On Diocesan Ministries in Illinois
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (CNS) – The Catholic Charities agencies in the Illinois dioceses of Peoria, Springfield and Joliet have filed suit seeking legal clarification of whether they can continue to place foster children with only married couples and single non-cohabiting individuals now that the state’s civil unions law has taken effect. Signed by Gov. Pat Quinn, […]
Vatican Clarifies Excommunication Policy
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The Vatican said bishops’ ordinations that are not authorized by the pope generally bring the penalty of automatic excommunication, but there can be mitigating circumstances – including fear of reprisal, necessity or serious inconvenience. In China, the most recent ordinations have involved bishops loyal to the Vatican, who were said to […]
Cathedral Prep’s Vice Principal Named Principal of Spellman
Daniel O’Keefe, vice principal and academic dean at Cathedral Preparatory Seminary, Elmhurst, has been appointed principal of Cardinal Spellman H.S., the Bronx. He replaces Sister Veronica Wood, O.S.F., interim principal, as head of the 1,400-student Catholic, co-educational college preparatory high school as of Aug. 1. Cathedral Prep has named Richie Diaz, ’96, assistant dean and […]
Concentration Camp Martyr Is Beatified in Germany
by John Thavis VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Benedict XVI entrusted the cause of world peace to the martyrs of World War II concentration camps, including a German priest executed for his hostility to the Nazi regime. Speaking to pilgrims at his noon blessing June 12, the pope noted that the church was about to […]
Military Operations in Libya Leading to Moral Questions
By Dennis Sadowski WASHINGTON (CNS) – NATO’s military campaign against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is giving rise to concerns that the effort’s goals remain unclear and will likely lead to a lengthy standoff between the longtime autocrat and rebel forces with innocent civilians caught in the middle. The concerns revolve around whether the campaign is […]