Pope Benedict XVI receives the official World Youth Day 2011 backpack from Cardinal Antonio Rouco Varela of Madrid during a private meeting at the Vatican in early February. The cardinal was the archbishop of Santiago de Compostela in 1989 when Pope John Paul II met young people there for World Youth Day. Spain is preparing […]
Nearly 200 students from all around the country responded to the i-Confess challenge of making a one-minute YouTube video encouraging viewers to partake in the sacrament of reconciliation. They competed for the grand prize of $50,000 to be shared equally by the winner and his or her school. The contest was sponsored by the […]
Around 200 Cursillistas from Brooklyn and Queens conducted a local Way of St. James on the saint’s feast day, July 25, with a street procession and evening Mass, celebrated by Auxiliary Bishop Frank J. Caggiano at St. Paul’s Church, Cobble Hill. Cursillistas started their celebration with an outdoor recitation of the rosary at their former […]
ORANGE, Calif. (CNS) – The Diocese of Orange has made a formal bid of $50 million to buy the Crystal Cathedral complex in Garden Grove, once the home church of the Rev. Robert Schuller, a noted television preacher. The cathedral property was put up for auction earlier this year as part of the cathedral ministries’ […]
by Antonina Zielinska After a year and a half of spiritual preparation and fundraising, 10 young people from Transfiguration parish, Williamsburg, are less than two weeks away from joining thousands of pilgrim from throughout the world to celebrate World Youth Day in Spain. “It will be an experience of a lifetime,” said Arisleidy Maran, one […]
by Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Benedict XVI has put his own stamp on the celebration of World Youth Day, and it’s especially clear in the gathering’s moments of prayer. In Cologne, Germany, six years ago – Pope Benedict’s first WYD as pope – he surprised the youths at the Saturday night vigil […]
The diocesan Pastoral Institute will begin a 10-week, 20-hour Foundations for Ministry Program in Mandarin Chinese at St. John Vianney, Flushing, beginning in September. The program is designed for men and women who are considering the three-year Lay Ministry program or who desire a basic update in theology for ministry. It is now offered in […]
Father James E. McLinden, S.S.J., celebrated his 40th anniversary as a Josephite priest with a Mass of thanksgiving May 2 at St. Joseph’s Seminary, Washington, D.C. Born in Brooklyn, Father McLinden was baptized at St. Charles Borromeo Church in Brooklyn Heights. He attended St. Jerome’s School, East Flatbush; Erasmus Hall H.S., Flatbush; the Josephite minor […]
Jesus of Nazareth Diocesan Retreat Center will be the name of the new diocesan retreat center, set to open in the former Xaverian Brothers’ residence at Nazareth Regional H.S., Flatbush, this September. Auxiliary Bishop Frank J. Caggiano made the announcement to members of the Spanish-speaking Cursillo Movement during a Mass celebrating the feast of St. […]
by Father William J. Byron, S.J. The National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management held its seventh annual meeting in June. It aimed to bring business executives and church leaders together to discuss the application of “best practices” from business to the management needs of the Catholic Church. The previous six meetings were held at the […]
