Msgr. Jamie Gigantiello, right, presents Father Frank Schwarz, pastor of American Martyrs parish, Bayside, a check for $31,499, representing the amount the parish received after surpassing its assigned goal for the 2011 Annual Catholic Appeal. If all pledges are paid, the parish could receive an additional $20,000. Father Schwarz said all monies received from the […]
Month: August 2011
Diocese Ups Bid to Buy Crystal Cathedral
ORANGE, Calif. (CNS) – The Diocese of Orange has upped its bid to buy the Crystal Cathedral complex in Garden Grove from $50 million to $53.6 million. 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 […]
New President for Women Religious
GARDEN GROVE, Calif. (CNS) – Franciscan Sister Florence Deacon is the new president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, elected at the closing of the organization’s Aug. 9-12 annual assembly where members described themselves as “contemplative activists.” Sister Deacon, director of her St. Francis, Wis.-based congregation, has represented Franciscans at the United Nations and […]
Bishop DiMarzio’s Statement Regarding N.Y.C.’s Mandate on Sex Education
The recent sex education mandate by New York City is one more example of political agendas being forced upon children and their families. To suggest that this mandate is needed, specifically citing black and Latino minorities, is not only offensive to parents but also squashes the principles upon which education for our children was founded. […]
Renewal of Vows
Sister Lynn Caton, C.S.J., left, renewed her vows of poverty, celibacy and obedience for one year in preparation for her final profession in the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, at a Mass in Sacred Heart Church, North Merrick, L.I. Offering their congratulations are Sister Jean Amore, C.S.J., center, president of the Sisters […]
Mullin Enshrined in Hoops Hall of Fame
After a long overdue 10-year wait, Flatbush’s own Chris Mullin was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Aug. 13 in Springfield, Mass. The announcement was made back in April that Mullin would join Dennis Rodman, Herb Magee, Arvydas Sabonis, Tex Winter, Tara VanDerveer, Tom Sanders, Artis Gilmore, Reece Tatum and Teresa Edwards […]
Have Faith in God, Help Other People
by Father Frank Mann Recently, a segment from a news story jolted my attention: Dallas billionaire Charles Wyly, whose fortune helped reshape the Dallas Arts District was killed in a car crash in Colorado. Wyly, 77, had stopped at the Aspen/Pitkin County Airport to buy a newspaper and was trying to turn his Porsche left […]
Finding Healing Amid Divorce
by Therese J. Borchard “A DIVORCE is like an amputation,” celebrated author and literary critic Margaret Atwood once said. “You survive it, but there’s less of you.” Divorce usually involves the married couple, more than two lawyers and 15 legal pads. It often fractures a family, causing what can seem like an irreconcilable rift between […]
Who Will Teach Love?
The contemporary response to damage inflicted upon so many young lives as a result of sexual irresponsibility is almost invariably a call for more education. The assumption is that the more an adolescent or young adult is given informtion about the biology of sexual commerce or — let us be blunt — techniques to avoid […]
Called to Love
Eleventh in a Series MY SUSPICION is that when Catholics hear the word “vocation” they spontaneously think of a religious vocation – a vocation to the priesthood or to religious life as a nun or a brother. The notion of vocation is much broader than that. I believe that every person has a vocation. In […]