Dear Dr. Garner, My father, who is 85, has had a dramatic transformation during the past few years. I tie it directly to a dog he adopted from a local shelter. I have noticed that he is more youthful, has a better outlook on life and socializes much more than before the dog. I know […]
by Father Thomas Catania YOU DON’T WANT to get me started on the subject of professional athletes’ salaries. I really don’t care whether the Mets or the Yankess bring joy (or misery) to your summer evenings — they’re all overpaid. Maybe it’s because there are so many teachers-in-training at the college where I teach, but […]
In her first three days covering World Youth Day activities in Madrid, Spain, Tablet reporter Antonina Zielinska logged only six hours of sleep. Instead of relaxing, she has been taking photos and writing stories about the almost 600 pilgrims from Brooklyn and Queens who are attending the week-long gathering that culminates Sunday, Aug. 21, with […]
My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, Approximately 25 priests of our diocese completed a program called Good Leaders, Good Shepherds. This program is sponsored by the Catholic Leadership Institute, a 20-year-old association of the faithful specializing in offering leadership training for Catholic priests. Last month I attended a leadership seminar for bishops run […]
by Antonina Zielinska After a six-hour overnight flight, with little to no sleep and no breakfast because of turbulance, the second group of World Youth Day pilgrims from the Diocese of Brooklyn arrived in Madrid Aug. 13, exhausted but ready to to begin their spiritual journey. When the pilgrims were finally allowed out of the […]
Diocesan WYD pilgrims met as a group for the first time a week before they left for Spain. Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio spoke to them about the importance of spiritual preparation for the journey. They also received airplane tickets, four WYD T-shirts that will identify them as pilgrims from Brooklyn and Queens, rosary beads blessed by Pope […]
[hr] At the Knights of Columbus’ 129th annual Supreme Convention in Denver, the world’s largest fraternal organization passed several resolutions to, among other things, honor Blessed John Paul and support religious liberty, the […]
After decades of studying iconic paintings and hundreds of works of fine art, British art historian and author Sister Wendy Beckett said her two recently published books are her most explicitly Catholic works to date.
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – At World Youth Day Madrid, they will be back, bigger and offering more variety than ever. The Knights of Columbus and the Sisters of Life, assisted by several other organizations, are offering English-speaking pilgrims at WYD a huge center where they can attend concerts, learn more about their Catholic faith, pray […]
The Camp Invention program was conducted at St. Bernadette School, Dyker Heights, Aug. 1-5. Created for children entering grades one through six, the exciting Camp Invention is a week-long adventure in creativity that immerses its participants in engaging, hands-on activities in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), as well as history and the arts. Each […]
