by Alessia Giarracca I joined 38 of my peers from Bishop Kearney H.S., Bensonhurst, to travel to Washington D.C. for our school’s Wounded Warriors Project. We were led by teachers Patricia Hynes-Farragher and Claire Razza. Little did we know the impact this trip would have on each one of us. At Fort Belvoir, we had […]
If you look up the word “resilience” in the dictionary, you’ll likely find a definition similar to the following: an ability to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change. However, you may find a picture of the Christ the King R.H.S., Middle Village, girls’ varsity soccer team next to the word based of […]
by Father Robert Lauder Thirteenth in a series ONE OF THE humorous experiences that I have had may be one that many teachers have. A former student approaches me and says what a great teacher I am and how much he learned from my lectures. As I am about to swell with pride, the student […]
by Father Anthony F. Raso IN THE FIFTH GRADE in Our Lady of Angels School, my best friend was Frankie. In many ways, Frankie and I formed a kind of “opposites attract” friendship: I was the second-smartest boy in the class (Yeah, “second-smartest” … I don’t think I’ve ever recovered from that. Anyway…) and Frankie, […]
Dear Dr. Garner, I am at my wits’ end. Ever since my husband passed away last July, I feel as though my body is being attacked. All my muscles and joints ache. I cannot sleep at night, and I have no desire to see relatives or even my grandchild. I have been to several doctors […]
“We run the risk of concealing Christmas behind bourgeois customs and sentimentality, behind all those traditions that make this holiday dear and precious to us,” wrote Father Alfred Delp, S.J., from his cell in a Nazi concentration camp. “Yet perhaps the deep meaning is still hiding behind all those things. What this celebration is about […]
In last week’s column, I announced a new system for distributing Bright Christmas grants. Some pastors have told me that they don’t really need help at Christmas because of the extraordinary assistance from other sources. So, they suggested that I send the money where it is better needed. This year, we are asking parishes and […]
My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, On Thursday, Nov. 10, before hundreds gathered at Immaculate Conception Seminary in Huntington, Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York, Bishop William Murphy of Rockville Centre, and I signed into agreement the creation of a single program of priestly formation at St. Joseph’s Seminary (Dunwoodie) in Yonkers. We […]
Nineteen autumns ago, I walked through the doors of Bishop Kearney H.S. for the first time and I knew I was home. A few weekends ago, I returned to my alma mater, a place of spiritual, emotional and intellectual nourishment for me, to celebrate its 50th anniversary of providing an exceptional education to women who shape our world.
