by Msgr. Joseph Calise A FEW YEARS ago I was flying back from a funeral in Naples, Florida, to a funeral in New York. Actually, it would be better to say that I was trying to fly back. The airport that night was a series of problems which were compounded by the fact that I […]
Dear Dr. Garner, I am a 45 year old in good condition. I am having a problem and I need your advice. My right foot is acting up. I am a policeman and sometimes I have to stand for long periods of time. After standing a while, my right foot feels like it is […]
Not everyone enjoys a welcome home at Thanksgiving, but on that day there is hardly a soul that does not long to be with family and friends. In the days running up to this most iconic of family meals, no effort is spared to get some turkey onto everyone’s table, including those away from home […]
Every year, I write columns during Advent asking our readers to help us to help those in need at Christmas time. It’s our annual Bright Christmas Appeal that has been going on for more than 40 years. The program is a very simple one. I tell you about the needs of some parishioners in Brooklyn […]
My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, In collaboration with Bishop William Murphy of the Diocese of Rockville Centre, I offer his analysis and my insight into the current global economic crisis which affects us all. Several weeks ago, the G20 group of heads of governments met in Cannes, France, to address some of […]
The Mary Louis Academy, Jamaica Estates, and Holy Cross High School, Flushing, will be combining efforts this year on a variety of projects. The first was a joint collection drive for Veterans’ Day which aided the patients at the U.S. Veterans Hospital in Springfield Gardens. Students in both schools collected personal hygiene items, such as […]
by Ed Wilkinson Seminarians studying theology as they prepare for priesthood in the Diocese of Brooklyn will no longer attend classes at Immaculate Conception Seminary, Huntington, but instead will reside and study at St. Joseph’s Seminary, Dunwoodie, currently the archdiocesan seminary. Seminarians from the Rockville Centre Diocese also will move from Huntington to Dunwoodie. […]
