BALTIMORE (CNS) – At the start of their annual three-day fall assembly in Baltimore, the U.S. bishops were urged to restore the luster, credibility and beauty of the Catholic Church in the hearts of its members. Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of New York called on his fellow bishops Nov. 14 to communicate to the world […]
An inscribed trowel, handwritten ledgers and golden monstrances, all circa 1900, were among the local treasures on display in Park Slope last weekend. St. Francis Xavier parish opened the doors of its 125-year-old Victorian-style rectory to exhibit historical photographs, artifacts, documents and memorabilia as part of its quasquicentennial celebration. The five-room display began in the […]
by Antonina Zielinska In honor of Veteran’s Day, St. Francis Preparatory High School, Fresh Meadows, welcomed the women of the Naval Academy Glee Club, who performed during the main event of school’s week-long commemoration. The event commenced with a prayer, the pledge of allegiance, and the Star Spangled Banner performed by the Naval students. Among […]
On Nov. 5, parishioners of Annunciation Church in Williamsburg, were treated to a performance by the internationally acclaimed Boys’ Choir of Lithuania, “Dagilelis.” The choir’s concert at Annunciation was part of its U.S. tour that included performances at the United States Capitol and the United Nations. The Boys’ Choir of Lithuania has received prestigious awards and honors worldwide, performed at […]
Father Marek Sobczak, C.M., pastor of St. Stanislaus Kostka Church in Greenpoint section, received the Polish-American Congress Clergy Award at the organization’s Annual Awards Banquet Oct. 30 at the Polonaise Terrace. Father Sobczak is shown (center) at the special memorial service his parish holds every year at the Father Jerzy Popieluszko Monument in Greenpoint’s McCarren […]
On Saturday, Nov. 12, the feast of St. Josaphat Kuntsevych, students from the Department of Music at L.I.U.’s C.W. Post campus performed a program of vocal and guitar compositions at St. Josaphat’s Church in Bayside. The C.W. Post Madrigal Singers directed by Jeffrey Johnson, dressed in epoch costumes performed medieval, Renaissance and Baroque compositions. The […]
Msgr. Jamie Gigantiello, left, Vicar for Development, presents a check to Father Robert Adamo, pastor of Immaculate Heart of Mary parish, Windsor Terrace, and parishioner Jean Czark. The check, totaling more than $9,000, represents how much the parish went over goal in receipts for the 2011 Annual Catholic Appeal. If all pledges are completed, it […]
by John Thavis VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Benedict XVI asked for prayers for his trip to Benin and for those suffering from violence on the African continent. The pope, addressing pilgrims at his noon blessing Nov. 13, said he was traveling to Benin “in order to strengthen the faith and hope of Christians in […]
When Bob DiNardo, principal of Corpus Christi School, Woodside, decided to introduce high school Spanish to his eighth-grade students, he only had to look a few blocks away to Msgr. McClancy M.H.S. to find a class. “We now have 14 outstanding eighth graders taking ninth grade Spanish at Msgr. McClancy,” DiNardo said. “My students really […]
DUBLIN (CNS) – Ireland will close its Embassy to the Holy See in what has been described by officials as a cost-saving measure. Foreign Minister Eamon Gilmore said the move is not a result of a recent dispute between Ireland and the Vatican, which led Italian Archbishop Giuseppe Leanza, papal nuncio to Ireland, to be […]
