Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens (CCBQ), Catholic Cemeteries of the Diocese of Brooklyn, and the Vincentian Center for Church and Society at St. John’s University joined together Nov. 12 to sponsor “Journey to Healing: Grief, Compassion and Hope,” a bereavement conference for those who have suffered a loss as well as those who support the […]
Month: November 2011
British Bishops Welcome Ruling on Profiting from Embryo Destruction
by Simon Caldwell LONDON (CNS) – A leading Catholic bioethical institute has welcomed the decision of a European court to ban the patenting of any medical treatment derived from destructive experiments on human embryos. The Oxford-based Anscombe Bioethics Centre praised the decision by the European Court of Justice as a “triumph of ethical standards over […]
Ready for Thanksgiving
by Tira Ann Affatato The annual St. Agnes H.S., College Point, Harvest Dinner brought together the families, friends, teachers, staff, and students that make up the St. Agnes community for a delightful kickoff to the Thanksgiving season. During the dinner, families enjoyed a buffet dinner, prepared by the supreme ladies of the St. Agnes lunch […]
Faith in Diversity
Aldo Moro, the ill-fated Italian statesman during a different politically volatile era in Europe some 40 years ago, was renowned for his diplomacy. Especially admired for his skills in crafting conciliatory language, he was one of the few who could see agreement in opposing parties finding “parallel divergencies,” a favorite euphemism of his. Unfortunately, his […]
Paterno’s Career Ends Amid Shame, Horror
How the mighty have fallen. In a mind-numbing series of events, legendary Penn State, State College, Pa., head football coach Joe Paterno was fired unanimously by the university’s board of trustees in an emergency meeting Wednesday, Nov. 9. The board also relieved university president, Graham Spanier, of his duties. “Joe Paterno is no longer the […]
Grateful for Second Chance at Life
by Father Peter J. Daly A FORTNIGHT AGO, when I had open-heart surgery, I looked down into the abyss of death. By the grace of God and the help of science, I drew back from the edge. But it has changed the way I see things. During the surgery, my aortic valve was replaced with […]
Worldly Beauty Relates To Ultimate Beauty
by Father Robert Lauder Eleventh in a series HANS URS VON Balthasar began his academic career by looking for hidden traces of Christ in literary works. When I learned this from Father Michael Paul Gallagher’s Faith Maps: Ten Religious Explorers from Newman to Joseph Ratzinger (New York: Paulist Press, 2010, 158 pages, $16.95), I felt […]
Get Help to Heal From Depression
Dear Dr. Garner, I really need your help. For the past few weeks, I have been feeling sad all the time. Nothing makes me happy. I have a wonderful husband and beautiful children, yet I feel as though something is not right. I don’t want to go anywhere and prefer to stay in bed in […]
Acknowledging Kingship Demands Loyalty
by Msgr. Joseph Calise It has often been said that sheep are stupid animals. In some ways, I suppose, that is correct. After all, there is little they know how to do except listen for the shepherd’s voice and stay close to one another, even if playing follow-the-leader will lead them to the shearers. Yet, […]
Bigotry or Art — Decide for Yourself!
So, the Brooklyn Museum has done it again. It was back in 1999 that the once revered institution in Crown Heights hosted “Sensation,” an exhibit that featured elephant dung and pictures of female genitalia on a “portrait” of the Blessed Mother. This time, it plans to show “Hide/Seek,” which the museum bills as “the first […]