One simple word dominated the 2011 NFL season: Tebow. Denver Broncos starting quarterback Tim Tebow’s every move was scrutinized since he took his first snap of the season. The 24-year-old made headlines across the nation for his unorthodox style of play and his affinity for leading his team to late fourth-quarter comeback victories. But Tebow […]
by Father Caleb Buchanan, SOME OF THE MOST beautiful sermons, homilies and reflections on the Scriptures were written by the Fathers of the Church. Their sermons would make mincemeat out of a lot of the mega-church, “feel-good,” “prosperity Gospel preaching” that floods T.V. on Sundays and brings billions of dollars into expanding Christian multimedia empires. […]
by Father Robert Lauder, AT THIS TIME of year when we celebrate the holiday in honor of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. we have a special opportunity to reflect on the nature of prejudice and perhaps to examine our consciences to see if we are guilty of this sin. Almost 50 years ago I […]
Dear Dr. Garner, I am very scared. My mother died of Alzheimer’s disease. I am fine but I heard on television that people in their 40s are suffering memory loss and other brain problems. I do find myself being forgetful. I can’t find the car keys and have trouble remembering certain names. I am 45 […]
Next week marks the 39th anniversary of the most remarkable adventure of judicial hubris in the history of our constitutional Republic since the infamous Dred Scott vs. Sanford (1857) decision. Through Roe vs. Wade (1973), purportedly to settle public policy by standardizing state regulation of abortion, our highest Court essentially concocted a fictive legislative chimera […]
For the past two months, Father Frank Mann has been moving around the diocese, speaking about The Tablet, trying to bolster our circulation and help pastors save money. He has been to six different parishes in Brooklyn and Queens to urge people to sign up for individual subscriptions to The Tablet rather than have their […]
My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, Each year, the anniversary of the passage of the Roe vs. Wade decision by the Supreme Court on Jan. 22, 1973 is truly a day that will go down in infamy and should never be forgotten. This ill-advised decision by the Supreme Court interpreted the Constitution to […]
by Veronica Szczygiel The highlight of my Wednesday afternoons is teaching CCD to six second-grade students at St. Stanislaus Kostka Church in Greenpoint. These six children – two girls, four boys – are incredibly energetic, curious, witty, and brilliantly insightful. I decided to ask them how they think Jesus acted as a baby. One boy […]
A woman prays during a church service to mark the second anniversary of the 2010 earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 12. The quake claimed the lives of an estimated 316,000 people, destroyed hundreds of schools, crippled infrastructure and left 1.5 million people homeless.
Everyone was a king for a day in Williamsburg last Sunday, Jan. 8 when the annual Parade of the Three Kings took place. Young and old alike portrayed the Wise Men who followed a star to visit the Baby Jesus in Bethlehem 2,000 years ago. One of the largest marching groups was the contingent from […]
