St. Edmund Prep., H.S., Homecrest, recently put on a first-rate production of Joseph Kesselring’s Play, “Arsenic and Old Lace.” The hilarious comedy tells the story of two sweet old ladies in Brooklyn who poison lonely old men in what they believe to be an act of charity. The women are part of an eccentric family […]
Sister Mary Joseph McCarthy, O.S.U., a member of the Congregation of the Ursuline Sisters of Tildonk since 1928 died Dec. 20, at the Maria Regina Residence, Brentwood, L.I. She was 97. Born in Fethard, Co. Tipperary, Ireland, she professed her final vows in 1935. She ministered for many years in Catholic education. She began her […]
DURING A 2011 roundtable discussion on Fox News, guest commentator Jay Thomas argued that young people should not be too concerned when it comes to pre-marital sex, because nobody would choose to “buy a car without driving it first. You don’t get married, and you don’t learn about sex, by not having it.” Any reasonable […]
by Father Caleb Buchanan “JESUS CHRIST IS the radiant dawn of a new creation, new people, a new freedom.” We have just concluded the Christmas season regaling the Lord Jesus Christ and celebrating His birth with unspeakable joy. We completed this season of festive hope with the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord. The […]
Father Robert Lauder OCCASIONALLY a friend will ask me if I experience a great deal of pressure trying to write a weekly column. I confess that when I started writing columns 40 years ago, I did feel a considerable amount of pressure. When I accepted my first editor’s invitation to write a weekly column, I […]
Dear Dr. Garner, I have a dilemma. I have a six-year-old boy, who seems to come down with ear infections at least three times a year. My best friend also has a six year old, who also gets his fair share of ear infections. I hope you won’t feel uncomfortable answering this question, but here […]
Not that New York City needs a shout to be identified on the map, but we in Brooklyn are proud of our two new local Cardinal-designates, Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan and Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien. We congratulate them on the occasion of their being so named by Pope Benedict XVI on Jan. 6 and look […]
A funny thing happened when we called some parishes to inquire as to whether they would be sponsoring buses to this year’s March for Life Jan. 23 in Washington, D.C. We were told in some instances that the particular parish would not be sending a bus because of the poor response last year. In fact, […]
My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, The week of Jan. 8-14 has been designated by the U.S. Bishops as National Migration Week. The theme is “Welcoming Christ in the Migrant.” It takes a Scriptural base in remembering the encounter with the Disciples on the road to Emmaus in that post-resurrection account. As said […]
by Brendan Cahalan I would like to take this opportunity to introduce you to what is the oldest, continuously operating Catholic charity event of its kind in the United States. It is also one that may be new to many of you. It’s the Emerald Ball of the Emerald Association of Long Island which will […]
