Queens Cluster Parishes Honor Padre Pio A statue of St. Padre Pio was carried through the streets of Glendale as about 500 people from the Glendale-Middle Village cluster of parishes honored St. Padre Pio on his feast day, Sept. 23. Msgr. Steven Aguggia, pastor of St. Margaret parish, Middle Village, was the main celebrant […]
Bishop Kearney H.S., Bensonhurst, senior Billie Wei has been named a semi-finalist in the 2013 National Merit Scholar Program. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hong Wei, she resides in Bensonhurst and previously attended Christa McAuliffe Intermediate School, Bensonhurst. Last fall, Wei displayed her exceptional academic ability and potential for success in rigorous college studies […]
St. Agnes Academic H.S., College Point, opened the doors of its new dance studio to young ladies this summer. Students from neighboring grammar schools joined St. Agnes dance instructor Nicole McHugh for lessons in hip hop, jazz and ballet. Twenty girls, ages seven to nine, participated in cheer camp that also took place in the […]
Students from St. Francis Prep, Fresh Meadows, spent three weeks in Germany this past August. Through the Prep’s German Exchange program, these students partnered with the Albert Einstein Shule in Maintal, Germany. Prep students took classes there and lived with the families of their partner students. They also hiked along the Rhine River and traveled […]
While so many people are criticizing the bias of the press in their coverage of this year’s presidential campaign, we got an example of dumb journalism this week from The New York Post. Over a full-page photo of Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad flashing a peace sign, The Post ran a headline that amounted to a […]
Oct. 11 is a day worth noting on your calendar. Not only is it the first day of the “Year of Faith” announced exactly one year prior to that date by Pope Benedict XVI; it also marks the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council (Vatican II) and the 20th anniversary of […]
My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, The “door of faith” (Acts 14:27) is always open for us, ushering us into the life of communion with God and offering entry into His Church. So writes Pope Benedict XVI, in his Apostolic Letter, Porta Fidei, announcing the Year of Faith, which will open on the […]
by Virginia Jama Why visit Kenya now? One reason was that my husband was working there for an indefinite period. I had lived in nearby Somalia and worked with the Peace Corps there in the 1960s and 1970s and often visited Kenya on the way in and out and on our annual leave. Now, as […]
Italian Cardinal Fortunato Baldelli, retired head of a Vatican court and a former Vatican diplomat, died Sept. 20 in Rome at the age of 77. A funeral was celebrated Sept. 22 in St. Peter’s Basilica. Cardinal Angelo Sodano, dean of the College of Cardinals, presided over the Mass. Cardinal Baldelli had spent 43 years serving […]
by Father Thomas Catania “Get off my property!” I can remember to this day the little boy next door to me, only a few years younger than I was, demanding that I step back the few inches that he saw distinguishing his “territory” from mine. We’d had an argument, and he was not about to […]
