CHARLOTTE, N.C. (CNS) – Buttons were available at the Democrats for Life of America forum during the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte. “Do We Count?” the button asks. The forum was an effort by pro-life Democrats to examine the question: “Can you be pro-life in a pro-choice party?” The answer to both questions was […]
Month: September 2012
Former Rep. Stupak Says HHS Mandate Is Unconstitutional
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (CNS) – The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) mandate that would force many religious institutions to provide free contraceptives against their consciences is illegal, former U.S. Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) said Sept. 4 during a meeting of pro-life Democrats. During debate over the legislation that would become the 2010 Patient Protection […]
Female Athletes Join Ranks at McClancy
With Msgr. McClancy M.H.S., East Elmhurst, going co-ed this fall, six new female teams have been added to the school’s sports program, which was previously comprised of nine boys’ teams. Young women will have the chance to participate in soccer, volleyball, basketball, track and field, cheerleading and softball. As part of the process of becoming […]
Tablet TALK
First Vows Professed in Queens Village Four young women took their first vows as Little Sisters of the Poor at the Sisters’ novitiate in Queens Village, July 21. Auxiliary Bishop Raymond Chappetto, above, center, celebrated the Mass of Religious Profession, which welcomed, from left, Sister Andrea Rose Sims, Sister Selina Camille Luamanuvae, Sister Mary Florian and […]
Presence Informs the Practice
by Father Thomas Catania To this day, I can hear him roaring, “Oh, GAD, NO!!” He, my first-year English teacher, left no doubt in your mind when you had blundered into some unimaginable (to him) gaffe. Subtle he was not, but pointed he was. A no was a no, and — rarely — a yes […]
Should We Ever Refuse Dialysis?
by Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk Patients and families sometimes struggle with the question of whether dialysis is “worth it.” A young woman wrote recently on a website addressing dialysis patients’ concerns, “My father has been on dialysis for three years, and he’s 62 years old. A few days ago he said he wanted to stop going […]
Finding Meaning in a Broken World
by Father Robert Lauder Of the many things that I like about the personalist-existentialist philosophy of Gabriel Marcel — and there are many — is his insight that some actions can move us into the mystery of being. Marcel stresses that acts of faith, hope and love can move us beyond the ordinary workaday world […]
Don’t Let the Bed Bugs Bite
Dear Dr. Garner, Last week, my friend, who lives in Manhattan, called me to ask if she could sleep over. I said sure, but when I asked her why, she just said she would tell me later. The next morning, she told me that her apartment had bed bugs. I sent everything out to the […]
Obituaries
Sister Ann Patricia Kelly, C.S.J., a member of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 62 years, died Aug. 9 in Maria Regina Residence, Brentwood. She entered the Congregation in 1950 from Our Lady of Mount Carmel parish, Astoria. She obtained a bachelor’s degree in social studies from St. John’s University, […]
Subsidiarity and Solidarity
Today, as we debate the role of government with a presidential election approaching, it is important to understand what light our own social teaching casts on the role and limitations of state authority. We condone neither anarchy nor tyranny. The government has its legitimate functions. Solidarity and subsidiarity are the foundational pillars ensuring an appropriate […]