by Msgr. Joseph Calise If you were to ask most people in my age group who they considered to be the greatest mystery writer of all time, no doubt most of us would answer, “Alfred Hitchcock.” We would be able to support our answer with such movies as Psycho, North by Northwest, The Birds, or […]
Dear Dr. Garner, My mother is 65, and I noticed she is becoming forgetful lately. No matter how many times we give her an answer to a question, she keeps asking the same question over and over again. She also seems to forget appointments that we’ve made with her. Just yesterday, we were supposed to […]
Each Advent, exhortations come from Christian pulpits to “slow down.” Just when every other force and fury around us is screaming, “hurry up!” the Church is out there being its counter-cultural self, ever the “sign of contradiction” in the world. And with good reason. Our message is one of liberation, freedom from what ties us […]
Donations to The Tablet’s Bright Christmas Fund have begun to arrive. Outstanding among the envelopes that were opened was one that contained two checks. One was from Hugo and Sofia Sbordone, who recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. They sent me $3,500 which represented the gifts that were given to them for anniversary presents. With […]
My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, As we begin Advent and start to celebrate in earnest the Year of Faith, we recognize two of the special intentions that are of particular importance during this year: prayers for the New Evangelization and prayers for vocations, especially for those to the priesthood and religious life. […]
by Father Frank Mann Recently, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio assigned me to residence at St. Sebastian’s, Woodside. From the day of my arrival, Msgr. Michael Hardiman, pastor, has been hospitable. The pastor has unpretentiously gone out of his way to make my stay both warm and inviting, albeit quite exciting as well. Likewise, all the priests […]
While most of us have so many reasons to be thankful this year, some in our diocese continue to feel the effects of the poor economy, and now others have been ravaged by a killer storm named Sandy. This year’s Bright Christmas Campaign, which is conducted every year by The Tablet, will pay special attention […]
by Antonina Zielinska Nearly three weeks after superstorm Sandy devastated the Rockaways, St. Rose of Lima became the first Catholic school on the peninsula to welcome students back for a full day of classes. “It’s our strong faith that will pull us through this,” said Theresa Andersen, principal of the Rockaway Beach school. “I felt […]
by Ed Wilkinson A high-ranking Vatican official from China says he doesn’t expect much to change in church-state relations with the new Chinese government. Archbishop Savio Hon Tai-Fai, S.D.B., said that “I don’t think there will be a big change in the immediate future for the religious policy in China. It’s not one of the […]
Hundreds of Cursillistas exchanged greetings of “De Colores” as they gathered Nov. 10 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Cursillo de Cristiandad movement in the Brooklyn Diocese with Mass and a reception at St. Teresa Church, Woodside.
