“The celebration of Lent, in the context of the Year of Faith, offers us a valuable opportunity to meditate on the relationship between faith and charity: between believing in God – the God of Jesus Christ – and love, which is the fruit of the Holy Spirit and which guides us on the path of […]
by Marie Elena Giossi Last week was not the typical week at St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Academy in Park Slope. Students attended school in pajamas instead of uniforms, donned wacky-looking hats and silly socks and even set aside a day to appreciate – yes, appreciate – their principal and teachers. Though unusual for every […]
by Marie Elena Giossi As part of the diocese’s Catholic Schools Week festivities, more than 150 Catholic school children of Italian-American descent were recognized with scholarships at an afternoon prayer service at St. James Cathedral-Basilica, Downtown Brooklyn, Jan. 30. Catholic Schools Week was a fitting time to award these scholarships, made possible by a […]
by Patricia Zapor WASHINGTON (CNS) – Catholic institutions were still analyzing the effect of a new set of proposed rules on insurance coverage of contraceptives issued by the Department of Health and Human Services. The 80-page document released Feb. 1 by HHS attempts to address objections that the previous rules would force religious employers to […]
LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Cardinal Roger M. Mahony will “no longer have any administrative or public duties” as retired archbishop of Los Angeles because of past failures to protect children from clergy sex abuse, Archbishop Jose H. Gomez announced Jan. 31. The archbishop’s statement came the same day the archdiocese released 12,000 pages of personnel […]
WASHINGTON (CNS) – After “Bless me, Father, for I have sinned” – even if they get that far – there are millions of Catholics who don’t exactly know what to say next. This is especially true for Catholics who have not gone to confession in years, or even decades. Despite parishes and dioceses inviting inactive […]
At Midwood Catholic Academy, Flatlands, Catholic Schools Week consisted of a week of special activities including its own version of the TV show, Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?, in which teachers and students were the contestants; eighth graders sat in a No. 13 representing their graduation year; Rainbow Day, when all classes wore colors to create […]
One morning during Catholic Schools Week at St. Rose of Lima School in Rockaway Beach, prayers centered around four important saints associated with Catholic Education. From left are portrayals of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton (Brianna Flores), St. Angela Merici (Isabella Nowik), St. Thomas Aquinas (Jacob Gonzalez) and St. John Bosco (Arthur Finnegan).
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The conductor Zubin Mehta performed with an Italian orchestra at the Vatican Feb. 4 in a concert honoring Pope Benedict XVI and Italian President Giorgio Napolitano. The concert, which marked the 84th anniversary of the Lateran Pacts recognizing the sovereignty of Vatican City State, was organized by the Italian embassy to […]
Our Lady of Lourdes School, Queens Village, opened Catholic Schools Week with a prayer service celebrated by Auxiliary Bishop Paul Sanchez and Msgr. Robert Pawson, pastor. Sister Josephine Barbiere, C.S.J., displayed a plaque commemorating the bishop’s visit. At the service, students dressed in the garb of their native lands, including the Philippines, India, Haiti and […]
