VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The current staff of the papal apartments, including Archbishop Georg Ganswein, will accompany Pope Benedict XVI to Castel Gandolfo when he leaves office. Correcting information he had given reporters earlier, Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman, said Archbishop Ganswein told him that he would be living with the pope and with […]
Month: February 2013
Lady Bears Capture HVWAC League Title
The St. Joseph’s College’s Brooklyn Campus, Clinton Hill, women’s basketball team captured its fifth Hudson Valley Women’s Athletic Conference (HVWAC) championship with a 57-43 victory Feb. 17 over top-seeded Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Albany, N.Y. Junior Kelly McNamee scored a team-high 15 points – 13 of which came in the second half […]
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Kearney Speech Team Finishes Strong
The speech team from Bishop Kearney H.S., Bensonhurst, rolled to a second place finish at the Urban Assembly School Competition. Melissa Licciardello and Margaret Iuni took first place in Duo Interpretation and with their victory now qualify for the State Competition. Jennifer Kuhn and Lorena Lipe placed second place in the Public Forum category. Alanna […]
Student Witnesses to Peace Talks
To learn about international peace efforts, students from Fontbonne Hall Academy, Bay Ridge, went straight to the source. The leaders-in-training traveled to the United Nations headquarters in Manhattan with their campus minister, Jennifer Uzzi-Silverio. They attended the Feb. 14 conference titled “United for a Culture of Peace through Interfaith Harmony.” The conference was a […]
Calvary Hospital: Where Life Continues
Since its founding in 1899, the primary goal at Calvary Hospital is meeting the physical, psychological and spiritual needs of patients and their families. As the nation’s only fully accredited acute-care specialty hospital devoted to providing palliative care to adult advanced cancer patients, Calvary is unmatched in its organization of care and depth of expertise. […]
Chronic Illness: A New And Meaningful Life
by Deacon Richard Cheu Living Well with Chronic Illness: A Practical and Spiritual Guide (Dog Ear Publishing, 2012, pp. 240) is written to help chronically ill patients take charge of their health care with the assistance of healthcare providers, caretakers and family members. In this book, readers learn how to: respond to chronic illness in […]
We Are Not Alone in the Pilgrimage of Salvation
by Father Anthony F. Raso “It wasn’t so much what he said. It’s how he said it.” This is a phrase we use like a double-edged sword: Sometimes, a person can say the right words, but you can tell that, for all intents and purposes, he’s phoning it in. On the other hand, we have […]
Church without Christ Is Poor Substitute for the Real Thing
by Father Robert Lauder I started reading the magazine Commonweal when I was a freshman in college, and I have been reading it ever since. The bimonthly journal, edited by Catholic laymen, rarely disappoints me. It is not an exaggeration to say that it has had a strong influence on my understanding of philosophy, theology, […]
Concerned about Dense Breast Notice
Dear Dr. Garner, I just got my mammogram report and am very upset to read that I have dense breasts. I never had a problem before and now have received this letter. I have scheduled an appointment to meet with my family doctor. What does this really mean to me? How come I didn’t hear […]