by Kristen Trahan About a year ago, I went to St. Joseph Church, Astoria, for the first time, not really having found a church close by that I felt welcomed in. Within the first two weeks of my attendance, there was an announcement at the end of Mass about meeting in the gathering space for […]
Ronald Honka Jr., a freshman from Xaverian H.S., Bay Ridge, attended the 57th Presidential Inauguration and was selected for a photograph with former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Honka was offered the opportunity because of his long-time membership in the Congressional Youth Leadership Council (CYLC), which offers educational youth leadership conferences and programs to […]
by Father William J. Byron, S.J. Military suicides were at a record high in 2012. They surged to an alarming number of 349, far exceeding the number of combat deaths in Afghanistan. Troubling as that sad statistic is, the military suicide rate is still below that of the civilian population. It is saddening, of course, […]
by Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk On TV these days, we’re seeing more and more programs about “body art” and tattoo design. Despite the apparent widespread acceptance of the practice, there are several problems with tattooing that go beyond the sanitary issues, disease transmission and unclean inking needles that can be found in second-rate tattoo parlors. Tattoos, […]
With awards season in full swing, it’s time for the Media Review Office of Catholic News Service to select its top 10 movies for 2012. Some of these choices have been or will be saluted by secular critics and prize-givers, principally for their aesthetic qualities. Others are celebrated here primarily for their spiritual and moral […]
Save the date! NET-TV’s own David Bisono, host of Too Blessed to Be Stressed, and founder of the Catholic youth movement, Jovenes de Valor, will be giving a Lenten reflection at Sacred Hearts and St. Stephen Church, Carroll Gardens, Feb. 21 at 7 p.m. His talk is the first installment of the parish’s 2013 Lenten […]
Four hundred parishioners and friends met in the school cafeteria at St. Andrew Avellino, Flushing, for the 15th annual Multicultural Sunday. The late January celebration included dancers in a dozen acts from Flamenco to Hip Hop and 20 food stations featuring ethnic offerings prepared by parishioners. It followed a special Mass with a procession of […]
Sister Julie Marie Romaine, C.S.J., a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 65 years, died Jan. 29. She entered the congregation in 1948 from St. Lawrence parish, Sayville, L.I., and earned a bachelor of business administration degree from the St. John’s University School of Commerce. She served in St. Francis of […]
James Francis O’Donnell, 85, of Flushing, writer, politician, and financial consultant, died Feb. 3 at Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich, Conn., surrounded by family and friends. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Feb. 9 at Mary’s Nativity Church, Flushing. Born at St. Mary’s Hospital, Brooklyn, he attended All Hallows H.S., the Bronx, and Fordham University, where […]
Italian Cardinal Giovanni Cheli, a longtime Vatican diplomat and retired head of the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Travelers, died in Rome Feb. 8 at the age of 94. He had celebrated the 70th anniversary of his priestly ordination in July, presiding over a Mass in Asti, the northern Italian diocese for which he was […]
