As part of the month-long celebration of Ramadan, the Turkish Cultural Center (TCC) of Queens hosted its annual interfaith Ramadan Iftar Dinner July 24 at the Woodhaven Manor. Its purpose was to break bread after a long day of fasting. During Ramadan, which lasted this year from July 8 through Aug. 7, Muslims refrain from […]
Brooklyn Cyclones’ manager Rich Donnelly is known for being a passionate man. He’s coached professional baseball at various levels for nearly 40 years, including winning the 1997 World Series as a coach with the Florida Marlins, and he’s a devout Catholic who attends Mass at the Shrine Church of Our Lady of Solace, Coney Island, […]
What has been your experience of in WYD Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, thus far? Marie Tronsor, 22 St. Gerard Majella, Hollis Everyone here watches out for each other, even if we are not part of the same group. Christopher Luna, 22 Our Lady of Sorrows, Corona Coming to WYD, I didn’t […]
Sister Catherine Marie Tuohy, C.S.J., a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 69 years, died July 9. She entered the congregation in 1944 from Our Lady of Perpetual Help parish, Sunset Park. She earned a bachelor’s degree in biology/math/ physics from St. Joseph’s College, Clinton Hill, and a master’s degree in […]
Brother Peter Clifford, F.S.C., a former member of the faculty at Bishop Loughlin M.H.S., Fort Greene, died Tuesday, July 23 at De La Salle Hall in Lincroft, N.J. He was 88. Born in the Bronx, he entered the Christian Brothers in Barrytown, N.Y., in 1943. He made his first vows in 1944 and his final […]
Msgr. Gerald J. Langelier, 78, pastor emeritus of Our Lady of Mercy parish, Forest Hills, died Friday, July 19. He was found dead in the swimming pool of his private residence in Southhold, L.I. A Mass of Christian Burial at the church was scheduled for July 19. Born in Long Island City, Msgr. Langelier attended […]
Msgr. Celsus O. Collini, former episcopal vicar, diocesan missionary and parish pastor, died July 19 at a private family residence. A Mass of Christian burial was celebrated Monday, July 22, at Queen of Peace Church, Kew Gardens, where he had been pastor. A native of Trent, Italy, he attended Cathedral College, Brooklyn, and Immaculate Conception […]
My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, Now that we are midway through our summertime, a time for leisure and vacation, perhaps reflection on the meaning of leisure time may help us to truly use this down time that most of us have during the summer months. In the past, summers were a time […]
by Nathan Schneider Though I wouldn’t have said so at the time, I began writing my book 11 years ago this summer, the day I first set foot in a monastery. I was 17 years old and neither a Catholic nor a Christian at all, but I was curious. I was also in need; at […]
by Father John P. Cush I REALLY CONSIDER myself blessed to have been assigned to Rome for post-graduate doctoral work this past semester. Instead of just reading about Church history, I had the opportunity to live it out in the events of February and March, 2013. The resignation of our beloved Benedict XVI and his final days […]
