Laura D’Antonio, 88, the mother of Father Ron D’Antonio of St. Athanasius parish, Bensonhurst, died July 3 at SS. Joachim and Anne Nursing Home, Coney island. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated July 8 at St. Athanasius Church. Other survivors include her son, William of Eden Prairie, Minn. She was predeceased by her husband, […]
Month: July 2013
Literature, Faith and Death
by Father Robert Lauder Second in a series IN THE MAY 3 issue of Commonweal, Alice McDermott had a very provocative essay entitled “Redeemed from Death? The Faith of a Catholic Novelist.” Though well acquainted with how some Catholics think — about women priests, contraception, homosexuality, the death penalty, just and unjust wars, gun rights and […]
Faith Leads to Truth
My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, In this week’s Tablet, you will find the first encyclical by Pope Francis entitled, Lumen Fidei (The Light of Faith). This encyclical was begun by Pope Benedict XVI to complete the trilogy, which began as the Encyclical of Love, Hope, and now Faith – the three theological […]
Francis’ First Encyclical Is A Work of Faith
by Francis X. Rocca VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Francis’ first encyclical, “Lumen Fidei” (“The Light of Faith”), is a celebration of Christian faith as the guiding light of a “successful and fruitful life,” inspiring social action as well as devotion to God, and illuminating “every aspect of human existence,” including philosophy and the natural […]
An Open Letter To Pope Francis
by Father James H. Sweeney This April, I celebrated my 32nd year as a priest. I’ve spent the vast majority of that time in inner-city or poor neighborhoods – South Brooklyn, pre-hipster Williamsburg and Brownsville-East New York. The description “poor” has to do with the economic reality of those neighborhoods. It is not a reflection […]
Encyclical Was the Work of Four Hands
by Father John P. Cush On July 5, the first encyclical of His Holiness, Pope Francis, was released to the world. Entitled Lumen Fidei (in English, The Light of Faith), this document brings to completion the trilogy of encyclicals on the theological virtues begun with Deus Caritas Est in 2005 (on love) and Spes Salvi […]
Evangelizing Prospect Heights
The newly named Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph, Prospect Heights, held a parish evangelization mission, June 11-23. Thirty nuns, seminarians, deacons and priests of the Institute of the Incarnate Word (IVE) spent two weeks knocking on doors, inviting people back to Church. It was the first mission directed by Father Brian Dinkel, IVE, who was ordained […]
Kindness and Courtesy Are Rewarded
by Father John P. Cush HERE’S A LITTLE riddle for you: How many people can fit on a bus in the city of Rome, Italy? The answer: always one more! As someone who has lived in Rome for a few years, in my first incarnation as a seminarian and as a newly ordained priest, and […]
Profiling Prejudice
Even the torrid weather itself seems to be reflecting the conflagration of passions ignited by the Zimmerman trial verdict last week. While the decision of the jury may have reasonably followed that evidence presented – as most legal analysts seem to concur – an unsettling sense of justice denied lingers. Nothing offends a human being […]
Pope Wants Priests, Nuns To Have Happy Faces
by Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Be joyous, authentic and loving while resisting fly-by-night commitments, catty gossip and sleek cars, Pope Francis told future priests, brothers and nuns. Vocations don’t come from catchy campaigns or pursuing personal goals; the consecrated life is the result of prayer and answering an “unsettling” yet loving invitation from […]