One hundred years after a little wooden church was dedicated to the great Church Doctor, St. Athanasius, in what is now Bensonhurst, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio joined the still thriving parish community in celebration and thanksgiving, Oct. 27.
Month: October 2013
Kennedy Eulogist Dealt with Own Grief
by Mark Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) – Auxiliary Bishop Philip Hannan of Washington, D.C., was a close friend and confidant of President John F. Kennedy, but he had kept that friendship secret. Then he was called upon to deliver the eulogy at the funeral Mass for the country’s first Catholic president, killed by an assassin in […]
Pope: Hope Is Not Just Optimism
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Christian hope is not mere optimism or a “positive attitude” toward the world but a vital link to eternal salvation, Pope Francis said. The pope spoke Oct. 29 during a morning Mass he celebrated in the Vatican guesthouse, where he lives. Taking as his text the day’s reading from Paul’s Letter […]
Murder Victims – Remembrance Service Helps Ease the Pain of Those Affected by Loss
by Antonina Zielinska ough Doreen Lesane had to do some major reconstruction to her busy schedule in order to come down from the Bronx to Brooklyn last Sunday afternoon, she said she simply had to attend the remembrance service for murder victims held at the Convent of Mercy in Fort Greene. “I came here to […]
Chinese Procession Honors Our Lady of Rosary
About 400 people participated in the Brooklyn Chinese Apostolate’s fourth annual procession Oct. 20 in honor of Our Lady of the Rosary and to celebrate World Mission Sunday.
Visit to House of Discernment
Members of the Parish Vocation Committee from Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, Ridgewood, along with its pastor, Father Anthony Sansone, seated at right, brought members of their youth group to the House of Discernment in Cypress Hills for an evening of prayer and discussion. The group had dinner with Father Kevin Abels, diocesan vocation director, […]
Church Agencies to Host Bereavement Conference
To observe November as the month dedicated to remembering the deceased, the Diocese of Brooklyn is offering a conference to foster communal grieving. On Saturday, Nov. 9, the Vincentian Center for Church and Society at St. John’s University in collaboration with the Bereavement Ministry Office of Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens (CCBQ) and the Catholic […]
EWTN Files Another Suit Vs. ObamaCare
by Carol Glatz MOBILE, Ala. (CNS) – The Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN), joined by the state of Alabama, has filed another lawsuit challenging the federal mandate requiring most employers to provide coverage of contraceptives, sterilizations and some abortion-inducing drugs free of charge. The suit was filed Oct. 28 in the U.S. District Court for […]
Special Graces When Close Friends Die
by Carol Powell The obituaries of Father James DiGiacomo and Regina Barry appeared in the same issue of The Tablet (Sept. 28). Both of them were personal friends of my family and me for many years. My husband, David, first met Father DiGiacomo when he was a high school Latin student in Brooklyn Prep. Father […]
Youth Views: Reflect upon the following: “God wrote on the Tablets of the Law what men did not read in their hearts.” — St. Augustine
Shannon Connors, freshman Msgr. McClancy M.H.S. Sometimes we don’t see what is right, so the Ten Commandments are there for people who can’t decide on what is good and what is bad. No one can completely know what we need to do, but between the Ten Commandments and our own moral compass, we can […]