By Emma Schoppmeyer Bishop Kearney H.S., Bensonhurst, had the honor of welcoming two Marine working dogs and their handlers during a special Mass in their honor. The two dogs, Sgt. Lucca and Jony, and handlers Gunnery Sgt. Christopher Willingham, Cpl. Juan Rodriguez and Sgt. Brian Riddle, came to meet us at St. Athanasius Church, Bensonhurst. […]
Sabrina Lall, senior St. Francis Prep I am grateful for my time volunteering at a local elementary school. I met many children that gave me insight on how greatly my presence affected them and how happy I made them. Logan Blascovich, junior St. John’s Prep An experience that I will never be […]
By Francis X. Rocca VATICAN CITY (CNS) – In his first extensive piece of writing as pope, Pope Francis lays out a vision of the Catholic Church dedicated to evangelization in a positive key, with a focus on society’s poorest and most vulnerable, including the aged and unborn. “Evangelii Gaudium” (“The Joy of the Gospel”), […]
By Francis X. Rocca VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Early Christian burial sites are now easier to see, both in person and via the Internet, thanks to 21st-century technology and collaboration between Google and the Vatican. “This is perhaps the sign of the joining of two extremes, remote antiquity and modernity,” said Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi Nov. […]
By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) – It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Already. Even before Halloween jack-o-lanterns were carved, retailers were advertising the joys of Christmas gift-giving – and getting – on television. And no sooner will the Thanksgiving turkey be carved before radio stations start playing Christmas music, some of them nonstop, […]
There is much to be thankful for at St. Pius X parish, Rosedale, where several parishioners have recently come forward to serve in parish ministries. During November, Maria Fernandez, Urbano Lora, Charlotte Veronique and Arline Volcy were commissioned as extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion; Raquel Del Rosario and Ghislane Lebon joined the ministry of lectors; […]
This Christmas stamp, one of the official holiday stamps issued by the U.S. Postal Service, features Mary and the Christ child. The image is a detail from Jan Gossaert’s 1531 oil-on-wood painting “Virgin and Child” from the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Parishioners kneel before the tabernacle containing the Blessed Sacrament after firefighters pulled it Nov. 18 from the rubble of what was St. Barbara Church in Cloverdale, Ohio. The church and rectory were destroyed Nov. 17 when a powerful tornado swept through the rural community.
At the opening session of the National Catholic Youth Conference in Indianapolis Nov. 21, teens sing and move to a song in Lucas Oil Stadium. More than 23,000 youths from across the country were taking part in the conference.
Bishop Kevin J. Farrell of Dallas delivers the invocation Nov. 22 during the “The 50th: Honoring the Memory of President John F. Kennedy” ceremony at Dealey Plaza in Dallas. Behind him is the U.S. Naval Academy Glee Club. Seated to the bishop’s left are historian David McCullough and Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings.
