Usually the singing heard at the Immaculate Conception Center (ICC) in Douglaston comes during Mass in the chapel or when seminarians living there practice their hymns.
Month: July 2014
Queens Pilgrims Visit Toussaint-Related Sites
“What a beautiful day for a pilgrimage” remarked Price Olivier as he and his wife Doris joined 160 other pilgrims from Southeast Queens as they boarded buses to lower Manhattan to visit the sites associated with the life of the Venerable Pierre Toussaint.
Lithuanian Archbishop Visits Brooklyn Parish
The Lithuanian community of Brooklyn and Queens was visited this spring by Archbishop Gintaras Grusas of Vilnius, Lithuania.
100 Years of HeartShare: A Century of Caring (with slideshow)
HeartShare Human Services of New York celebrated the its centennial anniversary with a block party July 12 on the MetroTech Commons in Downtown Brooklyn.
Coney Island Has Nothing On the Kingdom of Heaven
Every summer my parents would take my sister and I and a few of our friends on an excursion to Coney Island.
Disillusioned Catholics Are a Serious Issue
Second in a series
I don’t think I am a negative person – a kind of “doom and gloom” Catholic – but I do spend a considerable amount of time reflecting on problems that make it difficult for people to embrace the Christian faith.
Reviewing an Eminent Distortion of History
As the world marked the silver anniversary of the Polish elections of June, 1989, a conference met at the Vatican to consider “The Church in the Moment of Change in 1980-1989 in East Central Europe.”
Therapy Subdues Panic Attacks
Dear Dr. Garner,
I am a fit 43-year-old woman. I exercise five days a week, am not overweight and have had no medical problems until about three months ago.
The Threat Remains
The June 30 decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores ruled that the Administration’s contraceptive mandate as applied to closely held for-profit corporations was a violation of the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA).
Now There’s a Price tag To Having Summer Fun
In the neighborhood where I grew up, summer was a time of carefree fun for kids. We always had a place to go and something to do.