In life and in sports, everyone gets knocked down, but champions get back up. During her 10 years as girls’ junior varsity soccer coach at Archbishop Molloy H.S., Briarwood, Judy Zink proved on the field that she is a champion, having reached the championship game in each of her seasons while taking home six Nassau/Suffolk […]
Month: November 2014
Hoops Classic Benefits ‘Team Eddie Boy’
The St. Thomas Aquinas, Flatlands, Sports Association presents the first annual “Giving Thanks” Basketball Classic to be held Nov. 29-30 in the parish’s Msgr. King Hall. The 12U basketball teams from St. Thomas; St. Bernard, Mill Basin; Good Shepherd, Marine Park; and St. Ephrem, Dyker Heights, will participate. Saturday, Nov. 29 is a day full […]
Dynamic Theology
This past summer on my vacation, I read two terrific theology books. One was Walter Cardinal Kasper’s “Mercy: The Essence of the Gospel and the Key to Christian Life” (New York: Paulist Press, 2014, pp. 264, $29.95); the other was Sister Elizabeth A. Johnson, C.S.J.’s “Ask the Beasts: Darwin and the God of Love” (New […]
Long Live Christ the King!
My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, In 1925, Pope Pius XI established a new feast to end the liturgical year, the Feast of Christ the King. That time in history had seen the rise of the totalitarian systems, such as communism and socialism, which infringed on the free practice of the faith. Because […]
Protecting Newcomers to the City: De Blasio Signs Bill to Protect Undocumented
On the same day President Barack Obama announced that he would overhaul the nation’s immigration enforcement system – protecting upwards of five million unauthorized immigrants from deportation – New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio acted on the local level. At a press conference held Nov. 14 on the steps of Our Lady of Sorrows […]
Germ-Free Chalices?
Dear Editor: Prudence trumps miracles is basically what my parish priest told me when I confronted him why our parish stopped serving the “chalice” of consecrated wine because it is flu season and we might get sick from other people’s germs! The Holy Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church are the only two […]
No Free Pass on Behavior
Dear Editor: Catholics have no more of a free pass to denigrate the Catholic religion than non-Catholics, especially in a manner that involves vilification of two saintly popes. Letter writer Peter Farley applies the deplorable practice of projecting a political spectrum onto religion and claims that, until Francis, for 35 years “conservative” Catholics have been […]
A Long Run in Brooklyn
Dear Editor: The story about Matt Long in The Tablet (Nov. 8) was truly inspiring! Who could forget the transit strike of December, 2005? I remember hearing that Matt Long was injured, but I truly did not know the extent of his injuries until now. His courage, his parents’ devotion and Father Jim Devlin’s help […]
Father Benedict
Dear Editor: With the death of Father Benedict Groeschel, a memory of him and what I once heard him say came to mind. I had driven a young priest, visiting from France, who had an appointment to appear on his show at St. Joseph’s Seminary in Dunwoodie. I sat and watched as the show was […]
Recognizing God’s Plan
Dear Editor: I spend a part of each day walking in my neighborhood with my companion dog Matlock. I say hello to everyone, and many times I strike up a conversation with the people I meet. Sometimes I meet people who are seriously ill and may be terminal. They ask me, “Why does God keep […]