The Msgr. McClancy M.H.S., East Elmhurst, girls’ varsity basketball capped off another impressive season in just the third year of the school being co-ed.
Month: March 2015
Christ the King Boys, Girls Win Hoops Championship
The girls’ varsity team beat Archbishop Molloy to capture their first GCHSAA N.Y. state title since 2010, and the boys outlasted Xaverian to win the CHSAA city championship.
Bishop DiMarzio’s Letter on Diocesan Finances
A letter from Bishop DiMarzio on the finances of the Central Fund of the Diocese of Brooklyn.
Brooklyn Rally Supports Education Tax Credit
The drumbeat of support continued for passage of the Education Investment Tax Credit, which would give a tax credit to people who donate to public schools and to scholarship funds for parochial school.
Pope Announces Holy Year of Mercy
The biblical theme of the year, he said, will be “Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful,” an admonition that applies “especially to confessors,” the pope said with a smile.
What is a Holy Year?
For the Catholic Church, a holy year remains a time of great spiritual significance, and emphasis is placed on the examination of conscience and conversion, the forgiveness of sins, reconciliation, concrete acts of solidarity and initiatives to restore justice.
Vatican Sets Date for Romero’s Beatification
Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero will be beatified in San Salvador May 23, said Italian Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, the chief promoter of the archbishop’s sainthood cause.
Where Prayer and Belief Meet
As Catholics, we adhere very closely to an old Latin saying: “lex orandi, lex credendi,” which, loosely translated, means “the law of prayer is the law of belief.”
More Favorite Homilists
These letters are part of an ongoing discussion that began with an editorial, “Need for Good Homilies,” published in the Feb. 7 issue. You can find the complete archive here. Dear Editor: The late Father Andrew Greely once commented that the sign of a good liturgy could be judged by the expression on the people’s faces […]
Howard Beach Academies Present Joint Art Display
From March 18 to 27, works of art by the students at Ave Maria Catholic Academy and St. Helen Catholic Academy will be displayed at TD Bank on 162-02 Cross Bay Blvd.