Dear Editor: Victor Enemuo wrote a profound response (April 4) to George Weigel’s column on the decline of European Christianity. He might have added that the European Enlightenment ended at Auschwitz together with Christendom.
Month: April 2015
Environmental Priorities
Dear Editor: The past month’s onslaught of I’m-a-Republican-so-I-despise-environmentalism letters have been as embarrassing to Catholic morality as they are ironic that these people use the term “conservative.” Recent ones have used logic so twisted that Keystone development is a solution to save “society’s soul” and cure our “love of greed, lust and power”.
‘Genocide’ Continues
Pope Francis has shown brave witness at the Mass he celebrated in the Armenian Rite when he called the systematic slaughter of Armenian Christians “the first genocide of the twentieth century” and connected the Armenian genocide to the persecutions and murders of Christians today throughout the Middle East.
Power of Religious Life
This past week, the Vatican sponsored a workshop for formators and vocation directors of religious orders of women and men from around the world. It culminated in an audience with Pope Francis, who himself is a member of a religious order, the Jesuits.
Claverites Think Their Pastor Was a Saint
It’s been 75 years since the death of Msgr. Bernard Quinn, the founder of St. Peter Claver parish in Bedford-Stuyvesant, and the founder of Little Flower Camp in Wading River, L.I. His legacy is such that people believe he was a saint and his cause for canonization is currently before the Congregation of the Saints […]
Facing Abuse? Don’t Do It Alone!
Most of us at one time or another has probably seen the many prescription medicine commercials that remind us: “Depression touches everyone in the family.” How very sadly true this can be. Often we fail to fully realize or appreciate how one person’s problems can so powerfully impact those he or she loves.
Joe Romano Basketball Tournament at St. Edmund’s
The second annual Joe Romano Three-on-Three Basketball Tournament will be held Saturday, May 2 at 11 a.m. at St. Edmund Prep H.S.
CYO Announces Class of ’15 Hall of Fame Inductees
The following individuals will be inducted as the CYO Hall of Fame’s second annual class on Friday, May 15, at the Immaculate Conception Center.
Holy Cross Hoops Star Makes College Decision
Congratulations to Holy Cross H.S. senior varsity basketball player Jermaine Bishop for signing on to play college basketball at St. Louis University.
Youth Views: Divine Mercy
In honor of Divine Mercy Sunday, reflect on these words that Jesus spoke to St. Faustina as are recorded in her diary.
“The loss of each soul plunges Me into mortal sadness. You always console Me when you pray for sinners. The prayer most pleasing to Me is prayer for the conversion of sinners. Know, My daughter, that this prayer is always heard and answered.”