Dear Dr. Garner, I have a terrible problem. As I’m standing and talking to someone in the street, or merely walking slowly, I find myself getting dizzy and almost falling. It’s not as though things are spinning around me. I get a sense of being on a boat bobbing up and down. It almost feels like I might tip over.
Month: April 2015
Parish Organist Plays for Islanders, Yankees
Paul Cartier, an organist at Our Lady of Hope Church in the Diocese of Rockville Centre, also plays at Yankees and the Islanders games.
Sister Alma Ahead of Her Time
Dear Editor: I would like to honor the late Sister Mary Alma Frary, R.S.M., (1925-92), who served in the Diocese of Brooklyn as teacher in both parish schools and Catherine McAuley H.S., East Flatbush, as principal, Secretary General of the Sisters of Mercy and administrator of the Convent of Mercy, Brooklyn.
Father Hesburgh’s Legacy
Dear Editor: I am sure that the recent passing of the longest-serving president of the University of Notre Dame, Father Theodore B. Hesburgh, touched many in the Catholic collegiate world. Although I am a graduate (1951) of St. Francis College, Brooklyn, I was deeply impressed by one of his comments that I quoted periodically in my high school teaching career, as well as my catechetical stint at St. Pius X, Rosedale.
Co-Cathedral Was Rockin’ During Diocesan Youth Day
Cars slowed and passersby paused to witness the exuberance emanating from St. Joseph Co-Cathedral as nearly 1,200 teenagers gathered for Brooklyn Catholic Youth Day.
A Memory of Cardinal Egan
Dear Editor: I would like to share some thoughts on the late Edward Cardinal Egan, a real friend. I met the cardinal at Sacred Heart Chapel in Manhattan about five years ago. A short time after our meeting, he called me at home since he heard of my upcoming surgery.
Msgr. Sivillo Already Missed
Dear Editor: We have lost one of the jewels in the Brooklyn-Queens diocesan crown. The death of Msgr. Nicholas W. Sivillo is a devastating loss for all who knew and loved him. As a parishioner at Our Lady of Hope from 1993 to 2009, I had the privilege of witnessing his pastorship and benefiting from his ministry. His experience, wisdom and spiritual guidance were invaluable. He was a kind, gentle, caring man, who always supported and encouraged his flock.
Cardinal George’s Brilliance
Cardinal Francis George, O.M.I., the archbishop-emeritus of Chicago passed away April 17, and the Roman Catholic Church in America lost one of her best and brightest lights. Francis George, the first local to be named Archbishop of Chicago, was actually turned down as a young man from the archdiocesan high school seminary, Quigley Prep, due to his polio.
Sexual Abuse Survivors Hope, Pray for Healing
When Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio celebrated a Mass of Hope and Healing for survivors of sexual abuse by the clergy, the mood was pensive. After all, this had not been done before in this diocese. It was difficult to judge what the reactions would be.
Vocation as a Life-Changing Experience
It is the Lord, Himself, who told us to pray “to the Lord of the Harvest so that He may send out laborers into His harvest.”