By Daniel S. Mulhall Human development is an interesting field of study. Over the last 100 years a variety of social sciences have explored what are developmentally appropriate tasks for each stage of life. A great deal of study has gone into trying to understand the development that takes place during adolescence, the period that […]
Month: May 2015
CYO Honors Second Hall of Fame Class (with video)
The Catholic Youth Organization of Brooklyn and Queens honored those who have made it their life’s mission to instill young athletes with the Catholic values of sports.
St. Edmund Prep Students Visit Model Congress at Harvard
For the first time, four students from St. Edmund Prep, Sheepshead Bay, attended the Model Congress Simulation at Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. Shelby Lau, Amanda Mattioli, Rayan Ramirez and Gerald Rehill fielded the first team to take part in the three-day conference. Each team member was assigned a current Senator or Representative and spent weeks […]
For LCWR, Life Returns to Normal After Vatican Report
The president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious said the organization is pleased to be “going on with our normal life, so to speak.”
Around the Diocese: May 23, 2015
BROOKLYN Our Lady of Angels, Bay Ridge — Bereavement Support Group, May 22, 7-8 p.m. Call Judy, 748-1164. Mary Queen of Heaven, Old Mill Basin — Healing Mass, May 22, 7 p.m. Mass with Father Ilyas Gill. Call 763-2330. Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Sunset Park — Regina Opera Company presents Bizet’s “Carmen,” May 23 and […]
Invention Convention Creates a Bit of a Hit
Sixth graders at St. Mary Gate of Heaven in Ozone Park joined the ranks of inventors who have made life a little easier – or at least more whimsical.
Palestinian President Attends Canonizations
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was present as Pope Francis proclaimed four 19th-century women religious saints, including two Palestinians.
Mass with Bishop Sanchez
St. John’s Preparatory School, Astoria, had a Mass celebrated by Auxiliary Bishop Paul Sanchez to continue the joyous celebration of the Easter season. After the Mass, many students involved in the school’s liturgies attended a reception with the bishop in the school’s library.
Pope Francis Tells Italian Bishops to Trust the Laity
Bishops must have “ecclesial sensitivity,” denouncing cultural trends that offend human dignity while trusting their lay faithful to fulfill their vocations, Pope Francis said.
Remembering an Influential Priest, Notre Dame Treasure
MANY YEARS AGO, during the summer before my last school year as a seminarian, I took a six-week course at the Catholic University in Washington, D.C., on the social teaching of the Church. The course was organized by Msgr. George Higgins, who was perhaps the most informed priest in the country. Msgr. Higgins, who became […]