In Brooklyn, the Walk will begin at 4 p.m. at San Damiano Mission (Holy Family Church, Nassau Ave.) in Williamsburg and ends at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church at 6 p.m. A Mass will be celebrated and a reception will be held.
Month: September 2015
Ingrid Bergman Recalled For Her ‘Catholic’ Roles
The occasion of the Swedish-born actress’ centennial – she was born Aug. 29, 1915 – has spurred lavish retrospectives of her films worldwide, including events at New York’s Museum of Modern Art in and the American Film Institute in Silver Spring, Maryland.
App Offers Exclusive Coverage of Papal Visit
U.S. Catholic Church leaders have launched the USA Catholic Church mobile app offering exclusive coverage of Pope Francis’ visit to the U.S. Sept. 22-27.
First Visit of a Pope Was 50 Years Ago
Pope Paul VI’s address to the U.N. General Assembly in New York in 1965 is commemorated in a stained-glass window
Remembering in Bensonhurst
On Sept. 11, the students of St. Athanasius School, Bensonhurst, under the direction of their principal, Diane Competello, held a remembrance ceremony to honor those who lost their lives on 9/11/01.
Pope Means Business
A man sells T-shirts with Pope Francis’ picture Sept. 14 outside the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington DC, where Pope Francis will celebrate Mass Sept. 23.
Pilgrimage from Miami
Miami Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski, who is leading a Sept. 18-21 pilgrimage from Miami to Havana in support of Pope Francis’ historic visit to the island, prays at the Church of St. Marta
Heroic Brothers of the Diocese
Dear Editor: One of the most inspirational teachers in my life was Brother Joseph, F.S.C. He taught the eighth-grade boys at St. Cecilia’s Elementary School in Greenpoint in the early 1940s. In addition to the academic curriculum, which was excellently presented, he would prepare the class for the upcoming Sunday’s Gospel with a Friday afternoon […]
The Gift of Absolute Truth
Dear Editor: While misinterpreting George Weigel’s remarks (Aug. 12), Eddie Shih describes calumnious clashes as serving a “divine purpose” as though truth is a dialectic between honest minds in disagreement. This assumption defies Church history and is offensive to respecting truth as an exclusive gift from God. Fundamental to a Catholic, and therefore truthful, understanding […]
Courage of Kim Davis
Dear Editor: Laws are derived from three sources: Natural Law, Law of the Omnipotent and Law of human societies. The first two are perfect while the third, if not a synthesis of the other two, is often flawed. Human societies enact laws for rule and orderliness. These should be obeyed if they are conscionable. However, […]