By Father Jean-Pierre M. Ruiz I’M VERY FOND OF my two patron saints. Some friends are convinced that my parents entrusted me to the care of two patron saints by naming me Jean-Pierre because they anticipated I would need more than the average amount of heavenly intercession to keep me on the right path. I […]
A week before Pope Francis’ visit to New York, students at St. Margaret School in Middle Village received their own special visitor: Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio.
Auxiliary Bishop Paul Sanchez was the main celebrant of the Mass at St. Mary’s, which culminated a year-long celebration.
This week’s Tablet TALK features a Jamaica woman professing religious vows, highlights a Douglaston parish honoring clergy during its centennial year, has details about Masses honoring the NYPD and unborn and much more.
At the Immaculate Conception Center, Douglaston, pastors, parochial vicars and lay leaders joined together for a capital campaign workshop focused on sharing tips and best practices for Spanish-speaking parishes and communities that will participate in Generations of Faith later this year and into 2016. The workshop was organized by The Catholic Foundation for Brooklyn and Queens, […]
Five students from the Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens were selected for a once-in-a-lifetime chance to greet Pope Francis after his landing at the John F. Kennedy Airport on Thursday, Sept. 24. During the welcome ceremony, the students were set to give the pope a spiritual bouquet made out of prayers from students from the 86 schools in Brooklyn and Queens.
As we go to press, the focus of Pope Francis’ apostolic voyage to America has been on the first leg of the journey – his four day stop in Cuba. Historic and inspirational are just two of the adjectives to describe what we have seen thus far. Don’t underestimate the importance of this trip, not […]
Writing this column is hazardous. We have seen what Pope Francis has done and said on his apostolic voyage to Cuba. But we can only anticipate what he will say when he arrives in the United States. While President Raul Castro used his welcoming remarks in Havana to exploit the achievements of socialism, Pope Francis […]
My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, This article is written on the eve of the Apostolic visit of Pope Francis to the U.S. As we await his arrival from Cuba, we express our hopes that his visit to our Nation will bring about a better understanding of human dignity and the need for […]
