A British department store is creating a buzz this Christmas after teaming with Age UK, a charity for senior citizens, to raise funds and awareness of the scourge of loneliness among the elderly today.
Month: December 2015
Third Annual Youth Choir Festival
Guests at the third annual Youth Choir Festival, organized by the Diocesan Music Commission, were treated to an uplifting and entertaining afternoon at Resurrection-Ascension, Rego Park.
Little Town of Bethlehem A Tough Sell These Days
Though the Christmas tree was lit in Bethlehem’s Nativity Square, few tourists are visiting the holy sites – or souvenir shops – this Christmas season because of the recent violence between Israelis and Palestinians.
SS Joachim and Anne Seniors Grateful for Gift of Community
Carolers have been singing in the season and bringing Christmas cheer to the elderly residents of SS. Joachim and Anne Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Coney Island.
Christmas Kindness in Bayside
In keeping with Pope Francis’ Year of Mercy, Sacred Heart School has been performing acts of kindness in Bayside.
Williamsburg Youth Spread Joy
Young adults from the Our Lady of Mount Carmel /Annunciation Youth Ministry brought gifts and Christmas cheer to the homebound of Williamsburg.
Historic Triptych on Display at NY Museum
Taddeo Gaddi’s early Renaissance triptych, “Madonna and Child Enthroned with Ten Saints: Maesta,” is on exhibit at the New-York Historical Society Museum & Library through March 20.
Gallagher Sisters Set Track Marks at Kearney
Belle Harbor residents Therese, Jacqueline and Colleen Gallagher ran extremely well in both the New York City and New York State Cross Country Championship events.
Recalling Two Great American Bishops
WE AMERICAN CATHOLICS are, in the main, notoriously uninterested in our own history. So it likely escaped the notice of many that Dec. 3 marked the bicentenary of the death of Archbishop John Carroll, one of the greatest who ever lived among us.
Human Life Must Be Held to a Higher Standard
SOMETIMES PEOPLE will point out: “We euthanize our pets when they suffer, and they are clearly creatures of God, so why can’t we euthanize a sick and suffering person who wants it? It seems like we treat our dogs and cats better than we treat our suffering family members.” The way we treat animals, however, should not be the measure of how we treat fellow human beings.