The Knights of Columbus has announced an initiative designed to bring the Knights into closer cooperation with parishes. “We will use our resources of time, talent and money to strengthen parish-based and parish-sponsored programs,” Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson said.
Retired Archbishop Francis B. Schulte, who served as the 12th archbishop of New Orleans, La., from 1988 to 2002, died Jan. 17 after several weeks in hospice care at Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital in Darby, Pa. He was 89.
Father Donald F. Diederich, a retired priest of the Rockville Centre Diocese, L.I., died Jan. 15. For many years, he was a member of the faculty of Immaculate Conception Seminary, Huntington.
Sister Dolores Wisniewski, C.I.J., president of the Congregation of the Infant Jesus also known as the Nursing Sisters of the Sick Poor of Brooklyn, died on Jan. 14, following a battle against cancer for more than 20 years.
Russell J. Governale, the father of Father Russell Governale, O.F.M. Conv., who resides at Most Holy Trinity rectory, Williamsburg, died Jan. 10.
Father Ralph L. Besendorfer, a priest of the Rockville Centre Diocese, died Jan. 8 on Long Island. He was 82.
Patricia Jordan, the sister of Msgr. John Casey, who resides at Our Lady of Lourdes rectory, Queens Village, died Jan. 12.
Sister Rita Elizabeth Moon, S.C., (Sister Elizabeth Regina), a member of the Sisters of Charity for 68 years, died Jan. 10 at Frances Schervier Nursing Care Center in the Bronx. She was 89.
The following are capsule reviews from Catholic News Service (CNS) of new and recent video releases available on DVD and/or Blu-ray: “Captive” (2015) and “Hotel Transylvania 2.”
By Joseph McAleer Some might fear, simply from reading its title, that “13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi” (Paramount) would turn out to be little more than a rehash of the congressional hearings on the 2012 terrorist attack in Libya. In reality, the film is a gripping, fact-based account of what happened on the […]
