Nearly 500 members of the Jornada Movement came together as one to share the mercy of God during their annual Caminata on March 26. The young people spent hours on the morning of Holy Saturday walking, praying the rosary and bearing witness to their faith in the streets of Queens.
This week’s Tablet TALK highlights the next St. Louise de Marillac Spes Unica Award winner, invites readers to a potluck supper to help a Haitian church, offers details on a Women’s Cursillo Retreat and much more.
This month, St. John’s University (SJU) will debut its Research Month lecture series April 13 with Abu Serajuddin, Ph.D., a professor of industrial pharmacy in SJU’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, discussing the application of novel drug delivery systems to provide patients with better therapy.
On this Divine Mercy Sunday, we are shaken awake by the gloriously disturbing truth that He is risen – truly risen! … He takes our fearful excuses and buries them, for the tomb is now empty and we are free.
Common Sense Media is proposing with a new character development rating system. After polling parents about what character traits they most want to see displayed in the entertainment their children view, 11 qualities drew the most favor. Then Common Sense’s reviewers had to be trained on what to look for on screen when those traits are displayed.
This week’s listing features events in Brooklyn and Queens through mid-April.
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio baptized 27 catechumens during Easter Vigil service at St. Agatha’s Church, Sunset Park.
My first column was about taking laughter seriously. As a kickoff to this 10th anniversary, I thought I’d revisit the subject of how laughter might impact our lives and health, particularly through the prism of medical practice and science.
On Palm Sunday, the president of the United States arrived in Havana in the midst of bad omens. That morning the Cuban police had violently repressed a peaceful demonstration of the Ladies in White, an opposition group formed by wives of political prisoners and ex-prisoners.
The Vatican has set April 8 for the release of “Amoris Laetitia” (“The Joy of Love”), Pope Francis’ reflection on the family and family life. “Amoris Laetitia” is what is known as a “postsynodal apostolic exhortation,” a document addressed to the whole church reflecting on themes of church life and faith discussed at a gathering of the Synod of Bishops.
