For the second summer in a row, St. Fidelis Church in College Point has organized a temporary shelter to offer 10 homeless men a warm, home-cooked meal, a safe place to sleep and a spirit of fellowship.
Month: July 2016
Speak of the Devil: A Talk About Super Heroes
Father John Cush will be one of the featured speakers for “Speak of the Devil: A Conversation about Marvel’s Daredevil,” hosted by The Sheen Center, Greenwich Village, this Friday, July 29.
Excitement Reigned as Local WYD Pilgrims Prepared for Takeoff
The last group of pilgrims from the Diocese of Brooklyn gathered at John F. Kennedy Airport to fly to Poland for World Youth Day on July 25. Despite weather delays, pilgrims remained upbeat and hopeful to live out their faith with millions of other young Catholics.
The Journey Begins: From Brooklyn to Warsaw
Snapshots following local pilgrims from Brooklyn and Queens to Warsaw International Airport and onto the road for the opening Mass of World Youth Day.
Never Forget Bishop Catanello
Dear Editor: The late Bishop Ignatius Catanello was a good friend of ours. He was a friend of the Augustinian recollects and would confer Confirmation every year here at St. John’s.
Inspired by Parish Priest
Dear Editor: I have been very blessed to be able to receive the sacrament of reconciliation from Father Evans Julce. He shows me how truly forgiving and loving God is. Father Evans listens quietly, and when you are done, in a whispering voice explains things for you to consider and perhaps do. You know he has taken in everything you have said and has given it much consideration before speaking.
Deacons’ Widows Pray
Dear Editor: Although I no longer live in the Brooklyn Diocese, I still enjoy reading The Tablet every week. One good friend who I still keep in touch with is Nancy Soto of Queens Village. I met Nancy a year or so after my husband, Deacon Jim Grace, passed away in 1999.
Thanks for Army Chaplains
Dear Editor: The article (July 3) about priests serving in the military has special meaning to me. The priest that was mentioned in the article, Father Lukasz J. Willenberg, is a priest I served with at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Community at Fort Bragg, N.C., from July, 2014 to July, 2015.
Prayer Is Apolitical
Dear Editor: Paragraph 15 of Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship: A Call to Political Responsibility from the Catholic Bishops of the United States says:
B’klyn Pilgrims Learn History at Auschwitz
Walking into the Auschwitz concentration camp in Oswiecim, Poland, Stephanie Dalton of SS. Simon and Jude parish, Gravesend, felt a chill along her spine. She called it the spirit of those who died at the hands of Nazis over 70 years ago.