Sister Ana Maria Gomez, V.H.M., made her lifelong commitment as a Visitation Sister at the Visitation Monastery in Bay Ridge last month.
Month: September 2016
Diocese on Pilgrimage
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio is leading the diocese’s Year of Mercy Pilgrimage to Rome, Assisi and the Holy Land. Above, the group poses for a photo in Assisi.
Cristo Rey Brooklyn Supports Sister School in Louisiana
Though they have barely had time to adjust to the new school year, Cristo Rey Brooklyn students lost no time to help another school in the Cristo Rey Network.
Who inspires you?
My inspiration is my parents because they strive to do their best everyday and always put their family first. They teach me and my brothers to love and to always care for everyone.
Concert Series in Marine Park
The 20th annual chamber music series at Good Shepherd Church, Marine Park, begins Sunday evening, Oct. 2. The concerts occur on 11 consecutive Sundays, at 6 p.m. through Dec. 11.
Monastery Cookies Have Heavenly Herbal Recipe
The aroma of fresh-baked spice cookies fills a monastery bakery in Ferdinand, Ind. The Sisters of St. Benedict claim this scent is truly “heavenly,” and with good reason. A saint wrote the recipe.
One and Only Brother Peter
Dear Editor: First, let me thank you and The Tablet staff for reporting so well on World Youth Day. It’s refreshing to have the news about an important event like this given the attention it deserves. I find it almost creepy that the secular media steers away from such news as if it were some kind of disservice to report on it. Again, thanks to all.
Please Send Your Rosaries
Dear Editor: Hope this letter finds you healthy, happy and peaceful. These days are hard times with all of us worried and praying for the world and each other.
Ads Distort Church Teaching on Abortion
Ads appearing around the country “calling for taxpayer funding of abortion in the name of the Catholic faith” – an effort of the abortion advocacy group Catholics for Choice – are “deceptive” and promote “abortion as … a social good,” said Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan.
Overturning a Law
Dear Editor: In reply to Garrett Dempsey’s letter (Aug. 13), the only way any party can stop Roe v. Wade is to make a new law where babies are called human beings which they are. Many states that have Republican governors have passed laws which many of our present leaders keep trying to block.