Sister Catherine Mezzacapo, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I. for 80 years, died in Sacred Heart Convent, Hempstead, L.I., on Feb. 19.
Month: March 2017
At Night of Praise, Youth Get Close with Eucharist
More than 100 teens from around the diocese gathered at Blessed Virgin Mary Help of Christians Church, Woodside, March 12, for a Sunday night filled with praise, worship and encouragement at the XLT (Exalt) Youth Night of Worship. The service was led by Steubenville musician and professor Dr. Bob Rice.
Sister Catherine Atkins, C.S.J.
Sister Catherine Atkins, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 52 years, died Feb. 16 in Southside Hospital.
Papal Continuity
Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington, D.C., in a recent interview in America Magazine concerning Pope Francis, comments:
Sister Ave Maria Maickel, C.S.J.
Sister Ave Maria Maickel, C.S.J., a Sister of St. Joseph, Brentwood, L.I., for 71 years, died Feb. 26 at Maria Regina Residence, Brentwood, L.I.
Embracing Our Discipleship
“WHOEVER DRINKS the water I give will never thirst … will have a spring of water deep inside (John 4) … If today you hear God’s voice, harden not your hearts.” (Psalm 95)
Sister Eileen M. Palma, I.H.M.
Sister Eileen M. Palma, I.H.M., (formerly known as Sister M. Virginia) of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, died March 8 at Our Lady of Peace Residence, Scranton, Pa. She was 88.
Human Vulnerability and The Eucharist
RE-READING RONALD Rolheiser’s “Our One Great Act of Fidelity: Waiting for Christ in the Eucharist” has been an interesting experience.
Irish-Born Msgr. O’Toole Shepherded Three Parishes
A Mass of Christian Burial for Msgr. Patrick Fursey O’Toole, a former pastor of three Brooklyn parishes, was celebrated March 13 at St. Patrick’s Church, Bay Ridge.
A New Lenten Discipline
FOR LENT 2016, I adopted a new Forty Days discipline in addition to intensified prayer, daily almsgiving and letting my liver have its annual vacation: I quit sports talk radio, cold turkey.