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I HEARD a lecture by a prominent Catholic theologian who confessed that when she started teaching theology she used novels to stimulate the interest and the imagination of her students. Because I teach a philosophy course at St. John’s University that is based on Catholic novels, I was not surprised when she confessed that her course was a success. I have often found philosophical and theological insights in novels, plays and films.
LET’S LOOK AT the recent history of our Church: On a chilly winter day, Jan. 25, 1959, Angelo Roncalli, guiding the Barque of Peter known as John XXIII, stood at the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, gathered members of the Roman Curia and called for a Second Vatican Ecumenical Council.
THE EVENING OF Sept. 12, 2006, was, in a word, memorable. My wife and I were having dinner in Cracow with two of John Paul II’s oldest friends when my mobile phone rang and an agitated Italian journalist started hollering in my ear, “Have you zeen zees crazee speech zee Pope has given about zee Muslims? What do you zay about it?”
PASTOR Rev. Thomas W. Ahern, from pastor of St. Augustine, Park Slope, to pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, South Ozone Park, effective June 30. Rev. Janusz Dymek, from administrator to pastor of Our Lady of Czestochowa-St. Casimir, Bush Terminal, effective Aug. 27. Rev. Patrick H. Longalong, from administrator to pastor of Our Lady […]
by Sister Ave Clark, O.P.
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL season Easter is – a time to sing joyously, Alleluia Alleluia! But I’ve been singing with some tears this Easter season for my dear friend Arthur.
by Father John Catoir, JCD
We celebrate the birthday of the Church on Pentecost Sunday 50 days after Easter. The Holy Spirit came upon the Apostles, and transformed them from the frightened men they had become after the crucifixion, into the courageous Apostles of Jesus Christ, who fearlessly faced martyrdom.
The new pastoral plan for the Archdiocese of Hartford, Conn., involves a number of parish closings and mergers.
The diocesan School of Evangelization has launched the Family Bible Experience: Lectio Divina for the Family to help prepare parishioners for the Ninth World Meeting of Families in Dublin, Ireland, in 2018.
President Donald J. Trump’s audience at the Vatican with Pope Francis was the first meeting between the two men. Speculation was wild about what would occur at this meeting? Contrary to some reports, it was not tense. It was simply another visit of a head of state to the Vatican.
Holy Cross H.S., Bayside, an all-boys secondary school sponsored by the Congregation of the Holy Cross, has announced that it will become a coed school.
