I saw a stable, low and very bare,
A little child in a manger.
Month: December 2017
Final Push to Make Up Shortfall in Christmas Drive
As the last-minute push toward Christmas dwindles down to a precious few days, we’re trying to get our Bright Christmas checks out to the parishes and agencies that help the needy of Brooklyn and Queens at Christmas.
The Day Divinity Touched Humanity
My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord,
Can anyone ever be afraid of a baby? Perhaps this is the special enchanting nature of our Christmas celebration. At the center of it all is the birth of a child in very humble circumstances. It is a story that is without any parallel. The incarnation and birth of Jesus Christ as a human infant sparks our human curiosity and challenges our faith to believe that God could become man in such circumstances.
Around the Diocese: Dec. 23 – 30, 2017
This listing for The Tablet’s Christmas double issue features events in Brooklyn and Queens through early January, 2018.
Youth Views: What inspires you to become the best version of yourself?
The Tablet asks students from around the Diocese of Brooklyn a question for the opinion section of the Youth page.
Let Them Speak: Be Inspired By St. Bernadette
We, the future of the Church, must pray for the courageous faith like that of a 14-year old girl on that miraculous February day.
For Former McClancy Star, Hitting Is Always in Season
No matter how much snow is on the ground, Anthony Iapoce – the hitting coach of the Texas Rangers – has his mind focused on one thing: baseball, which to him is a year-round activity.
Schumer Calls for Hiring Catholic Chaplain at Federal Prison in Brooklyn
U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer has charged that the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is dragging its feet on hiring a priest for Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center. Since February, the prison has been without a Roman Catholic chaplain.
Nativity Story in Long Island City
Almost 70 children and adults from St. Mary’s Church, Long Island City, are participating in the parish’s annual Christmas pageant.
In Queens Village, Filipinos Keep a Christmas Tradition
The Filipino community at Incarnation parish, Queens Village, opened the church doors in the early afternoon Dec. 10 as they celebrated one of the most long-standing Christmas traditions in the Philippines known as Simbang Gabi.