Seventh in a series
AMONG MY GOALS in writing this series is to dispel misunderstandings concerning personalism.
Month: June 2018
Shootings Stem from Mental Health Issues
WHEN PLANE HIJACKING became a national threat, we immediately addressed the problem by upgrading preventive measures at our airports: X-ray surveillance, body searches, luggage inspections.
Lifting Up the Vocation Of Fatherhood
Many men today are redefining what it means to be a father. They are intimately involved in the raising of children and the responsibilities of family life, navigating the competing demands of work and home with love. How can we as a Church support their callings? What sources of inspiration in our Catholic tradition offer ways to honor fathers?
Diocesan Assignments: June 16, 2018
Most Rev. James Massa, to pastor of Holy Family-St. Thomas Aquinas, Park Slope, while remaining auxiliary bishop and newly appointed regional bishop of Kings County, and vicar for education, effective June 30.
A Turning Point Helped Refocus My Vocation
BORN INTO a peasant family in a rural area of Central Vietnam, I am the second of five children. Growing up, I had to work very hard as a farmer.
Finding Forgiveness for Fathers – And Sons
It was Wednesday, the day the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (R.C.I.A.) meets at my parish. At the start of each session, we engage in a modified Lectio Divina. This past Holy Week, we were reading the Gospel about the two disciples walking to Emmaus. We focused in on how the disciples knew it was Jesus that they had asked “to stay with us.”
Hope Over Despair
This past week, we read the reports of the deaths by suicide of fashion designer Kate Spade and celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain.
Intolerance and Incivility Once Again Reign at Tony Awards
I rarely watch the show business awards shows, like the Emmys, Oscars and Tonys. I just can’t stand being lectured by a bunch of actors who think they are the role models for public behavior. Their arrogance and self-righteousness gets under my skin.
USCCB Opens Session Condemning Trump Administration’s Asylum, Border Separation Policies
At the start of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) spring meeting, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo fired back at the Trump administration’s recent decision to not allow women fleeing domestic violence to seek asylum in the United States, as well the policy of separating families at the border.
Marijuana Is Very Dangerous
My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord,
Our country and our state are in the midst of a substance abuse crisis. In particular, when we look at the opioid epidemic that seems to be threatening the health of our city, as well as the push for the legalization of marijuana in our state, my concern, as Bishop of the diocese in Brooklyn and Queens and as a social worker for the mental health of our youth, I feel obliged to speak out on this issue.