As we celebrate our Priesthood Ordinations today, I am pleased to take this opportunity to provide you with a review of our efforts for recruiting seminarians during this Year of Vocations and speak about our newly ordained.
Month: June 2018
Church Is Experiencing Its #MeToo Moment
In the wake of historic allegations of sexual abuse and cover-up in countries around the world, the Catholic Church is experiencing the same challenge that has brought a reckoning to those who used their authority to abuse or silence victims, said an Australian archbishop.
Hundreds Call to Foster Parent Kids at the Border
Maybe it was the request by the Pentagon for 20,000 mattresses as military bases become, at least partly, shelters for detained border crossers. Whatever the reason, hundreds of American adults have called the Washington headquarters of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops seeking to provide foster care for the separated children.
We Need to Help Asylum Seekers, Not Jail Them
President Donald Trump ended the administration’s policy of taking children from their parents at the southern border last week. But the humanitarian crisis he created by enacting this policy is far from over.
Diocese Offers Prayers for Guatemalan Volcano Victims
The tragedy of great magnitude occurred on June 3 and left more than a hundred dead people and almost 200 missing, mainly affecting the departments of Chimaltenango, Escuintla and Sacatepéquez.
Inclusion Is a Concern at Listening Session on Race
Talking openly about the sin of racism in the Catholic Church is difficult and uncomfortable, said Father Alonzo Cox. As secretary of the diocesan Commission on Racism and Social Justice, he said it is also something that must be done.
Bishop DiMarzio Golf Classic
Only a few foursomes remain for the annual Bishop DiMarzio Golf Classic conducted by the DeSales Media Group that will be held at the North Hills Country Club in Manhassett, L.I., on Thursday, July 12.
Visitation Sisters Open Doors, Host Vocations Celebration
Visitation Monastery, Bay Ridge, opened its doors and hosted a celebration of the Year of Vocations, welcoming all to visit the monastic grounds June 23.
Stars and Stripes Flew at Independence Day Parade
The Long Island Assembly Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus conducted their 113th annual Independence Day Parade on June 23 along Court St. in Brooklyn.
Diocesan Assignments: June 30, 2018
Rev. Msgr. Kieran E. Harrington, to administrator of St. Teresa of Avila, Prospect Heights, while remaining in residence and rector of St. Joseph Co-Cathedral, Prospect Heights, vicar for communications, director of government affairs and director of DeSales Media Group, Inc., effective June 30.