A federal judge has swept away claims of religious discrimination by plaintiffs including Catholic Social Services of the Philadelphia Archdiocese and ruled the church agency must provide home assessments for same-sex couples wishing to provide foster care for at-risk children in Philadelphia.
Month: July 2018
Syro-Malabar Community Honors Father of the Faith
Vibrantly colored umbrellas, women dressed in Indian garb and people radiating with the love of God could be seen and heard as a procession headed out of Guardian Angel Church onto Ocean Parkway July 1.
Papal Confidantes Critical of ‘Prosperity Gospel,’ Say It Corrodes ‘American Dream’
Papal confidantes Jesuit Father Antonio Spadaro and Presbyterian pastor Marcelo Figueroa have published a new essay in which they criticize the “prosperity gospel” and its influence on the idea of the “American Dream.”
Heed Mary’s Words: ‘Do Whatever He Tells You’
WHEN I WAS in the sixth grade at St. Mary Star of the Sea and St. Gertrude in Far Rockaway, I was always struck by how joyful the priests would be during Mass and outside of Mass with the people. While I was growing up at the parish, I was an altar server and worked as a sacristan. I had the opportunity to watch the priests up close and that led the thought of priesthood to enter my mind.
Gentle Reminders That God Calls Us to Rest
This column almost made a liar out of me.
“I’ll write about leisure,” I decided one morning at Mass, snuggled next to a rarely calm child, soaking in the Sunday quiet.
A perfect topic for July’s sultry weather and summer vacations. Gentle reminders that God calls us to rest.
John Myslinski, Jr
John Myslinski, Jr., the brother of Father Mark Matthias, administrator of Holy Family-St. Thomas Aquinas parish, Park Slope, died July 9.
Rita Guidice
Rita Guidice, mother-in-law of Deacon Frank A. Morano, who ministers at St. Frances Cabrini parish, Bensonhurst, died July 15 at her residence.
Diocesan Assignments: July 21, 2018
Rev. Gerald Dumont, from parochial vicar of Holy Innocents, Flatbush, to parochial vicar of St. Francis of Assisi-St. Blaise, Crown Heights, effective June 30.
Books Being Read in the Diocese This Summer – III
The third installment of the Diocese Summer Reading.
Wisdom of Saints
A recent article in the Italian newspaper La Stampa states that Blessed Pope Paul VI sent the Synodal Fathers an invitation to let the pope know what they thought about birth regulation. Most bishops did not respond, and only seven were opposed to the use of artificial contraception.