Dear Editor: I don’t know Peter Damour in person, but I’m so proud of him and the works God is accomplishing in him and through him (“Catholic Youth Minister Leads Teens Closer To Christ,” Feb. 23). May our Mom Mary bless him and always keep him clean and pure in heart and in mind.
Month: March 2019
Remembering Bishop Valero
Dear Editor: Bishop Valero ordained my dad in 1985. One day a few years later we were together at a Confirmation diner at St. Margaret’s.
Help to Write Our History
Dear Editor: I am the author of three books on the history of Catholic New York, and I am currently in the process of writing a new book on Catholic life in Brooklyn from the 1840’s through the 1960’s. I would like to reach out to Tablet readers with a Brooklyn background, in order to hear their stories so I can faithfully reconstruct our shared Catholic past.
Boys’ High School Basketball All-Stars
Here are the 2018-2019 Brooklyn/Queens boys’ high school basketball All-Stars.
Around the Diocese March 30
This week’s listing includes events in Brooklyn and Queens through March and into April.
Oldest US Prelate, Bishop Francis A. Quinn, 97, Dies
Retired Bishop Francis A. Quinn of Sacramento, California, who headed the Northern California diocese from 1980 to 1994 and later spent 13 years ministering to Native Americans in the Diocese of Tucson, died March 21 at age 97.
School Choice Federal Tax Credit Bill Introduced in House, Senate
A new piece of legislation endorsed by Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos could put Catholic or other religious schools within reach of many families who would otherwise not be able to afford them.
Amazon Women At The Front Lines of Environmental Battle
In indigenous Kichwa communities, women like Patricia Gualinga have traditionally taken on the role of wife, mother and cultivator of the crops that families use to survive in Ecuador’s Amazonian region of Sarayaku.
Rector of Montreal Oratory Stabbed During Televised Mass
Father Claude Grou, rector of St. Joseph’s Oratory of Mount Royal, was stabbed during a Mass March 22. The motive for the attack remains unknown.
Nearly Two Million Attend March For Life In Argentina
Nearly two million people marched on March 23 in Pope Francis’ native Argentina in pro-life demonstrations dedicated to defending the life of the unborn, and offering solutions to mothers in crisis pregnancies.