Diego Ramirez, a single father in a rural village in southern Guatemala, worked in a restaurant and kept a chicken farm, selling the birds in a market to support his three daughters.
Month: June 2020
Obituaries, Week of June 6, 2020
Sister Marguerite McGilly, S.C., age 82; Mrs. Pauline D. Kachurka (née Stefl), age 90; Mrs. Mary Wagner (née Connor), age 80.
Kierkegaard’s Prayers
In my own life, I have found the regular reading of America a great help. Every so often there is an essay that seems to be written with me in mind. In the March 18, 2020 issue such an essay was “The Startling Prayer Life of Soren Kierkegaard” by Karen Wright Marsh.
The Vatican’s Choice: Jimmy Lai or Xi Jinping?
In mid-May, Chinese leader Xi Jinping unveiled a plan to bypass Hong Kong’s legislature and impose draconian new “national security” laws on the former British colony. Putatively intended to defend Hong Kong from “secessionists,” “terrorists,” and “foreign influence,” these new measures are in fact designed to curb the brave men and women of Hong Kong’s vibrant pro-democracy movement, who have been aggravating the Beijing totalitarians for a long time.
Jesus’ Mission Is at the Heart of Our Incomplete Understanding of the Holy Trinity
The beginning of the Gospel this weekend should be something that people might be able to understand in these days of the pandemic. We only need to change one word and it should sound like this, “on the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked, where the disciples were, for fear of the coronavirus.”
Diocesan Assignments – June 6, 2020
Rev. Thomas G. Pettei, to pastor of Our Lady of the Angelus, Rego Park, while remaining pastor of Resurrection – Ascension, Rego Park, effective June 30.
One Hundred Thousand Deaths … and Then One More
Last week, the tally of coronavirus deaths in the U.S. reached 100,000. It is almost impossible to grasp the number of personal losses and the sum of the suffering of the victims, their families, and friends.
Letters to the Editor, Week of June 6, 2020
Racism, a Venom in the Hearts of Human Beings; Vaccines Developed From Aborted Fetuses; One of Your Biggest Mistakes as an Editor; Fine Theoretical Concept But Unrealistic.
Pope Prays for U.S., Calls Racism a Pro-Life Issue
Observing with great concern the social unrest unfolding in the United States, Pope Francis said no one can claim to defend the sanctity of every human life while turning a blind eye to racism and exclusion.
Letter to My Post-Quarantine Self
I’m writing to remind you of how things were during the COVID-19 pandemic, to chronicle some lessons you learned, and to remind you of the kind of change you wished to see in your life after lockdown.