Ms. Mary T. Diamond, Mr. Daniel Buckley, Mrs. Mary Ann Chaffers.
Month: July 2020
Forsake Not the Work of Your Hands
At Mass, one Sunday every three years, those years when my son’s age is divisible by three, we read from Psalm 138. It ends in a plea for God to “forsake not the work of your hands.”
Zoom Keeps McClancy Basketball Family Connected During Pandemic
The Msgr. McClancy H.S. girls’ basketball program hosts workouts via Zoom.
Do You Believe in Miracles?
Do you believe in miracles? Thomas Jefferson, the chief architect of the Declaration of Independence, certainly didn’t! Still, he held Jesus in high esteem, writing that Jesus was responsible for “the most sublime and benevolent code of morals” ever offered.
The Next Pope and the Crisis of the West
In February 1968, Cardinal Karol Wojtyła wrote Father Henri de Lubac, SJ, about a project in which the cardinal was engaged: a philosophical explanation of the uniqueness and nobility of the human person.
A Reflection on Life Commitments
I think it was back in the 1960s, or the early ’70s, that I became very interested in the nature of life commitments, the kind of commitments that people make when being baptized, when marrying, when being ordained, or when taking religious vows.
Only in Print: Push for First Black American Saint Front & Center for Faithful Group
The number of American Saints is small, but the number of black American saints is even smaller. A group of faithful is looking to change that.
Trump’s Pandemic Response Could Be Key to Second Term
The 2016 elections were ultimately decided by a combined total of 77,000 votes in three states: Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan.
We Must See Everything From the Perspective of Eternity
There come certain times in history when we start to look at things differently because of extraordinary events. This COVID-19 experience is one of those times when we begin to remember things that occurred before the pandemic and think of what might be after the pandemic.
Only in Print: ‘Graffiti-Free NYC’ Is Wiped Away
Mayor Bill de Blasio’s decision to scrap a program providing free graffiti removal assistance to private property owners has lawmakers and business leaders concerned that New York City is returning to the bad old days of the 1970s when spray-painted tags were everywhere.