Father Agnelo Casimiro Pinto, S.M.W.; Frank J. Coppa; Sister Sally Ryan, R.S.M.; Sister Maureen Regan, S.C.; Sister Joan Marie Schmidt, C.S.J.; Sister Jeanne Stegmann, S.U.S.C.
Month: January 2021
A Father and Son’s Journey to the East During The Year of St. Joseph
Like most American 12 year-olds, my youngest son Joseph is obsessed with all things Catholic. (Yes, that was sarcasm.) He is fascinated with theology and Church structures. Recently, Joseph discovered something that rekindled my love and interest in the Eastern Church.
The Journey of Steadily Maturing Faith
My parish has a custom of which I am very fond. When the time comes for the announcements at Sunday Mass, the commentator begins by welcoming those who are worshipping with us for the first time.
Catholic Convert Hank Aaron Leaves Lasting Legacy
The baseball world lost Hank Aaron on Jan. 22.
Letters to the Editor, Week of Jan. 30, 2021
The Entrenchment of “Opinion Journalism”; This Country Remains Bitterly Divided; The Election Results Have Been Verified and Certified; No Evidence of Widespread Fraud of any Kind; The Future Will Be Better Than the Past; Our Newly Elected President Joseph Biden; Moving Humanity Closer to the Kingdom of God.
A Case for Collaboration When Crafting Important Messages
This past week saw a disagreement among our American bishops play out publicly in the media. On January 20, Joe Biden became the 46th president of the United States. Mr. Biden, a church-going Roman Catholic, is only the second Catholic in U.S. history to be elected as president.
The Holy See and Thug Regimes
The list of grave issues that must be addressed during a future papal interregnum, and by the cardinal-electors in a conclave, continues to grow.
Papal Insights Into Listening
For me, and I imagine for everybody, the experience of the pandemic has been difficult. What I draw from Pope Francis’s encyclical and his new book “Let Us Dream Together; the Path to a Better Future” is the need to enter more deeply into myself and enter more deeply into my relationship with God and others.
Diocesan Assignments – January 30, 2021
Rev. Michael J. McGee, from parochial vicar of Holy Family – St. Laurence, Canarsie, to parochial vicar of St. Mary Gate of Heaven, Ozone Park, effective Jan. 31.
Moving Forward with Prayers and Poems
Much has been written in the secular media on President Joe Biden’s overt Catholicism and how that might challenge the already complex and daunting tightrope walked by Catholics in the public square.