When Anne Kelly, former assistant academic principal of St. Agnes Academic High School, walked the empty halls of Holy Family Catholic Academy in late summer, she wasn’t sure what to expect.
Month: September 2021
Pope Francis Has an Eventful Central European Trip
Pope Francis’ first European trip during the COVID-19 era ended with a bang, as he said Mass for some 60,000 people in the national basilica of Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows, patroness of the country, an hour’s drive north of Bratislava, Slovakia.
Homilies Should Be a ‘Slap’
Pope Francis scored again on long homilies. In his meeting at St. Martin’s Cathedral of Bratislava, Slovakia, he encouraged bishops and priests to keep homilies short. At this concern, a big round of applause burst from the audience and echoed around the whole cathedral. H
A Reminder of the Need to Practice Humility
Our Gospel reading this weekend continues to address the mistaken and divisive understanding of what greatness means among Jesus’ disciples.
Catholic ‘Beliefs’ and The Abortion Debate
Do Catholics “believe that human life begins at conception” — a formulation that’s become ubiquitous in recent weeks?
God As a Loving Lion
During the pandemic, all sorts of memories came back to me, some wonderful, some very sad. I received at least one important insight into myself. Often I am in high gear, involved with many projects, pressured to keep a number of commitments, trying to meet various deadlines. What I have discovered about myself is that I easily tend to be impatient. And I mean easily.
Papal Trips Make History And Make Crucial Points
This past week, Pope Francis participated in another apostolic journey, this time to Hungary and Slovakia. These apostolic journeys of the pontiff are a relatively recent phenomenon in the history of the Church and have proven to be a powerful means of transmitting the closeness of the Holy See to the Church worldwide, as well as an effective means of spreading the Gospel.
Letters to the Editor Week of Sept. 25, 2021
Derek Jeter …. Biden Sues Texas … Higher Learning; Deep Catholic Contributions to Abortion Simplicities; New Social Justice Curriculum and Religion Class; On Yom Kippur.
Obituaries, Week of Sept. 25, 2021
Sister Dorothea Gillen, RSM; Brother Norman Smercak, O.S.F.; Deacon John E. Sands.
Diocesan Assignments – Sept. 25, 2021
Rev. Lukasz Dutkiewicz, S.A.C., to pastor of St. Frances de Chantal, Borough Park, effective Sept. 1.