Father Michael Falce remembers the first time he administered a sacrament as a newly ordained priest. It was 2019 and the memorable occasion was a baptism at St. Patrick’s Church in Bay Ridge. It marked his first experience using chrism oil.
Month: March 2024
Ringing in MLB Opening Day With New York Mets Chaplain
Baseball is back! So what better way to usher in a new season than to catch up with New York Mets team chaplain Msgr. Thomas Machalski?
St. Edith Stein: Born Jewish, She Became Catholic, and a Champion for Women
In 1891, Edith Stein was born as the youngest of 11 children into a pious Orthodox Jewish household living in Germany. A little over 100 years later, she became one of the six patron saints of Europe, after living a life of deep Catholic devotion during the Nazi regime.
Tablet Celebrates 116th Anniversary of Catholic Publishing
PROSPECT HEIGHTS — With this edition, The Tablet celebrates its 116th year of weekly publication — never having missed an issue. On April 4, 1908, The Tablet’s first pages ran off the press as a private business enterprise. William P. Lawler, publisher of the Newark Archdiocese’s Monitor, was picking up where several previous attempts at […]
Long-Awaited Chapel to Land At LaGuardia This Summer
The much-anticipated interfaith chapel in the new Terminal C at LaGuardia Airport is expected to open for prayer in July, according to sources familiar with the project.
Eucharistic Words for Lent: Live Out Your Mission
“Truly, nothing is more beautiful than to know Christ and to make him known to others.” These words in Pope Benedict XVI’s “Sacramentum Caritatis” echoed in my mind when watching the recently released “Cabrini.” The film captures the indomitable spirit of America’s first citizen-saint, and viewers become well-acquainted with the diminutive nun’s spunk and determination.
Supreme Court Seems Likely to Allow Loosened Restrictions on Abortion Pill
During oral arguments March 26 about the public’s access to the abortion pill mifepristone, the Supreme Court justices seemed likely to reject a challenge to the drug’s availability.
Sacred Oils to Be Blessed, and Priests’ Vows Will Be Renewed, at Chrism Mass
The sacred oils that priests in the Diocese of Brooklyn use to administer sacraments will be blessed by Bishop Robert Brennan at a Holy Week Mass at the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph in Prospect Heights on Tuesday, March 26.
Bishop Brennan Pledges Prayers for NYPD Officer Slain in Queens
Bishop Robert Brennan offered prayers March 26 for the NYPD Officer who was fatally shot Monday during a traffic stop on a street in Far Rockaway.
Baltimore Archbishop Calls for Prayers After Bridge Collapse
In response to the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore March 26, Baltimore Archbishop William Lori urged people to “join in prayer asking the Lord to grant consolation and strength as we cope with this terrible tragedy.”