Music is a universal language, so when leaders of the Brooklyn Chamber Orchestra sought to bring two different cultures together in Bensonhurst, they used music as the vehicle.
Month: May 2024
Ukrainian Youth Make Pilgrimage for Peace
A group of Ukrainian youth have made a pilgrimage to Medjugorje, asking Mary to bring peace as Russia doubles down on its 11-year war in Ukraine and brutally targets civilians.
Nebraska Voters Could Be Faced With A Trio Of Abortion-Related Measures on Ballots This Year
Several states this year will have abortion-related constitutional amendment measures on the ballot, but in Nebraska, voters could potentially see three different abortion initiatives.
The Eucharistic Pilgrimage Is Tied to the Early Church
“Who are these people and what in the world are they doing?”
That’s what plenty of curious people must have been asking last Sunday as the people of our diocese met the Eucharistic procession mid-span on the Brooklyn Bridge and continued the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Route of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage through the streets of Brooklyn.
The Genuine Gift of Friends Offers Us Many Comforts
Recently, I finished reading one of the most demanding theology books that I have ever read. But it is also one that is filled with beautiful insights. The book is “Power and Spirit: Toward an Experience-Based Pneumatology” (Oxford University Press, 2004, 209 pp).
St. Cabrini’s Example Needed in Our Time
As I watched the recently released movie on the life of St. Frances Cabrini, I could not help but think of the need for her courageous work and inspiring example to once again challenge the hearts and minds of American society.
Catholic Queens Man’s Prayers Are Answered at 11th Hour When Kidney Donor Is Found
As he approached end-stage renal failure, Petar Vukelich had been running out of options. His kidney function was at less than 10%, and in an anguished attempt to find a living donor for him, he and his family were reaching out to his Sunnyside community and beyond.
Report: U.S. Catholics ‘Desire to Rebuild and Strengthen Our Communion’
To address noticeable tensions, American Catholics want Church leaders to foster unity through promoting interculturality and greater co-responsibility, and for them to better articulate Church teaching, according to the latest synod synthesis report for the American Church.
St. Francis Prep Grads Get A Sweet Sendoff to College
There is a freshly baked tradition at St. Francis Preparatory School, dating back decades. Chocolate chip cookies, made in-house, are entrenched in the warm tradition the Catholic school works to create, and are given sporadically to the students throughout their four years to commemorate special parts of their academic career.
Revere the Eucharistic Revival in Our Area
Following the wisdom of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, we should do exactly what the Second Vatican Council’s “Dogmatic Constitution of the Church” has asked us to do, namely, recognize the reality that the Church makes the Eucharist and the Eucharist makes the Church!