George Washington, an American Revolution military hero and the nation’s first president, seldom mentioned the Lord Jesus Christ in speeches, conversations, or writings. Yet Washington, “The Father of His Country,” often talked and wrote about “providence” — that guiding and protective care of a creator God.
The Tablet’s “Keep Christ in Christmas” art contest has become a seasonal tradition in the Diocese of Brooklyn as school students prepare to submit their artwork for awards and cash prizes.
There are moments in life when God makes it overwhelmingly obvious: He’s writing the story. That’s the easiest way for Jerry and Lisa Pfaff, and their son Derek, to describe what happened to them this past March.
As a member of the Sisters of Notre Dame of the United States, Sister Colette Theobald said she spent some of the best years of her life serving with her congregation in Uganda from 2015 to 2022.
Just as Fernando Valenzuela tipped his eyes to heaven during his famous windup when he pitched, so did the hundreds of faithful who flocked to his funeral in Los Angeles at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels Nov. 6.
Facing what he calls the “chilling and frightening reality” of President-elect Donald Trump’s plan for mass deportations of undocumented immigrants in the United States, Cardinal Roger Mahony is encouraging America’s Catholic bishops to raise their voices.
If you believe statistics, it would seem that Gen Z isn’t as religious as people from earlier generations. Try telling that to Christopher Mendy, a junior at Hillcrest High School who was one of 1,600 young people who took part in the Diocese of Brooklyn’s Catholic Youth Day celebration at St. Thomas Aquinas Church on Nov. 23.
With the opening of the Holy Year 2025, Pope Francis’ schedule of liturgies in December and January has expanded.
Long before its merger with St. Benedict the Moor, Shaniqua Wilson said she remembers when St. Bonaventure Catholic Church was a predominantly white parish in the ‘50s, and the black parishioners — including her parents — had to sit in the choir loft and display their baptismal certificate to get communion.
Austin Belizaire, a sixth grader at Incarnation Catholic Academy in Queens Village, sat at a desk in the computer lab on Nov. 22, checking out a new iPad. He was thoroughly impressed.
