St. John’s University marked a new era in its Vincentian mission to address issues of poverty and social justice on Wednesday, Sept. 18, with the dedication of the new St. Vincent Health Sciences Center.
Author: Bill Miller
Catholic Group Raising Funds to Help Ring in New Bell of Nagasaki
The St. Kateri Institute, based in Williamstown, Massachusetts, is raising money to replace a bell blasted from one of the towers of the Urakami Cathedral in the Aug. 9, 1945 attack on Nagasaki.
LaGuardia Finally Opens Interfaith Chapel for Travelers
The new chapel in Terminal C in the renovated LaGuardia Airport is now officially open for prayer.
New Novel a Tale of Triumph Over Terrorism in Syria, Iraq
Iraqi Catholics faced persecution in 2014 when ISIS marked their homes with an “N.” The graffiti alerted gunmen that the people living there were followers of Jesus Christ, the Nazarene. The ensuing violence and chaos is the backdrop for Paul Mascia’s new book, “Nazar’s Journey.”
Ursuline Sisters Look Back on 100 Years of Their Ministry
In 1924, Calvin Coolidge became the nation’s 30th president after a landslide victory, the Statue of Liberty was designated as a National Monument, and the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade stepped off for the first time. Meanwhile, a small group of religious women arrived in Queens to establish the U.S. Province of the Ursuline Sisters of Tildonk.
NY Bishops: Unborn Threatened by ‘Wolf-in-Sheep’s Clothing’ Abortion Amendment
New York’s Catholic bishops are warning that the proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the state’s constitution is a “wolf in sheep’s clothing” that endangers the unborn and could degrade parental rights.
Excitement, New Beginnings Fill The Air on First Day at Incarnation Catholic Academy
Surprises awaited students — early childhood to eighth grade — as they climbed the stairs into Incarnation Catholic Academy on Sept. 4 — the first day of classes for the new academic year. Greeting them in the hallway was their new principal, Dr. Ivan Green, along with Father Josephjude Gannon, the school’s board chairman, and Bishop Robert Brennan.
Meet the Diocese’s Newest Lead Educators For the Upcoming School Year
everal new principals and assistant principals greeted students on Sept. 4, the first day of classes at Catholic schools/academies in the Diocese of Brooklyn.
Did You Know? Tax-Credit Funding for School Choice Existed in N.Y.
PROSPECT HEIGHTS — Bishop Emeritus Nicholas DiMarzio recalled how, in 2006, as a winter storm heaped drifts of wet snow on Brooklyn, a national teachers union leader came to visit. Randi Weingarten, then the president of the United Federation of Teachers, urged him to drop his support of a bill in the Legislature to allow […]
Cookies Bearing Likeness of Pope Francis Given after Mass to Rikers Island Inmates
Maria Notaro of La Guli Pastry Shop in Astoria has revised her cookie recipe that commemorated Pope Francis’s 2015 visit to New York City. She recently shared a batch of the treats with people trying to grow in the faith, even while incarcerated at Rikers Island.