In one corner of the classroom, Livia Chen and Simon Kochergin were peering into microscopes. In another, Megan Heaney, Elena Sealey, and Carolyn Tomaselli teamed up to experiment with turning liquids into different colors. In the front, Chris Stephan held up a plastic bone and examined it to determine where it belonged on a model skeleton.
Author: Christine
Seeking a World Free From Evil
Just as I sat down to write this reflection, I received a phone call. Apparently, someone using my name was trying to scam a parishioner. This has happened to me and other people I know, and the general consensus is to assure people it wasn’t us and move on.
U.S. Cardinal Wilton Gregory at Synod Asks: Are We a Healthy Church?
After Pope Francis last week met with several American cardinals attending this year’s Synod of Bishops, one who was notably missing from the lineup said he had not been invited to participate in the meeting.
March for Life Prepares For New U.S. President — and Its Own New President
Jennie Bradley Lichter, president-elect of the March for Life Education and Defense Fund, said challenges for the group’s cause on both political and cultural fronts also present an opportunity to demonstrate “leading with love.”
From Indy to LA: Pilgrim Applications Open for 2025 National Eucharistic Pilgrimage Route
National Eucharistic Pilgrimage organizers are seeking eight young adults to spend six weeks traveling with the Eucharist from Indiana to California next summer as perpetual pilgrims in the United States’ second national Eucharistic pilgrimage.
Our Lady of Pompeii Revival at Shrine Church of St. Bernadette
“I want all the attention on the Blessed Mother.” That is what John Cordi, Brooklyn native and lifelong parishioner at the Shrine Church of St. Bernadette in Dyker Heights, recently told people at the parish’s celebration of the Rosary of Our Lady of Pompeii.
My Mitzvah: Returning This 40-Year-Old Ring
Why am I, a secular Jewish girl, the product of an interfaith marriage (Jewish mother, Catholic father), so concerned about a class ring from a defunct Brooklyn parochial school dating back to before I was born?
Letters to the Editor Week of October 19, 2024
Thank You for the Bishop Sheen Article, The Truth Behind Proposal 1, All Praise for Bishop Chappetto’s Uncle, Just War Theory
Catholics Reach Out To Hurricane Victims
Over the past two weeks, we have seen Catholics putting their faith into action, and both national and local Catholic relief organizations have mobilized to meet the material and spiritual needs of hurricane victims in North Carolina, Tennessee, and Florida.
Obituaries, Week of October 19, 2024
Father George Cowan, Sister Loretta Scully