When I Gave Up Dodgeball for Lent

Gym class in the 90’s was a mix of adrenaline-pumping bliss and heart-stopping drama. Games like dodgeball tested your physical prowess and eagle-eye attention. Be agile enough, and you can clonk your class rival in the head with the ball to get him out. Be woefully inattentive, and your face gets slammed with the ball. 

Lent Means More Now Than It Ever Did Before

As a kid growing up, I never looked forward to the season of Lent. In preparing for these 40 days of prayer, fasting and almsgiving, my family would constantly ask me, “What are you giving up for Lent?”

Diocesan Lenten Pilgrimage Begins

In Rome, they have a great tradition of visiting Station Churches, which are churches in Rome that are appointed for special morning and evening liturgical celebrations during Lent. 

‘A Deep But Quiet Faith’: A Homily Remembering Patricia Brennan

The kindness of the faithful in Brooklyn and Queens, and in fact in so many places, has been absolutely overwhelming. My family and I are deeply touched by it all and thank you sincerely. While we are trying to offer our thanks as best we can, we don’t have the names of everyone who reached out to us in our time of need.