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Author: Christine
Obituaries, Week of September 9, 2023
Sister Yolanda Kinsella, CSJ, Sister Lucille D’Amelio, OP
A Call for a Loving and Just Community for All
Our Scripture readings this weekend offer lessons on love, responsibility, and community accountability. Ezekiel introduces the concept of collective moral responsibility, while Romans emphasizes that the essence of moral obligation is love.
Strong Ties Bind Church and Labor
For Americans across the country, the annual Labor Day holiday signals the changing of the seasons, one last chance to take in good weather around a cookout or at the beach.
Diocesan Assignments – September 9, 2023
Rev. Martin Curtin, O.F.M., Cap., to pastor of St. Michael – St. Malachy, East New York, effective Sept. 1. Rev. Msgr. John A. McGuirl, to temporary administrator of Our Lady of Mercy, Forest Hills, while remaining in senior priest status, and in residence at Our Lady of Mercy, Forest Hills, effective Sept. 1.
Bishop Brennan Kicks Off the New School Year With Warm Welcome
Students at St. Athanasius Catholic Academy were welcomed with a big surprise on their first day of school, Wednesday, Sept. 6.
Catholic Student Center at Washington’s Howard University Named for Sister Thea Bowman
On a day when history was made 60 years earlier with the March on Washington, Father Robert Boxie III, the Catholic chaplain at Howard University in the nation’s capital, noted that the campus ministry program there was making history of its own, with the blessing and dedication of its new Sister Thea Bowman Catholic Student Center.
Vatican says Ulma Child Was Born During Mother’s Execution
With a beatification Mass for the Ulma family set for Sept. 10, the Vatican emphasized that all nine members of the Polish family are considered martyrs, including the child that was born during the massacre.
Mexico’s High Court Overturns State Abortion; Move Could Bring End to Restrictions Nationwide
Mexico’s Supreme Court overturned a state-level abortion ban, a decision observers say could hasten the removal of restrictions on the procedure nationwide.
Pope Says Religion and Culture Can be Misused to Frighten and Oppress
When religion or culture is used to sow division or to impose a certain world view on others, it becomes an ideology, Pope Francis said.
