by Father Charles P. Keeney
Those who donate to the Propagation of the Faith may be familiar with the Mass intention forms that accompany the thank you letters sent from our office. Have you ever wondered who says those Masses, or where they are said?
Sister Patricia O’Donohue, R.S.M., formerly Sister Mary Aloysius, a member of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas for 63 years, died Dec. 5 at McAuley Hall Health Center in New Jersey. She was 83.
Rita G. Powers, the mother of Father Robert Powers, pastor of St. Patrick’s Church in Long Island City, died Dec. 28 at Queen of Peace Residence in Queens Village.
Margaret Mary Forsyth, S.S.N.D., a member of the School Sisters of Notre Dame for 72 years, died Jan. 20 at Ozanam Hall in Bayside. She was 92.
On the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Jan. 22, Catholics and Christians around this nation said a prayer for the unborn. Each year, thousands flood to Capitol Hill for the March for Life, where many believers make a public pledge against abortions. I reflect on this infamous law and all the victims it has taken, and ask myself as a new mother, what is the value of life?
Dear Editor: The headline (“Styrofoam as a Sin May Be Looming,” Jan. 18) and opening paragraphs of this story are beneath the dignity of The Tablet. I’m thankful that I read through to the inner pages where you finally got serious about the critically important theological reflection about our responsibility for stewardship of God’s creation.
Dear Editor: When did we allow political correctness run (or in this case, ruin) our lives?
On Jan. 23, it was announced that Pope Francis had appointed the Bishop Nelson Perez of Cleveland as the new archbishop of Philadelphia. By all accounts, that is a very wise move and will be both a blessing to the church in Philadelphia and to the church in the United States.
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Rev. Raphael Munday Kukana, from administrator to pastor of St. Catherine of Genoa, East Flatbush, while remaining in ministry with Catholic Charities, effective December 22, 2019.
by John L. Allen Jr. When I was growing up in the 1970s and ’80s, I was something of a baseball nerd, which is how I fell hard in love with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Bear in mind, this was a full two decades after “Dem Bums” had pulled up stakes and left for the West […]
