Councilman Eric A. Ulrich (R-Queens) and Catholic Charities of Brooklyn and Queens (CCBQ) held a press conference on Monday, Sept. 22, to announce city funding to support bus service for seniors at four CCBQ centers in Howard Beach, Woodhaven, Rockaway Beach and Ozone Park.
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Mercy Residents Enjoy Day at ‘Motherhouse’
The Convent of Mercy fills most of a block in the Fort Greene/Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn. A few blocks west of its main entrance on Willoughby Avenue is Pratt Institute, where young artists and architects prepare for their future careers.
Newark Will Host First Beatification in the US
NEWARK, N.J. (CNS) – Although Sister Miriam Teresa Demjanovich was personally unassuming, the spiritual impact she had on other Sisters of Charity of St. Elizabeth was so unmistakable that they began the effort to have her canonized soon after her May 8, 1927, death in Paterson, N.J.
Laypeople Will Be Consulted
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia in September, 2015 will serve as a forum for debating issues on the agenda for the world Synod of Bishops at the Vatican the following month, said the two archbishops responsible for planning the Philadelphia event.
Spokane Bishop Named to Head Chicago Archdiocese
Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Blase J. Cupich of Spokane, Wash., as the ninth archbishop of Chicago. The appointment was announced Sept. 20 in Washington, D.C. Archbishop Cupich, 65, will be installed Nov. 18 during a Mass at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago.
Should Divorced, Remarried Catholics Be Allowed to Receive Communion?
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family will not open until Oct. 5, but some of its most prominent members are already publicly debating what is bound to be one of its most controversial topics: the eligibility of divorced and civilly remarried Catholics to receive Communion.
Faith Groups Joined Climate Change March
Myriad Catholic groups joined a singing, chanting sea of people who streamed along Manhattan’s West Side Sept. 21 to urge global action on climate change. Organizers of the People’s Climate March estimated nearly 400,000 men, women and children rallied to the cause.
Opera at the Co-Cathedral
On Friday, Sept. 26, the curtain went up at the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph, Prospect Heights, as a new opera series by the indie company Opera Oggi New York made its premiere. “Made in America” is a set of one-act operas with storyline, text and music by Thomas Lawrence Toscano, founder of the singer-run company. […]
The Pope in Albania
TIRANA, Albania (CNS) – In a world “where an authentic religious spirit is being perverted and where religious differences are being distorted and exploited,” Albania is an “aspiring example” to everyone that peaceful coexistence is possible, Pope Francis said during a one-day visit to the country Sept. 21.
Spokane Bishop Named to Head Chicago Archdiocese
CHICAGO (CNS) – Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Blase J. Cupich of Spokane, Wash., as the ninth archbishop of Chicago. The appointment was announced Sept. 20 in Washington, D.C., by Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, apostolic nuncio to the U.S.