Sister Helen Dorothy Phillips, M.M., photo library manager for Maryknoll Sisters and missioner-educator to Bolivia, celebrated 70 years with Maryknoll Sisters at a Mass for Maryknoll Sisters marking 60, 70 and 75 years with the congregation on Sunday, Feb. 9, at Maryknoll Sisters Center, Ossinning, N.Y. Seven Sisters celebrated 70 years; six marked 60 years; […]
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Court Rules Notre Dame Must Supply Contraceptive Coverage
CHICAGO (CNS) – The University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Ind., must provide free coverage of contraceptives as required by the federal health care law despite its moral objections to doing so, said a panel of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a ruling that denied the university an injunction against enforcement of […]
Hiring Freeze at the Vatican
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The Vatican announced an immediate end to new hires, wage-increases and overtime in an effort to cut costs and offset budget shortfalls. Pope Francis, with input from the Vatican’s central accounting office, also determined that volunteers could be used to help provide the labor needed to make up for the hiring […]
Charities’ Director to Serve In de Blasio Administration
Donna Corrado, executive director at Catholic Charities Neighborhood Services Inc. (CCNS), an affiliate of Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens, has been appointed the new commissioner for the N.Y.C. Department for the Aging, as announced by Mayor Bill de Blasio on Feb. 18. “During her 22 years of dedicated service and leadership to Catholic Charities Brooklyn […]
Lenten Regulations
“May this Lenten season find the whole Church ready to bear witness to all those who live in material, moral and spiritual destitution the Gospel message of the merciful love of God our Father, who is ready to embrace everyone in Christ. We can do this to the extent that we imitate Christ who became […]
Laity Will Have Something to Say About Vatican Finances
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – In a move reflecting both his drive to reform the Vatican bureaucracy and his oft-stated desire to include laypeople in the leadership of the Church, Pope Francis established a new panel – to include almost as many lay members as clerics – to oversee the finances of the Holy See and […]
Bishop: Parishes Must Welcome Immigrants
by Dennis Sadowski WASHINGTON (CNS) – Catholic parishes are called to build communion with immigrants and newcomers so people unite in faith rather than solely because of their cultural backgrounds, said Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio. Brooklyn’s bishop, who has worked for 38 years to improve immigrant relations, told a Feb. 24 conference on the integration of […]
Australians Welcomed at St. Edmund’s Prep
This year, St. Edmund Prep, Sheepshead Bay, has expanded its exchange program. In addition to the England Exchange Program, the school participated in an exchange program with a school in Brisbane, Australia. In July, St. Edmund Prep students ventured on a long journey to Australia, where they were greeted by students and administration from St. […]
Virtue of Hope Focuses on What is Most Important
In an individual’s life, it may be difficult to distinguish faith, hope and charity. Even if we can distinguish them, I don’t believe we can separate them. The believing person also hopes and trusts in God and tries to love God and neighbor. Can a person who hopes and trusts in God not have the […]
Rediscovering the Martyrology
by George Weigel The Catholic Church began compiling “martyrologies” – lists of saints, typically martyrs – during the first centuries after Constantine. In the pre-Vatican II breviary, a reading from the Roman Martyrology, or what we might call the Catholic Book of Witnesses, was an integral part of the Office of Prime, the “hour” recited after […]