“This is fancy!” one student joyfully exclaimed. Other students described the festivities as fantastic, awesome and amazing. Cotton candy, entertainers, juggling, ice cream, popcorn, photo booths for fun, a massive buffet, Santa and his helpers and free toys for everyone were just some of the many surprises that awaited students at a special Christmas luncheon […]
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Pope Sees Western Society in Crisis
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Benedict XVI said the family in Western society is undergoing a “crisis that threatens it to its foundations,” owing to false ideas of human nature that equate freedom with selfishness and present God-given sexual identities as a matter of individual choice to the profound detriment of humanity dignity. But the […]
More Vandalism in The Holy Land
JERUSALEM (CNS) – The Israeli government must be more attentive to incidents of vandalism against Christian institutions, said Auxiliary Bishop William H. Shomali, chancellor of the Jerusalem Latin Patriarchate. In the fifth such incident this year, vandals targeted Christian institutions, slashing the tire of a car and writing anti-Christian graffiti on it and on the […]
Sainthood Cause for Paul VI Moves Ahead
by Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Benedict XVI advanced the sainthood cause of Pope Paul VI by recognizing the Italian pope as having lived the Christian virtues in a heroic way. He also recognized a miracle attributed to the intercession of an Italian martyr who, with an estimated 800 other people, died at […]
Bishops Call for Action vs. Gun Violence
WASHINGTON (CNS) – The chairmen of three committees of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a joint statement Dec. 21 stressing the need for gun control, improved services for the mentally ill and a critical examination of the violence in today’s movies, videos and television shows. The statement was released in response to the […]
True Meaning of Christmas Cards
This year’s winners of the Saint Saviour H.S., Park Slope, Christmas card contest were sophomore Janet Munoz and junior Victoria Fiquet. Munoz’s drawing is a depiction of Mary, Joseph and the baby Jesus inside a Saint Saviour High School snow globe. Fiquet’s artwork, which was drawn by hand and colored-in on a computer, features […]
Christmas Carnival
Students from Msgr. McClancy M.H.S., East Elmhurst, brought a Christmas Carnival to Pope John Paul II Family Academy. “This was the best party ever!” one of the elementary school students exclaimed. The high school ministry team came with Brother Donald Sukanek, S.C., Brother Gary, Nick Melito, admissions director, Ann Smith, science teacher and Andrew […]
Spreading Christmas Cheer
Students around the diocese spent Advent getting themselves ready for Christmas and helping others do the same. In Middle Village, the school community of Christ the King got into the spirit of the season at its annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony. More than 200 people joined in the festivities. Santa was on hand for pictures, […]
Reflections from the Daughters of the King
The youth ministry at Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary parish, Jamaica, runs a series for young women titled Daughters of the King. It aims to shed light on the themes of sexuality and the human body from the viewpoint of the Catholic Church. “This program has helped me grow to love myself and Jesus! […]
Heroes of the People
The Robinhood Project made its way to Catherine McAuley H.S., Flatbush. Students collected food, clothing and supplies for the victims of Hurricane Sandy. After they were done “taking from the rich,” they packed up goods to bring to a firehouse in Midland Beach, Staten Island.