by Maggie Hom I’ve had ties to the Rockaway Peninsula my entire life. My closest friends live in the Rockaways and Breezy Point, and I spent several childhood summers roaming the grounds of the Silver Gull Beach Club. In the days immediately following Hurricane Sandy, I had been down in Breezy to help friends deal […]
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Generosity at St. Agnes
St. John Prep Gives Thanks with Service and Gifts
When St. John’s Prep, Astoria, reopened following Sandy, students, faculty, staff and administrators put their heads together to figure out how to react to the crisis in the region. After consulting with Catholic Charities, a three-part plan was developed. First, each club, team, department and office were asked to assemble bags of canned and dried […]
Rockaway Gives Thanks as Recovery Continues
by Ed Wilkinson Rockaway Beach residents battered by Hurricane Sandy came to St. Rose of Lima Church on Thanksgiving Day for one reason: to give thanks for the blessings they have. Recognizing the trials of the previous two weeks, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio made his fourth trip to the Rockaway peninsula since the devastating storm to […]
Ordination – First for Brooklyn – Married Anglican Priest Ordained to Catholic Priesthood (with slide show)
by Ed Wilkinson When Auxiliary Bishop Paul Sanchez laid hands upon the head of Belen Gonzalez y Perez Nov. 20 at St. James Cathedral-Basilica, Downtown Brooklyn, Father Gonzalez y Perez became the first former Anglican priest to be ordained a Catholic priest in Brooklyn. He concelebrated a First Mass of thanksgiving Nov. 25 at St. […]
Vatican Dismisses Maryknoll Priest
by Dennis Sadowski WASHINGTON (CNS) – The Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has dismissed Roy Bourgeois from the priesthood because of his participation in the invalid ordination of a woman and “a simulated Mass,” the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers announced. The order said in a statement the canonical dismissal came Oct. 4. […]
Consistory Elevates Six New Cardinals
by Francis X. Rocca VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Recalling that Christ’s mission transcends “all ethnic, national and religious particularities,” Pope Benedict XVI created six new cardinals from four different continents, representing the Latin rite of the Catholic Church as well as two Eastern Catholic Churches. The churchmen who joined the College of Cardinals Nov. 24 […]
Pope’s Book Offers Insights on Christmas
by Carol Glatz and Francis X. Rocca VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The Nativity story, like the whole story of Christ, is not merely an event in the past but has unfolding significance for people today, with implications for such issues as the limits of political power and the purpose of human freedom, Pope Benedict writes […]
Boston Plans Restructuring Of Its Parishes
by Christopher S. Pineo BRAINTREE, Mass. (CNS) – A pastoral plan approved by Boston Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley calls for the Boston Archdiocese to organize its 288 parishes into approximately 135 groups called “parish collaboratives.” Led by one pastor, a group of priests, deacons and lay ecclesial ministers, called a pastoral team, would provide pastoral […]
Eucharist: Center of Catholic Faith
by Father Robert Lauder Third in a series One serious problem in the Church in the U.S. is the number of Catholics who have stopped attending the Eucharist. No one I know who has stopped attending has the same view of the Eucharist that I have. They certainly do not have the same view that […]