One Christmas, while in Ecuador, Father Alexandre Morard was depressed. There was no snow, which made him homesick for the Swiss Alps where he grew up skiing world-class slopes and hiking through vast forests.
Diocesan News
Brooklyn Girl Gets Special Message From Mother Of A Soon-to-Be Saint
Like many young Catholics around the world, Khloe Chavez, a sixth grader at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Academy in Corona, feels an affinity with Blessed Carlo Acutis, the Italian teenager on track to become the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint.
When Your Bundle Of Joy Also Brings You Postpartum Depression
Allison Auth always thought that when she gave birth to her first child, it would be a glorious experience. “I thought the baby came and you just figured it out and fell in love with the baby,” she said.
Heavenly Fashion
The expression “Wear your heart on your sleeve” is a time-honored phrase. But there’s one fashion line that is offering women the chance to wear their faith on their sleeves — literally.
Tragic Legacy: 9/11-Related Illnesses Still Claiming Lives
Msgr. John Delendick, the FDNY chaplain who passed away from a 9/11-related cancer on Thanksgiving Day, joins a sad and growing list of people succumbing to illnesses they suffered due to their service at the World Trade Center site in the weeks and months following the 2001 attack.
Advocate Calls for Additional Accessibilty for Churches
Pope Francis’ prayer intention for December is for persons with disabilities, and he has called for the Catholic Church to be inclusive and welcoming, to ensure that each person “feels encouraged to do his or her part for the good of the entire ecclesial body and for the good of society as a whole.”
Bright Christmas Helps Bring Joy To ‘Families, Fathers & Children’
Ellen Edelman loves to look back on pictures of the Christmas celebrations held for Families, Fathers & Children over the years, and she credits The Tablet’s Bright Christmas Fund for helping put smiles on the faces of those in need.
Msgr. Delendick, 74, FDNY Chaplain Dies of 9/11 Illness
Msgr. John E. Delendick, the chaplain of the NYC Fire Department remembered for his heroic service during the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, died Nov. 23, Thanksgiving Day morning. He suffered for several years with pancreatic cancer, which the FDNY said it recognized as related to the attack on the World Trade Center. He was 74.
‘Work Is Not Done’: Celebrating Black Catholic History
To commemorate Black Catholic History Month, an honorary Mass was celebrated at the Basilica of Old St. Patrick Cathedral on Saturday, Nov. 18, in recognition of the impact and future of Black Catholics in the Church.
Queens Black Catholics to Neighbors: We See the Hunger for God’s Word
This neighborhood, nicknamed “Southside” for its location south of downtown Jamaica, was a hotbed of murderous drug activity in the 1970s and 1980s.