Applying Catholic principles about death and dying issues to New York State laws was the topic for Kathleen Gallagher of the New York State Catholic Conference, when she visited Brooklyn Wednesday evening, Oct. 5.
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Faiths Share Concept of Mercy
A Catholic, a Jewish, a Muslim and a Protestant leader got together at St. Francis College last week to talk about Mercy.
Italians Celebrate
The Italian Apostolate in Brooklyn and Queens held a diocesan celebration in honor of the Feast of the Guardian Angels. Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio participated in a street procession from Grand Army Plaza to St. Joseph’s Co-Cathedral, Prospect Heights, where he celebrated Mass for the people killed in the recent earthquake in Italy. For more about the celebration, see The Editor’s Space.
No Tears Shed Over Ouster of Markey
When upstart Democratic primary challenger Brian Barnwell defeated incumbent NY Assemblywoman Margaret Markey in the Primary Election Sept. 13, there weren’t many tears shed in Catholic circles.
A Night to Remember
State Senator Martin Golden held his annual Memorial Rally on the Veterans’ Memorial Pier in Bay Ridge on Sept. 11, in honor of those who died in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.
Underfunding Forces HeartShare To Relocate Services in Queens
HeartShare’s Evaluation Services for children with developmental delays have relocated to its pre-school sites in Richmond Hill and Howard Beach.
Mozart Adds to Local Sounds of Remembrance
St. Joseph’s Co-Cathedral, Prospect Heights, reverberated with the sounds of the 18th century when Mozart’s Requiem was performed as part of a 9/11 remembrance liturgy. Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio was the main celebrant of the annual liturgy for the 23 members of FDNY Battalion 57 who died on Sept. 11, 2001 in the terrorists’ attacks on the World Trade Center.
Slain Ithaca Student Buried in Brooklyn
Two weeks after 19-year-old Anthony Nazaire was stabbed to death, mourners filled the church where he received his First Holy Communion as a child, Holy Innocents, Flatbush.
Dominican Sisters to Mark Founder’s Day
In celebration of The “Order of Preachers” 800th anniversary, the Sisters of St. Dominic of Amityville, L.I., will conduct Founders’ Day on Saturday, Sept. 10, at the motherhouse in Amityville.
World Trade Center Is Seen As Sign of Hope
by Beth Griffin, (CNS) – Fifteen years after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks decimated the twin towers in lower Manhattan, the 1,776-foot One World Trade Center rises out of the ground, a palpable symbol of triumph and optimism. The tallest skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere is the soaring, storied, centerpiece of a 16-acre complex that includes eight other major structures.
