My parents recently celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary. Marriage is something that has always been important to my family. We believe that the love and devotion between two people helps to strengthen both of them. My brother and I were the result of my parents’ loving and happy marriage. Even when things get rough, we work through things together, which I do not believe would be possible if my parents were not married.
“Lord I’m amazed by you, how you love me.” These were just some of the words that I heard echoing through Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, Manhattan, on All Saints Day.
In all, St. Joseph’s School for the Deaf and its students, unexpectedly, educated me in ways that sitting in a classroom simply could not. It made me more considerate of others and strengthened my moral character.
When the principal of St. Agnes A.H.S. introduced the reigning Miss USA to students Oct. 30, she said the pageant winner “shows qualities that we ask you to strive for this year.” Miss USA spent the afternoon recounting her story to the teenage girls. She finished her talk with a demonstration of Tae-Kwon-Do self-defense moves, which can be done in high heels and a dress.
Alyssa Attardo, senior Bishop Kearney H.S. I don’t have to envy someone because we are all capable of our own thing. Kathleen Corbett, sophomore Msgr. McClancy M.H.S. The 10th commandment means that we should be happy with what God gave us and not be envious of people who have things […]
I want to be able to travel the world and see and meet people from different cultures/ nationalities. I want to experience their way of life, a new way of life.
I feel that liturgical music can help us pray better. It helps us grow closer to Him. I feel that by listening or singing along to liturgical music, it helps us to see what God has planned for us in the future.
Karolina Smiarowska, 18, joined her fellow parishioners from St. Matthias, Ridgewood, for the diocesan pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., Oct. 25. For her, the pilgrimage served as a continuation of the formation she received at World Youth Day Brazil and as a Jornadista.
ALBANY, N.Y. (CNS) – Families navigate their smartphones while doing everyday activities, so it’s no surprise that cellphones affect even church.
More than 300 Sisters of Charity, Halifax, and their associates, along with clergy, family and friends, marked the 90th anniversary of the Sisters’ arrival in New York at the Immaculate Conception Center, Douglaston, Oct. 25.
