by Auxiliary Bishop Guy Sansaricq A choir of a hundred souls led over 2,000 other souls in song proclaiming “We Have Come This Far by Faith” as they inaugurated the 11th National Black Catholic Congress in Indianapolis. Thirty-two Black Catholics from Brooklyn and Queens, including Father Caleb Buchanan, diocesan coordinator of the Vicariate of Black […]
by Karen Mahoney OCONOMOWOC, Wis. (CNS) – If one roams the Redemptorist Retreat Center’s 20 acres of natural woodlands, the only sounds to be heard breaking into the silence are those of nature. Listen closely, and the hum of honeybees busy at work may draw even the most unnerved a bit closer. Several hives in […]
The Diocesan Pastoral Institute has announced that registrations for the 10-week Foundations for Ministry program that begins in September are currently being taken. The program will be offered in Creole, English, Mandarin, Polish and Spanish at various sites in the diocese. Designed for men and women who are discerning participation in the three-year Lay Ministry […]
Catholic Charities Progress of Peoples Development Corporation (CCPOP), the housing developer of Catholic Charities of Brooklyn and Queens, announced that the application process for the newly constructed Our Lady of Loreto Family Apartments is now closed. In May, 2012, after much anticipation by families in need of low-income-housing in Brownsville, Catholic Charities opened the application […]
The Diocesan Pastoral Institute has announced that registrations for the 10-week Foundations for Ministry program that begins in September are currently being taken. The program will be offered in Creole, English, Mandarin, Polish and Spanish at various sites in the diocese. Designed for men and women who are discerning participation in the three-year Lay Ministry […]
WASHINGTON (CNS) – There can be no “middle ground” on matters of faith and morals, the bishop who conducted the Vatican-ordered doctrinal assessment of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious said in an interview that aired on National Public Radio’s “Fresh Air” program. Bishop Leonard P. Blair of Toledo, Ohio, one of two U.S. bishops […]
The first Black Catholic Congress was held in 1887 at the initiative of a charismatic black layman named Daniel Rudd. During those troubled times in the history of black people in America, when racial discrimination ruled unchallenged, Rudd, a distinguished Catholic journalist, convoked his black Catholic colleagues to meet for a few days to seek […]
Lia Neal, bottom, and Isla Hutchinson Maddox, seniors at Convent of the Sacred Heart School in Manhattan, take a break from their training in this 2010 photograph. Both qualified for the U.S. Olympic trials in Omaha, Neb., in June, and Lia, a Brooklyn resident, advanced to the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she was […]
Auxiliary Bishops Robert J. Brennan, left, and Nelson J. Perez, right, of Rockville Centre, smile as they process from St. Agnes Cathedral, Rockville Centre, following their episcopal ordination July 25. Bishop Brennan, 50, is the vicar general of Rockville Centre. Bishop Perez, 51, was a pastor in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia when he was named […]
Pronounce it as you dare, “aggiornamento” – Italian for “(bringing) up-to-date” – as applied to the way we do church, has yielded, to say the least, mixed results. Blessed Pope John XXIII famously used the term when calling for an update of the Codex Iuris Canonici, the official compendium – or “Code” – of Canon […]
