At its 2012 Annual Conference held outside of Washington, D.C., the National Association for Lay Ministry (NALM) presented its Juan Diego Award to Sister Angela Gannon, C.S.J., secretary for Catholic Education and Formation of the Diocese of Brooklyn. The award honors Sister Angela’s outstanding witness to the spirit and values embodied in the life of […]
by Stephen Childs In providing for its future, St. Luke’s elementary school in Whitestone also memorialized its past – a past dating back more than a century. Last Friday, June 1, at the school’s yearly outdoor Mass in honor of Our Lady, St. Luke’s dedicated a newly built playground to the Sisters of St. Dominic, […]
As The Tablet went to press, it was learned that Msgr. Joseph L. Stafford, pastor emeritus of Holy Family parish, Fresh Meadows, had died on Monday, June 4. The funeral Mass was scheduled at the church on Thursday, June 6. A full obituary will appear in next week’s edition of The Tablet.
by Michael Kelly DUBLIN (CNS) – The week long 50th International Eucharistic Congress, which gets under way in Dublin June 10, will be Ireland’s largest religious event since Pope John Paul II visited in 1979. The celebration of faith offers a lively mixture of prayer, reflection and liturgy with participation from some of the leading […]
Blessed Virgin Mary Help of Christians Church, Woodside, will host a special diocesan celebration in solidarity with the 50th International Eucharistic Congress in Dublin. The observance, sponsored by the Diocesan Irish Apostolate, will be held on Friday, June 15. Eucharistic adoration will be held between 5 and 7 p.m. Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio will be the […]
“For Greater Glory,” the current film about the persecution of the Catholic Church in Mexico in the 1920s, earned more than $1.8 million on only 757 screens over its opening weekend – good enough for the No. 10 spot in overall box office for all films in release. And it finished at No. 5 in […]
John Heyer, development officer for The Catholic Foundation of Brooklyn and Queens, was sworn in as the new president of The Cathedral Club of Brooklyn. The ceremony was held June 1 at Gargiulo’s, Coney Island. For membership and other information about The Cathedral Club, contact Heyer at 718-965-7300, ext. 1617.
WASHINGTON (CNS) – All Americans, whatever their faith or political party, should stand united in defense of religious liberty, said speakers at the recent National Religious Freedom Conference in Washington. “This is a bipartisan issue. This is an American issue. Religious freedom is at the core of what it means to be American,” said Brian […]
by Carol Zimmerman WASHINGTON (CNS) – The national board of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) June 1 said it feels the assessment that led to a Vatican order to reform the organization “was based on unsubstantiated accusations and the result of a flawed process that lacked transparency.” The LCWR board called the sanctions […]
by Carol Glatz MILAN (CNS) – As Pope Benedict XVI closed the World Meeting of Families in Italy’s capital of finance and fashion, he opened the possibility of his heading to the United States when he named the Archdiocese of Philadelphia the next venue of the world gathering. “God willing,” he said, he would attend […]
