by Stephan Childs Whether piloting a program to provide the needy with care, serving as an ethnic community’s parish liaison, or helping facilitate a parish merger, service to the church assumes many forms. Recognizing that service (not to mention many other types), members of each one of Queens’ 47 parishes attended St. Nicholas of Tolentine […]
by Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) – For Vatican historians, the roots of a Christian idea of religious liberty go way back: in fact, back 1,700 years to the Emperor Constantine’s victory on Rome’s Milvian Bridge and to his conversion. At a Vatican conference in late April marking the anniversary, the head of the Pontifical […]
Thirty-nine couples recently renewed their marriage vows at the Sunday noon Mass at St.Kevin’s Church, Flushing. The couples were celebrating anniversaries ranging from 25 years to 66 years of marriage. A reception for family and friends followed in the parish center.
by Father Kevin Abels, Diocesan Vocations Director I wanted to share with you wonderful news about the Called By Name Program that has been a blessing to our Diocese. The purpose of Called By Name is to encourage the people of our parishes to prayerfully submit names of men and women who they believe would […]
by Mark Pattison WASHINGTON (CNS) – A document on the new evangelization from the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis exhorts Catholics to at all levels in the church to step up to invite Catholics who have stopped practicing their faith to do so once again. “Bishops, eparchs, pastors, catechists and indeed all Catholics […]
by Francis X. Rocca VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Citing “serious doctrinal problems which affect many in consecrated life,” the Vatican announced a major reform of an association of women’s religious congregations in the U.S. to ensure their fidelity to Catholic teaching in areas including abortion, euthanasia, women’s ordination and homosexuality. Archbishop J. Peter Sartain of […]
IDUBLIN (CNS) – Ireland’s parliament rejected legislation that would have allowed a controversial 1992 Supreme Court ruling permitting abortion in limited circumstances to take effect. The Socialist Party motion was defeated 111-20, April 19. Following the 1992 court ruling – known as the X-case – abortion has been legal in circumstances where there is a […]
Responses to the 2012 Annual Catholic Appeal, Sharing Our Gifts to Build God’s Kingdom in Brooklyn and Queens, continues to grow. After conducting in-pew weekends in the parishes of the Diocese, pledges have exceeded $6.1 million with actual receipts exceeding $3.75 million from over 24,800 donors. As of April 20, the following additional parishes have […]
The Pastoral Institute’s Lay Ministry Program will celebrate its tenth year of formation and training of lay persons on June 16. Celebrating Lay Ministry: Working in the Vineyard of the Lord will be celebrated at a Mass and reception at the Immaculate Conception Center, Douglaston. Sister Angela Gannon, C.S.J., diocesan Secretary for Catholic Education and […]
In summoning “all the energies the Catholic community can muster” in defense of our religious liberty, the American bishops are demonstrating a keen awareness of what good fatherhood demands and that they are up to the charge. Their latest statement on point – “Our First, Most Cherished Liberty” – issued by the USCCB Ad Hoc […]
