Every week, more than 15 volunteers – among them, parishioners from Our Lady Queen of Martyrs, Forest Hills – gather in the basement of St. John the Baptist church, Manhattan, to feed the hungry. St. John the Baptist’s highly organized Bread of Life Food Pantry is one of the oldest continuously functioning pantries in all […]
by Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON (CNS) – Church leaders should take to heart reasons why Catholics have left the Church, according to a priest who has conducted an “exit poll” of former Catholics. Above all, their departure highlights how the Church must offer a “fresh explanation of the Eucharist,” said Jesuit Father William Byron, professor of […]
by Pete Sheehan Bishop William F. Murphy of Rockville Centre and other religious and political leaders are criticizing an announcement by a state university that from now on it will hold classes on major Jewish and Christian holidays. Bishop Murphy responded to the decision by Stony Brook University, part of the State University of New […]
The Marianist brothers and priests of the Province of the United States have announced their departure from ministry at St. John’s Residence for Boys in Rockaway Park, effective June 30. They have administered the home since 1937. St. John’s began as an orphan asylum in 1826 and is now a contemporary program with a residential […]
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The publication of the Declaration of Independence some 235 years ago provoked a chorus of guffaws from continental elites, many of whom scoffed at the naive notion that humans could be trusted to govern themselves. One critic called the Declaration “the delirious dream of republican fanaticism” that, if sincere, would “put the axe to the […]
ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY 55 Cranberry Street Brooklyn Heights, NY 11201 718-625-1161 PALM SUNDAY: Saturday Vigil 5 p.m.; 10 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. HOLY THURSDAY: 9 a.m. Morning Prayer; 8 p.m. Mass of the Lord’s Supper GOOD FRIDAY: 9 a.m. Morning Prayer; 3 p.m. The Passion, Veneration of the Cross. No communion […]
These exclusive photos from Cuba were captured by Tablet reporter Antonina Zielinska, who was on assignment to cover the papal visit.
by Francis X. Rocca SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba (CNS) – Celebrating an outdoor Mass on his first day in Cuba, Pope Benedict XVI acknowledged the struggles of the country’s Catholics after half a century of communism and described human freedom as a necessity for both salvation and social justice. The pope spoke March 26 in […]
The 19th annual Bay Ridge St. Patrick’s Day Parade was held March 25 along Brooklyn’s Fifth Ave.
