Earlier this week we commemorated the Annunciation to Mary of the Incarnation of Christ. With Blessed John Henry Newman, theologian Father Robert Barron has called the Incarnation — the enfleshment of God — the great principle of Catholicism. “The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us” (Jn 1:14) is the Catholic thing. His […]
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Catholics at the Capitol
by Antonina Zielinska Catholics from New York State gathered in Albany, March 13, for the New York Catholic Conference’s (NYCC) Catholics at the Capitol, to express their support for issues of interest to N.Y. bishops. “We have a duty to be very active and involved,” said Cardinal Timothy Dolan. “America is at her best when […]
Brooklyn St. Patrick’s Parade in Park Slope (with slide show)
Irish Catholic heritage was on display at the 37th annual Brooklyn St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Park Slope on March 18. This year’s theme was “Faith, History, Tribute and Remembrance.” Festivities began with morning Mass, celebrated by Auxiliary Bishop Octavio Cisneros at Holy Name Church. Following breakfast in Shepherd’s Hall, local parishes, schools, Knights […]
Star Struck – Nun Who Co-Starred with Elvis Still A Hit with Parish Crowd in Queens
by Ed Wilkinson Even though she hasn’t made a new movie in more than 50 years, this star of the screen and stage still knows how to take a bow and play to an SRO crowd. Mother Dolores Hart, O.S.B., an actress who co-starred twice with Elvis Presley before she entered cloistered religious life as […]
Poles Transplant Custom In Borough Park Parish
by Antonina Zielinska In the midst of Lenten preparations, the Polish community of St. Frances de Chantal parish, Borough Park, has erected a statue of Jezus Frasobliwy in the backyard of its church, continuing a tradition practiced in Poland since the beginning of the 16th century. In English, the statue is often referred to as […]
U.S. Bishops United Vs. Health Plan Mandate
by Nancy Frazier O’Brien WASHINGTON (CNS) – Declaring themselves “strongly unified and intensely focused,” the nation’s top Catholic bishops vowed to continue their multipronged defense of religious liberty in the courts, Congress and the White House. The five-page statement titled “United for Religious Freedom” was approved March 14 by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ […]
Pope Could Push Sainthood Cause of Father Varela in Cuba
by Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The sainthood cause of Cuban-born Father Felix Varela could take a leap forward during Pope Benedict XVI’s stay in Cuba March 26-28. The Congregation for Saints’ Causes “has done its part” and has recommended that Pope Benedict formally recognize the heroic virtues of Father Varela, a 19th-century writer […]
New Bishops Appointed
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Bishop William E. Lori of Bridgeport, Conn., to be the new archbishop of Baltimore, Md., and he also named new bishops for the dioceses of Rockford, Ill., and Pensacola-Tallahassee, Fla. Msgr. David Malloy, 56, who was general secretary of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops from […]
For Some Palestinians, Life In Jerusalem Is Like Limbo
by Judith Sudilovsky JERUSALEM (CNS) – Joseph Hazboun remembers when he could hop into his car in Jerusalem and drive the few miles to the nearby West Bank city of Bethlehem to see his family. It was easy enough, even passing through mandatory checkpoints, that he and his Jerusalem-born wife and children would make the […]
New Futures Group Aims for More Efficient Development
Leaders from around the diocese gathered March 16 in the name of Catholic education to celebrate a fruitful past, a new beginning and hope for the future. The ink was dried and the seals had been placed on Feb. 6, 2012, merging the Futures in Education Foundation and Futures in Education Endowment officially as one […]