In Park Slope, the fifth annual World AIDS Day Interfaith Candlelight Memorial Service was held at St. Augustine Church.
Uncategorized
Going Hungry – Catholic Charities’ Food Pantries at Critical Level as Demands Rise
by Antonina Zielinska With increasing federal budget cuts and a difficult economy, the food pantries of the Catholic Charities of Brooklyn and Queens are struggling to provide assistance to a growing amount of people in need, said Nina Valmonte, a director of CCBQ. She said a 40% decrease in aid from the federal government through […]
Williamsburg Youth Get Lesson in Serving Others
by Antonina Zielinska South Side Community Center, Williamsburg, is able to continue its Christian mission of feeding the hungry thanks to volunteers like the members of the youth group from SS. Peter and Paul, Williamsburg. Giving up their free time on Sunday evening, Dec. 4, around 20 young people answered the invitation of Sister Mary […]
Christmas Lights in Canarsie
National Christmas Tree
The Tree at the Vatican
Lights Are On in Bay Ridge
The semi-cloistered members of the Sisters of the Visitation and the children’s choir from Visitation Academy were on hand when Msgr. Jamie Gigantiello blessed the outdoor manger and lit the festive trees surrounding the crib on the Bay Ridge campus.
Oh Christmas Tree! – Rhode Island Governor Proclaims It a ‘Holiday’ Tree
by Rick Snizek and Brian Lowney PROVIDENCE, R.I. (CNS) – A 17-foot Colorado blue spruce is standing tall at the center of controversy in the Rhode Island Statehouse rotunda for what it is being – or more importantly, not being – called. Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee invited the public to attend a “Holiday Tree Lighting” […]
New York Bishops Concelebrate At Vatican
N.Y. bishops from the state of New York on their “ad limina” visits to the Vatican concelebrate Mass at the tomb of Blessed John Paul II in St. Peter’s Basilica on Nov. 29. From left are Auxiliary Bishop Octavio Cisneros, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, Bishop Howard Hubbard of Albany, and Bishop Robert Cunningham of Syracuse.
Gaudi – Vatican Explores Spirituality in the Work of Noted Spanish Designer
by Kristen Gobberg VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Without leaving the Vatican, visitors exiting St. Peter’s Basilica can gain firsthand exposure to another impressive church, Antoni Gaudi’s La Sagrada Familia. The Vatican exhibit “Gaudi, La Sagrada Familia of Barcelona. Art, Science and Spirituality,” explores how Gaudi, a Catholic whose beatification cause is under way, incorporated art, […]