by Patricia Zapor WASHINGTON (CNS) – When the pastoral letter “Economic Justice for All” was published by the U.S. bishops in November, 1986, its release was both the culmination of years of work and the beginning of a sometimes heated public debate. That debate continues today, as was proved during a panel discussion Dec. 6 […]
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Give Christ for Christmas
Every gift is, more or less, a part or extension of ourselves. One cannot give what one does not have. Thus, unless there is also a certain “giving up” or “giving away,” it seems the gift is less than complete. Giving “with strings attached” is always felt to be an incomplete or even insincere “gift,” […]
World AIDS Day – Remembrance, Education, Hope
In Park Slope, the fifth annual World AIDS Day Interfaith Candlelight Memorial Service was held at St. Augustine Church.
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” […]