By Daniel O’Shea WASHINGTON (CNS) – The tragic taking of nine lives at a historically black church in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, brought an outpouring of solidarity, compassion and sorrow from around the country. After an all-night search, police June 18 found the white man suspected of fatally shooting nine people, including the Rev. Clementa […]
Calvary Hospital invites mental health professionals and those in education to attend “Mentors Through Mourning,” a four-week training course offered at St. Joseph H.S., Downtown Brooklyn. Sessions will be Mondays, May 4, May 11, May 18 and June 1, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. The fee is $50 per session for mental health clinicians or funeral […]
We’re still waiting on the concrete plans for the Holy Year of Mercy, which will be a Jubilee Year, announced by Pope Francis. We know that a papal bull will be proclaimed by the pope on Divine Mercy Sunday, April 12, and that the year will officially begin with the opening of the Holy Door at Saint Peter’s Basilica on the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, Dec. 8.
Sometimes in the heat of the moment during a basketball game, the only thing on a competitor’s mind is winning. A team will do whatever it takes to have more points than the other team by the time the final buzzer sounds. Such is the whole purpose of the sport, right? Well, ask a group […]
By Victoria Edwards This January, I had the opportunity to travel to Paris and Rome with some of the St. John’s University Catholic Scholars Program’s Sophomore Cohort. The program, run by campus ministry was founded in 2012; the mission is for college students to learn and grow in their Catholic and Vincentian roots, which will allow […]
“60 Minutes,” The CBS News “magazine” that helped redefine television journalism, prides itself on challenging conventional wisdom. No such challenge, alas, was evident in the program’s recent segment on Pope Francis, which aired Dec. 28.
PASTOR Rev. Thomas V. Doyle, from pastor of St. Francis de Sales, Belle Harbor, to pastor of Good Shepherd, Marine Park, effective Jan. 31, 2015. Rev. Francisco J. Walker, from pastor of St. Agatha, Bay Ridge, to pastor of Guardian Angel, Brighton Beach, effective Jan. 31, 2015. Rev. Vincentius T. Do, from parochial vicar of […]
The Catholic Foundation for Brooklyn and Queens hosted a brunch Oct. 18 at the Savoy Tavern in Merrick, L.I., to benefit the Detective Thomas Wesley Higdon Jr. Performing Arts Center at St. Clare Catholic Academy, Rosedale. The Higdon Family poses at the event that honors the memory of their beloved Thomas Wesley Higdon, a New York […]
Feeling Adrift: Reflections on Grief Bereavement Conference Learning to Care for Loved Ones Life Brings Constant Change and Hope
Journey to Healing: Faith and Loss in a Diverse World is the theme of an upcoming bereavement conference at St. John’s University, Jamaica, on Saturday, Nov. 8.
