Saturday, Sept. 17 10 a.m. Cultural Tent Celebrant: Retired Auxiliary Bishop Joseph M. Sullivan Sunday, Sept.18 10 a.m. Cultural Tent Celebrant: Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio All are welcome.
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Great Irish Fair Honorees 2011
William Hogan, vice president and general manager of enterprise sales for NetApp, will rule over the Great Irish Fair as Chief Brehon. Having joined NetApp in 2003, Hogan has risen through the ranks and currently oversees business operations of the Eastern Americas, NetApp’s largest and most productive enterprise area. Hogan has played a key role […]
Not Forgotten – 9/11 Seen as a Reminder Of Terrorism Around the World
by Beth Griffin RYE, N.Y. (CNS) – As Chief Joseph W. Pfeifer of the New York City Fire Department sees it, the 9/11 terrorist attacks were a global trauma and the 10th anniversary of the tragedy provides a transformative opportunity for the world community to pause and think about its spiritual dimension and its aftermath. […]
Maryknoller Recalls First Response on 9/11
by Father Raymond Nobiletti, M.M. Maryknoll Father Raymond Nobiletti (left) and others covered in dust and debris are told to run from the area following the collapse of the south tower of the World Trade Center Sept. 11, 2001, in New York. The priest was among the first on the scene ministering to victims of […]
Carnival – Caribbean Apostolate Blends Faith and Culture
by Antonina Zielinska People who came to see Brooklyn’s celebrated West Indian American Day Parade on Labor Day couldn’t miss the Catholics from around the diocese in red T-shirts marching and singing praise to God. With their shirts emblazoned with the words “Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn,” they marched and sang in the largest celebration […]
IC Aquinas Students Achieve by the Book
by Marie Elena Giossi Ask Carl Ballenas how many children he has and he’ll tell you thousands. That’s how many boys and girls Ballenas estimates have walked into his social studies classroom over the past three decades, the last 11 of which he’s spent at Immaculate Conception School (ICS), Jamaica. “I want them all to […]
Rembrandt – He Changed How the World Looked at Christ
by Lou Baldwin PHILADELPHIA (CNS) – Matthew, Mark, Luke and John told us all about what Jesus said and did, but not one of them mentioned what he looked like. The vaguely European-featured Jesus with a brown beard and hair was pretty much the standard for most of history, at least until Rembrandt van Rijn, […]
14th Anniversary of Mother Teresa’s Death
A postulant from the Missionaries of Charity prays at the tomb of Blessed Teresa of Kolkata on the 14th anniversary of her death Sept. 5 in Kolkata, India. Mother Teresa, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning nun and founder of the Missionaries of Charity, was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 2003.
Vatican Paper Raps Sex Ed in NYC
by Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) – When it comes to sex education programs, the Catholic Church is painted as old-fashioned and callous about teen pregnancy and disease. But governments that mandate sex education in the schools are fooling themselves about its effectiveness, the Vatican newspaper said. Writing on the front page of L’Osservatore Romano […]
Police Chaplain Serves The Families of 9/11
by Msgr. Robert Romano A decade has gone by since that “day of infamy” of the new 21st century. While 10 years seems like an eternity to some people, I can remember with clarity the events of Sept. 11, 2001. 9/11 has changed my life and my priesthood. It has made me who I am […]