The press office of the Diocese of Brooklyn informed that a parishioner who attended Mass last Sunday at a church in Queens has tested positive to coronavirus.
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Sister Mary Aquin Flaherty, S.C.
Sister Mary Aquin Flaherty, S.C., a member of the Sisters of Charity for 77 years who taught at the former Bishop McDonnell Memorial H.S. in Brooklyn from 1959-67, died on Jan. 29 at the Kittay Senior Apartments in the Bronx. She was 98.
Sister Eleanor “Alexis” Mac Eachen
Sister Eleanor “Alexis” Mac Eachen, F.d.L.S., who spent most of her teaching career at St. Mary Gate of Heaven, Ozone Park, died on Jan. 27 in West Islip, L.I. She was 90.
Kobe Doesn’t Deserve the Icon Treatment
Dear Editor: Koby Bryant did not deserve a story in The Tablet. He not only raped a young girl, he savagely raped her like an animal and beat her. He does not deserve to be treated as an icon. Sad to say The Tablet printed this story glorifying him.
Sister Helen Marie Kenny, M.M.,
who was a Maryknoll Sister for 70 years and who attended high school at St. Agnes Academy in College Point, died on Jan. 4 at the Maryknoll Sisters Center in Maryknoll, N.Y. She was 88.
Guatemalan Cardinal in Mississippi Brings Hope to Immigrants After Massive Raid
In one of his first pastoral visits outside Guatemala since being given a red hat in October, newly minted Cardinal Alvaro Ramazzini traveled to Mississippi last weekend to stand in solidarity with Guatemalan immigrants subjected to the largest state deportation raid in U.S. history.
Christmas, Freedom And Obedience
On December 17, the day the first “O Antiphon” signaled the intensification of preparations for Christmas, the Church read the genealogy of Jesus from Matthew’s gospel: writing for a predominantly Jewish-Christian audience, the evangelist stresses that the blessings promised to and through Abraham, and the dynastic promises made to King David, are about to be fulfilled in Jesus of Nazareth.
Bishop Malone Resigns Following Bishop DiMarzio’s Fact-Finding Mission
Pope Francis has accepted the immediate resignation of Bishop Richard Malone of Buffalo, N.Y on Wednesday morning. The announcement comes two months after the Vatican asked Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio to conduct a fact-finding mission into the Diocese of Buffalo, which has been roiled with claims that Bishop Malone has mishandled numerous abuse cases.
Bishop Malone Resigns: His Letter to Catholic Faithful
Bishop Richard J. Malone announces his retirement, effective Dec. 4 and the Holy Father’s appointment of Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger, the Bishop of the Diocese of Albany, as the apostolic administrator, pending the eventual designation of the 15th bishop of the Diocese of Buffalo.
The Three Comings of Christ During Advent
Advent is a time of waiting and expectation, and the violet color that priests wear at Mass during this liturgical season is a symbol of deep longing for the coming of Christ into our lives.
