By Father John Cush On Jan. 1, a few hours after the inauguration of his son, Andrew, in his second term of Governor of the State of New York, former New York State Governor Mario Cuomo passed away. This son of Queens, was educated locally at St. John’s Prep High School in Brooklyn and St. […]
By Father John Catoir I don’t know about you, but year after year I find myself breaking my New Year’s resolutions. Having said that, I readily admit that as we approach New Year’s, we need focus. This is a good time to get serious about our future happiness. Am I on the right track or […]
Christmas is the feast of encounter, the celebration of God’s love and nearness. “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth,” we read in St. John’s Gospel. God became one of us! He united himself to every man, woman and child in every time and place in Jesus Christ, the sacrament of our encounter with God.
By Carol Glatz A new kind of ghetto needs the Church’s presence and people’s solidarity: the “digital slum” where cyberbullying and online pornography and abuse run rampant, said speakers at a Vatican news conference. Online harassment and abuse are “a new form of violence” against many young people and children, said Cardinal Peter Turkson, president […]
In September Pope Francis celebrated “the blessing of long life” with thousands of senior citizens and their families. In his homily that day he spoke about the Visitation of the Virgin Mary to her cousin Elizabeth, calling it “a Gospel of encounter.”
By Carol Powell The liturgical season of Advent is here once again. This is a time when we prepare not only to celebrate the birth of Christ but to remind ourselves of the Second Coming of Christ at the end of time. We are also asked to prepare our hearts and to purify our lives […]
by Dolores Grosso Personal, ongoing study of Catholicism has been a part of my life since my return to the Church some 20 years ago. I had been somewhat active in my parish. However, in undertaking the three-year Lay Ministry Program sponsored by the diocesan School of Evangelization’s Pastoral Institute, I experienced a merging of […]
Has daytime TV devolved into a search into a seemingly bottomless pit of imperfect people willing to humiliate themselves, or let themselves be humiliated, before a nationwide audience?
With a heavy heart due to the recent loss of my father, joining the pilgrims at the diocesan pilgrimage to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washingto, D.C., gave me hope that life does move on.
“What in God’s name am I doing here?” was the question I asked myself as I trudged through the 90-degree, 95-percent humidity of the Ecuadorian Amazon.
