During my first year at Marymount School of New York, I taught a New Testament class to the seventh graders. One of my favorite projects was having students write a rap about Jesus. I decided to partake in the project as well. Here is mine:
Up Front and Personal
Mercy Tempers Justice In Death Penalty Case
Two weeks after attending the trial of David Paul Hammer in the U.S. District Court of Pennsylvania, I asked his attorney, Ron Travis, what, if anything, we could do as we awaited the verdict – death, or life in prison without parole – from Judge Joel Slomsky.
After Hobby Lobby, the Sky Has Not Fallen!
The U.S. Supreme Court, in the case of Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, said that the owners of Hobby Lobby, the Green family – devout Christians – are free to run their business according to their religious beliefs.
Why Did I Have To Get Sick?
Life is filled with all kinds of loss. There are the deaths of loved ones, the loss of jobs, various disappointments, illnesses which suddenly occur. In September, I lost two good friends. Two months later, after a routine doctor visit and blood test, I was informed that I had chronic mylogenous leukemia. What a shock that was!
What Is the Value of Catholic Education?
The answer to the question posed in the headline needs more words than I can fit into a single article. In the Brooklyn Diocese, simply stated, Catholic education is thriving inside and outside the classroom.
Academy Taught Families To Live the Gospel
On June 27, 2009, the Feast of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, a group of educators, religious and corporate volunteers set to work cleaning out the long-closed St. Barbara’s elementary school in Bushwick, as a first step in the creation of what would become the new Pope John Paul II Family Academy (PJPFA)
Don’t Be Fooled! Satan Makes His Presence Felt
An article published in a recent issue of the New York Times was blood curdling: “25 Cats Found Murdered in Yonkers.”
Party of My Youth Needs To Be Reformed
Like so many children born of working-class parents whose defining life experience had been the Great Depression of the 1930s, I was a born Democrat.
You’ll Never Solve the Mystery of the Trinity
Every year, we celebrate the feast of the Holy Trinity, a central doctrine of Christianity, the belief that God is one in three Persons. We have been told over and over again that this is a mystery that no one can possibly understand. Yet, to the degree that we can penetrate this mystery, it has the power to transform our lives.
The Church Is No Place For Status Climbers
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The Catholic Church is no place for “climbers,” who want to reach the heights of prestige, power and profit, Pope Francis said.