by Stefanie Gutierrez In the New York Times last weekend, Frank Bruni reopened a wound for me in his column, “Catholicism’s Curse,” where he writes about the most recent revelations of the events of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The wound I speak of is not so much that men of God would do something […]
by Marie Elena Giossi “Three cheers for Good Shepherd School. We like the teachers. We like the rules. We’re the best with nothing to fear. We love learning through the year. Blue and gold, our colors, so true. When you see them, you’ll get the clue. GS is the best in the land. We’re true […]
by Kathleen M. Gallagher After 40 years of legalized abortion in this country, I believe we are close to the tipping point. The Jan. 14 edition of Time magazine methodically analyzes the increasing tilt of public opinion and state public policies toward the pro-life position. It concludes: “the pro-choice cause is in crisis.” Indeed it […]
by Paul Morisi As Christians, we are called to be evangelical. We are commissioned by Christ Himself with the daunting task of not only spreading the Good News but also to help people encounter Christ in an intimate and real way. Trying to accomplish this with today’s youth can seem, at times, like an unattainable […]
By Father Frank Mann First in a series A current discipline in the Roman Church is for Catholics to abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday and the Fridays in Lent and Good Friday. But Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York would like to make the “no meat on Fridays” a year-round regulation. At their recent […]
by Veronica Szczygiel If you turn on the television, you’ll be inundated with advertisements that tell us it’s “the most wonderful time of the year” and “the happiest season of all.” That should be true. But let’s face it: Christmas can be, for many of us, a time of stress and sadness. In order to […]
by Father Frank Mann This time of the year can often be a difficult and tumultuous one for many individuals. Recently, a 19-year-old man jumped to his death from the east tower of the Brooklyn Bridge. He was on top of the tower for approximately 45 minutes before ending his life. During that time, traffic was halted on the […]
by Jennifer Fulwiler It’s a strange experience to see your life played out on a TV screen. It’s odd enough when we break out home videos, and I find myself asking, “What is that weird sound? Wait. Is that my voice?,” so it was downright surreal when I saw the first footage of a […]
by Father Frank Mann Recently, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio assigned me to residence at St. Sebastian’s, Woodside. From the day of my arrival, Msgr. Michael Hardiman, pastor, has been hospitable. The pastor has unpretentiously gone out of his way to make my stay both warm and inviting, albeit quite exciting as well. Likewise, all the priests […]
by Matthew Hennessey For me and my family, Hurricane Sandy brought some hardships. A week without power meant a refrigerator full of spoiled food. It meant some extra bucks spent on batteries and camping lanterns and a few frigid nights spent under piles of blankets. For some reason, I found boiling water to do the […]
