by Marika Fraser My school, Cristo Rey Brooklyn H.S. in Bushwick, has a work-study program, which allows me to work one day each school week to help pay my tuition. I have been working at the DeSales Media Group, which produces NET-TV and The Tablet, for almost three years. DeSales recently offered me a […]
by Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio Hurricane Sandy has left her trail of death and destruction across our city and region. On Wednesday, I had the opportunity to visit with the communities affected by the storm. We all pray first and foremost for our fellow New Yorkers and their families who perished. While things may always be […]
by Deacon Christopher Heanue Throughout my years in seminary, I have had the great opportunity to travel to the far ends of the earth. Two years ago, I was elected from my seminary, St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia, to travel to China with the congregation of Maryknoll missionaries. A group of 12 men (seminarians, […]
by Father John Cush Last April, I was asked by Bishop DiMarzio to begin studies for the doctorate in Sacred Theology in Rome, beginning this September. This came as a big surprise! I had been a student at the North American College as a seminarian and as a newly ordained priest and I had earned […]
by Father Frank Mann A few months ago, prior to the start of a newly ordained’s First Mass, my soul was stirred by the wondrous music emanating from the choir loft. Many of the inspirational and moving selections were unfamiliar to me. I thought, “Where is this choir from? What is this music?” I introduced […]
by Wendy Long While crisscrossing the state in my campaign for the U.S. Senate, I was recently sitting around a table talking with some women. I asked them, “What’s the most important issue facing our nation and our state?” The tears welled up in one woman’s eyes, then spilled down her cheeks. “Wendy, my daughter […]
by Virginia Jama Why visit Kenya now? One reason was that my husband was working there for an indefinite period. I had lived in nearby Somalia and worked with the Peace Corps there in the 1960s and 1970s and often visited Kenya on the way in and out and on our annual leave. Now, as […]
by Father Peter J. Daly Every day brings a new parade of mental illness to our door. We see schizophrenia, manic-depression, schizoaffective disorder, major depression, drug addiction and just plain craziness. They come by phone, by car, by foot, by bicycle and by e-mail. Here they come with all their troubles. They dump them at […]
by Veronica Szczygiel Losing a loved one hurts. The hurt is slightly appeased, however, if the death is expected. Take my grandmother’s passing in March. She had been suffering from cancer for several months, and her prognosis was not hopeful. Although her death was still difficult for me because I loved her so much, I […]
by Luz Amada Muy Palaguachi I came to the United States from Ecuador at age 15 to reunite with the members of my family who had traveled to this country in search of a better life. The change was very difficult because of the language and way of life, which is very different from my […]
