by Ellen Mary Egerter The clock has struck a seemingly bleak hour. You have just been informed that you are being laid off. Your reaction may be one of surprise, anger, disbelief, frustration, panic, and a variety of other emotions. You may possibly experience some physical symptoms, including headaches, an unsettled stomach, sleeplessness. In these […]
by Veronica Szczygiel “Father Jerzy Popiełuszko was a special man,” my grandmother said as she poured me tea. “He gave up his life for Poland. For our freedom.” She shook her head solemnly. “The way they murdered him was…” But she couldn’t finish her sentence. Her grief for Popiełuszko’s death is still fresh in her […]
by Matthew Monahan Leave it to the Sisters for teaching some of their biggest lessons outside the classroom. It happened the other Saturday at Our Lady of the Angelus in Rego Park. The pastor, Father John Mendonca, wanted to publicly thank Sister Jo Ann Schwarz, S.C., for her 37 years of devoted service to the […]
by Frank Derosa When Bishop Thomas Daily was retiring as the leader of the Brooklyn Diocese, he told a New York Times reporter in an interview that the diocese’s “greatest treasure” was its people. “I know that in the streets you can find evil, you pick up the papers and you can see it,” he […]
by Art Dignam Catholicism has always been important to my wife, Joan, and me. Both of us share a strong sense of the faith and it is the foundation of our 43-year marriage. Many of our first dates included me picking her up on Sundays, going to Mass at Our Lady of Mercy in her […]
by Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, This week, we celebrate Mission Sunday. The Holy Father’s message for this 85th World Mission Day follows the theme of “The Hope that Saves.” This day is one Sunday for the whole world to celebrate together, as every year something special happens on […]
by Debby and Randy Robertson We both noticed the boy a few seconds after he jumped up from his pew. A youngster with wavy brown hair, he had a smile on his face as he darted toward the sanctuary. Before we knew it, he plopped himself down in the presider’s chair right during the middle […]
by Monica Alvarez I was born in Quito, Ecuador, and raised in New York City. I attended a local Catholic elementary schools in Queens, and Holy Cross Academy, Manhattan, for high school. I later graduated from the College of Mt. St. Vincent-on-Hudson in the Bronx. I was at Mt. St. Vincent during the years the […]
by Bill and Monica Dodds As the Church marks Respect Life Month 2011, we want to say “thank you” to those of you who are family caregivers. We know that you are keeping busy, and we suspect that you may not have had the time to notice that caregiving is much more than what it […]
by Antoinette Bosco “God finds us again and again, when we least expect him. He finds us because he never left us.” These comforting words, found in “Why Stay Catholic? Unexpected Answers to a Life-Changing Question” (Loyola Press), stay with me because of the power contained in them. The book’s author, Michael Leach, is publisher […]
