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 […]
Up Front and Personal
New Exec Focuses on The New Evangelization
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 […]
The Hope that Saves a Missionary Church
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 […]
Special Needs Mass Will Mark First Anniversary
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 […]
Called to Serve by Helping to Plan
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 […]
If You’re a Caregiver, You Are Also…
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 […]
Why Bother Being a Catholic?
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 […]
Creation Story Is Not Literal But It’s True
by Father John Catoir The theory of evolution has prompted many Catholics to question their faith. Before you join them in their doubt, you should know more about the troubles that surround Darwin’s theory. The doctrine of original sin is true. Even if the story of Adam and Eve is only a parable that tells […]
Remember Love of 9/11
by Father James Devlin Remember the Alamo! Remember Pearl Harbor! Remember 9/11! We say we will remember, but I am not sure we have. We recall the faces in The New York Times, but we cannot live at the intensity of those days. Just watching the news at night brought tears to your eyes. It […]
Way of St. James Was Profoundly Spiritual
by Anthony Foti El Camino or The Way is a pilgrimage through the northern Spanish countryside ending at the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. When Msgr. Kieran Harrington, diocesan Vicar for Communications, asked me to go on this pilgrimage he told me the Camino is a representation of life, a profound spiritual experience. I was […]