ROME (CNS) – In the heart of Rome’s high-end shopping district, sparkling with Christmas lights and shiny baubles in the windows of famous designers, Pope Francis prayed that people would spend time in silence and in service as they prepare to celebrate Jesus’ birth. Celebrating the feast of the Immaculate Conception Dec. 8, Pope Francis […]
Christmas
Dyker Heights Let Lights Shine
The Chorale Group of Our Lady of Guadalupe School, Dyker Heights, was featured when the Knights of Columbus’ Archbishop John Hughes Council lit up its Christmas tree and also the outdoors creche and displays. The Knights’ motto at this time of the year is Keep Christ in Christmas. Msgr. Robert Romano, chaplain of the council, […]
NET-TV’s Christmas Special
Members of the DeSales Media Group were joined by popular performers and TV celebrities during the filming of the finale to NET-TV’s Christmas Special which will premiere on Dec. 20. At left, popular New York Tenor, Danny Rodriguez, a former member of the NYPD, sings on the steps of Holy Name Church in Park Slope.
Lighting Up the Bay
It was a festive weekend at St. Mark’s parish, Sheepshead Bay, when guest celebrant Father Stephen Saffron presided at lessons and carols and the Christmas display was unveiled and lit.
Readers Are Responding To Bright Christmas
The donations for Bright Christmas are coming in. This week, I would like to tell from where and whom they are coming. Many of the donors are old friends like Sam Repole, who tells me that he now lives in Our Lady of Guadalupe parish, Dyker Heights. If you ever lived in Park Slope, or […]
This Season’s Best Deal Is Free
By Father Eugene Hemrick The stores began selling Christmas items long before Thanksgiving, and even Black Friday was pushed up to attract bargain seekers. Each year, the messages and peddling of items seem to come earlier and earlier. Sometimes it feels as if it is all too much: too much shopping, too much noise, too […]
Advent Is About Encountering Jesus
In September Pope Francis celebrated “the blessing of long life” with thousands of senior citizens and their families. In his homily that day he spoke about the Visitation of the Virgin Mary to her cousin Elizabeth, calling it “a Gospel of encounter.”
Campaign Invites People to Church for Christmas
The Diocese of Brooklyn launched an advertising campaign for Christmas, encouraging people to return to Mass. It showcases different messages inviting people of Brooklyn and Queens to join their closest church. “By coming among us as a man, God expresses His solidarity with humanity,” said Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio. “Christmas is that time of year when […]
Hour Children Prepares For a Brighter Christmas
Sister Tesa Fitzgerald, C.S.J., recently gained national notoriety when she was named the winner of the 2014 Opus Prize for faith-based humanitarian work. We’ve known for years about the good work of Sister Tesa and Hour Children. We’ve been fortunate enough to be able to extend Bright Christmas assistance to them over that time. Hour […]
Take Advantage of the Time
My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, We have begun Advent which is basically a time of waiting. Time is really important to us. We live in time – the time of our birth to our death. The time of Advent in a certain sense telescopes our life from its beginning to end. It […]
