Dear Editor: I wish to take this opportunity to thank you and the Bright Christmas campaign for your generous donation to Visitation B.V.M. Church. It will indeed be used to brighten Christmas for the parish’s children. Many thanks and God bless you. May you have a wonderful Christmas and a healthy and happy New Year. […]
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Widowhood and Christmas
Dear Editor: After reading Widowhood and Christmas (Dec. 13), I felt I had to write to commend you and Mr. Dodds for such a wonderful article. This will be my fourth Christmas without Walt and I too feel that “the best has come and gone.” There is much truth in Mr. Dodds’ words that people […]
O.L. Snows School Makes Christmas Bright
The Student Council of Our Lady of the Snows School, North Floral Park, raised $620 for The Tablet’s Bright Christmas Fund by selling paper ornaments! The children of the school purchased paper ornaments for 25 cents each and colored them in to hang on the school Christmas tree! The class that bought the most ornaments […]
Knights Make Room For Inn in Greenpoint
The rickety old stable was leaning heavily, held up only by a makeshift pipe between it and the church building. It had served the parish of St. Anthony-St. Alphonsus, Greenpoint, very well through the years, and was a focal point of the Christmas season on the busy Manhattan Ave. shopping area. But time had taken […]
Some Practical Gifts and Christmas Presence
Christmas is the feast of encounter, the celebration of God’s love and nearness. “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth,” we read in St. John’s Gospel. God became one of us! He united himself to every man, woman and child in every time and place in Jesus Christ, the sacrament of our encounter with God.
Peace Light Arrives With Message of Hope
An open flame, referred to as the Peace Light, arrived by plane in JFK Airport, Dec. 11 escorted by officials from Austrian Airlines. After a welcome ceremony at Our Lady of the Skies Chapel, the flame began its pilgrimage across the U.S. in trucks and cars, lighting wicks in homes, churches and community centers along […]
Bay Ridge Lights Focus On the Nativity Scene
The house on the corner of Colonial Rd. and 81st St. in Bay Ridge is so festively lit for Christmas that it has become a stop for New York City tourist buses. “I met the director of A Slice of Brooklyn tours and he asked if it would be all right if the buses pulled […]
Pope: Prepare for Christmas With Joy
By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) – No saint was ever known for having a “funeral face,” Pope Francis said; the joy of knowing one is loved by God and saved by Christ must be seen at least in a sense of peace, if not a smile. Celebrating the third Sunday of Advent, Gaudete Sunday, […]
Lights On in Bensonhurst
St. Athanasius parish lit up its outdoor Nativity scene and church with the colors of Christmas on Dec. 13. The Saturday evening Mass was followed by singing, guest appearances, the arrival of Santa Claus and refreshments in the parish hall.
Austrian Markets Reflect the Spirit of Christmas
By Cristina Muller VIENNA (CNS) – Tucked behind the Austrian capital’s well known Museumsquartier – a complex of art, natural history and cultural museums – is a little side street Christmas market called Spittelberg. No more than a medieval alleyway, gray cobblestones and slightly wobbly Tudor-like white and dark timber buildings, Spittelberg is a place […]