On March 13, 2015, Pope Francis announced a special Holy Year, which will be celebrated from Dec. 8, 2015, until Nov. 20, 2016. The biblical theme of the year, he said, is “Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.”
Forty-seven parishioners from Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal parish, Ridgewood, under the leadership of their pastor, Father Anthony Sansone, along with Father Johny Chengalan Thomas, C.M.I., made a one-day pilgrimage to the Basilica of Regina Pacis and to St. Joseph Co-Cathedral in celebration of the Jubilee Year of Mercy.
The diocese will conduct a local observance of “24 Hours for the Lord” March 4 and 5, at the Cathedral Basilica of St. James, Downtown Brooklyn.
Shortly before sunrise on a recent Saturday, more than 150 people walked through the doors of St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Flatlands, thus beginning their day-long pilgrimage to all six Holy Doors in Brooklyn and Queens.
This week’s Tablet TALK highlights religious brothers raising awareness about vocations at St. John’s University, Catholic Schools Week festivities in Rockaway Park, an upcoming concert for all diocesan choirs and much more.
On the eve of sending off “missionaries of mercy” to all corners of the globe, Pope Francis told his specially appointed men that the reassuring strength of God’s love – not the “bludgeon of judgment” – will bring the “lost sheep” back to the fold.
“Mercy and Forgiveness” will be the theme of a three-day retreat conducted by Father Jack Replogle, S.J., and Father Rick Beuther, pastor of St. Bartholomew Church, Elmhurst, at the Seminary of the Immaculate Conception, Huntington, L.I., April 4-6.
Good news, Mom and Dad! Take comfort in this Year of Mercy, because you’ve been living and teaching the corporal and spiritual works of mercy for years.
This week’s Tablet TALK features a tribute to saints of Catholic education, Year of Mercy opportunities, Black History Month events and much more.
Reflecting on this week’s Scriptures, Sister Karen Cavanagh, C.S.J., finds that the readings offer an invitation to recognize and respond to God’s merciful and transforming call in our lives, especially as we ready ourselves for Lent.
During this Year of Mercy, Catholics have the opportunity to better understand the concept of mercy and to meet Jesus by performing the corporal and spiritual works of mercy. That was the message of the Diocesan Evangelization Congress held Saturday, Jan. 30, at the Immaculate Conception Pastoral Center, Douglaston.
