immigration

‘No Longer Slaves…’

January 7, 2015

As we begin this new year, there are two important messages from our Holy Father, Pope Francis. The first, in his Message for the World Day of Peace, celebrated Jan. 1, he took the theme “No Longer Slaves, But Brothers and Sisters” directly from the Scriptures and the words of St. Paul as he commends the slave Onesimus as he returns to Philemon his owner. St. Paul urges Philemon to treat Onesimus as a brother and as a fellow Christian, so that fraternity will be the fundamental bond of family life and the basis of life in society.

Problem With Obama’s Order

December 27, 2014

Dear Editor: With regard to President Obama’s immigration executive order, I think that there are serious moral concerns to be considered. Some church leaders seemed to have embraced this new policy as a good thing. However, important questions must be answered. Mr. Obama has violated the U.S. Constitution by denying religious liberty to the Catholic […]

Politics Motivated Amnesty

December 17, 2014

Dear Editor: I was disgusted by President Obama’s effort to grant amnesty to five million undocumented immigrants. These five million will be almost certainly supporting the Democrats and their causes and organizations. I hope the Republican-controlled Congress fights Obama every step of the way. Sen. Ted Cruz is correct! No amnesty! Obey the Constitution! Americans […]

Catholic Groups Support Obama’s Immigration Order

November 26, 2014

WASHINGTON (CNS) – President Barack Obama’s package of actions affecting millions of people without legal immigration status received support from Catholic organizations, labor unions and immigration advocates even as critics contended that the steps he announced violated the Constitution. Advocates for the immigrant community, including national and international church agencies, continued their call for Congress […]

Catholic Migration Office to Hold Special Immigration Information Session

November 21, 2014

After President Barack Obama’s executive order announcing a new policy to allow certain undocumented individuals to apply for a limited form of immigration relief, the diocesan Catholic Migration Office will hold a special information session on this new policy on Saturday, Dec. 6, at 1 p.m. at St. Sebastian Parish Center, 39-60 57th St., Woodside. […]

A Chance for Immigration Reform

November 12, 2014

My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, Nov. 13 was the celebration of the Feast of St. Frances Cabrini, the patroness of immigrants, a saint to whom I have a special devotion. I have kept a small statue of Mother Cabrini on my desk for the last 40 years. Every day, I look upon […]

Halifax Sisters Support Three Local Charities

October 30, 2014

The Halifax Sisters of Charity are giving $10,000 to three ministries in which Sisters serve in Brooklyn and Queens – The Maura Clark-Ita Ford Center, LifeWay Network and St. John’s Bread and Life Soup Kitchen.

On Labor Day, Bishops Call for Solidarity

August 28, 2014

In their 2014 Labor Day statement, the U.S. bishops denounced the fact that young adults have “borne the brunt” of unemployment and underemployment in this country and around the world.

Paul O’Dwyer Award – Mary Nolan

August 4, 2014

Irish-born community activist Mary Nolan is receiving the Paul O’Dwyer Award, named in memory of the nationally recognized civil rights leader and defender of the Irish cause in the U.S.