For Brooklyn-born Father Mark Bristol, 31, the call to priesthood flowed and ebbed while in the U.S. Navy. Ultimately, he discerned God was calling him to be a fisher of men.
John Paul II
Father Jaroslaw Szeraszewicz
Four days before his 36th birthday, Father Jaroslaw Szeraszewicz will follow in the footsteps of his hero, Pope St. John Paul II, and be ordained to the priesthood.
Modern-day Popes Meet the Press
The first pope in modern history to do an interview with a reporter was Pope Leo XIII in 1892.
Pilgrimage from Miami
Miami Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski, who is leading a Sept. 18-21 pilgrimage from Miami to Havana in support of Pope Francis’ historic visit to the island, prays at the Church of St. Marta
Francis’ Speech at UN Will Be Fifth by a Pope
Pope Francis’ three predecessors who spoke to the General Assembly – Blessed Paul VI, St. John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI – addressed issues reflecting the great social and political challenges of their era.
John Paul II and ‘America’
IN THE YEARS PRECEDING the Great Jubilee of 2000, John Paul II held a series of continental synods to help the Church in different locales reflect on its distinctive situation at the end of the second millennium, and to plan for a future of evangelical vigor in the third. These Special Assemblies were easily named in the case of the Synods for Africa, Asia and Europe. But when it came to the Synod for the western hemisphere, John Paul threw a linguistic curveball that made an important point.
Our Popular Pope
As we prepare for the Papal Visit to the United States, and in particular to New York, during the next several months, it might be well to focus on the Pope whom we will welcome.
The ‘Tyranny of the Possible’
Ten years after his death, Pope St. John Paul II looms even larger than he did a decade ago. What seems most memorable was that he refused to accommodate to the “tyranny of the possible.”
‘Annus Horribilis’
Our city, and indeed the nation, is reeling from the assassinations of two New York City police officers, Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu. These two officers of the law, both married, with the 40-year-old Ramos having two sons and Liu being recently married, were gunned down for no reason other than the fact that they […]
Papal Ciborium
Msgr. Dennis Herron, administrator of St. Fidelis Church, College Point, presented St. Agnes A.H.S. a ciborium used during a Papal Mass celebrated by Pope John Paul II during his visit to New York City in 1995.