Catholic New York

Last month I highlighted some important topics that engaged couples should discuss before getting married. For example, the priest, deacon or parish specialist who is preparing them to receive the … more

By FATHER BOB PAGLIARI, C.Ss.R., Ph.D. | 9/26/22

Coming Together in New York to Spur Christian Unity

My visits to St. John the Divine Cathedral on Manhattan’s Upper West Side have been few. A recent trip, on Sept. 8, will stay with me for some time … more

By JOHN WOODS | 9/21/22

Missionary Sister, Now Free, Awes With Courage

It takes a special kind of person to become a missionary, to leave the familiarity and comforts of home to serve others in far-off developing lands where, at best, you may not be welcome or, at … more

9/21/22

Preparing for the Church’s Embrace

These recent weeks have been “back to school” for so many of our youth, providing yet another occasion for us to celebrate … more

By CARDINAL TIMOTHY M. DOLAN | 9/21/22

Living Long, Living Well

A few days after the death of Queen Elizabeth II at age 96, I visited another nonagenarian, one whom I know very … more

By CLAUDIA McDONNELL | 9/21/22

La Comida Familiar en la Iglesia

Consciente de que los católicos en los Estados Unidos hemos emprendido un Avivamiento Eucarístico, el mes pasado ofrecí un … more

POR CARDINAL TIMOTHY M. DOLAN | 9/21/22

El Exorcista Católico: un Ministerio en Crisis

En anteriores columnas hemos señalado que hay autores católicos, teólogos, e incluso … more

Por PADRE LORENZO ATO | 9/21/22

On Building a Just Economy

Help for expectant mothers, children and families in general is the focus of this year’s annual Labor Day statement from the U.S. Catholic bishops. It’s something of a departure from the usual … more

9/8/22

Building Community Begins With Faith at Fishkill Catholic School

Principal Tom Hamilton of St. Mary’s School in Fishkill sounded ready for the opening day of school even before the Labor Day weekend began. Hamilton, who’s embarking on his fourth year as … more

By JOHN WOODS | 9/7/22

Time for True Respite

As I sat in my beach chair late last month, toes in the sand and eyes fixed on an endless horizon that gave me the slightest inkling of eternity, I found for the first time in a very long time that I … more

By MARY DeTURRIS POUST | 9/7/22

Rising Each Morning With Holy Curiosity

Sometimes gold flakes surface along the periphery. The first or last picture in a photo shoot is the winner. The opening or final page of a book delivers the line that you hold to your heart. Or the … more

By CHRISTINA CAPECCHI | 9/7/22

A Tree Falls and Is Noticed

I've never lost a tree before. Our property had three magnificent oaks, each more than a hundred, maybe 150 years old. Like J.R.R. Tolkien's Ents, each had its own gravitas. One died after a … more

By GREG ERLANDSON | 9/7/22

The Church’s Family Meal

Aware that we Catholics in America have undertaken a Eucharistic Revival, last month I offered a column on the centrality of the Mass in our lives, sparked by my visit on vacation in Ireland to one … more

By CARDINAL TIMOTHY M. DOLAN | 9/7/22

La Realidad de las Posesiones Demoniacas

Hemos señalado en una anterior columna, que hay muchos autores, incluidos católicos, que pretenden negar la realidad de las posesiones demoniacas que se describen en los relatos evangélicos, … more

Por PADRE LORENZO ATO | 9/7/22

SCHOOL YEAR BEGINS—The wet skies did not deter students of St. Mary’s School in Fishkill on their first day of school Sept. 6. Above, principal Tom Hamilton gladly accepts supplies from parents dropping off their children near the entrance of the pre-K to grade school in Dutchess County. In the background, Father Joseph Blenkle, the pastor of St. Mary, Mother of the Church, joins the first-day activity.

Building Community Begins With Faith at Fishkill Catholic School

Principal Tom Hamilton of St. Mary’s School in Fishkill sounded ready for the opening day of school even before the Labor Day weekend … more

By JOHN WOODS | 9/7/22

Wedded Bliss and Blisters

The Catholic Church reveres the sacrament of marriage as a sacred, serious, lifelong commitment between a husband and wife. Preparation for … more

By FATHER BOB PAGLIARI, C.Ss.R., Ph.D. | 8/29/22

Calling Mr. Schiff

Advertising has rightfully played an important role in Catholic New York’s operations from the beginning. A wall in my office at the New York … more

By JOHN WOODS | 8/24/22

My Parish, My Home

Gathering newspapers one evening for recycling, I came upon an article I had saved to read when I had … more

By CLAUDIA McDONNELL | 8/24/22

On the Ever-accelerating Passage of Time

In one of his Blackford Oakes novels, William F. Buckley Jr. had a character crack a Wagnerian joke along these lines: What is “Siegfried”? “Siegfried” … more

By GEORGE WEIGEL | 8/24/22

Treating Our Bodies With Reverence

Don’t you just hate to see August coming to an end? Our schoolkids—and even our teachers —sure do, … more

By CARDINAL TIMOTHY M. DOLAN | 8/24/22