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The storied history of St. Joseph’s Seminary, Dunwoodie, begins a new chapter this semester, welcoming a new rector, Bishop James Massa, as it enters its 125th anniversary year.
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9/24/20
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Can it really be five years since Pope Francis was among us New Yorkers in person at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Madison Square Garden, Central Park, the United Nations, the National Sept. 11 Memorial …
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By John Woods
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9/23/20
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For our families whose loved ones died during this time of pandemic, we express our heartfelt sympathy and prayers. Our funeral rites are a great consolation and help us to express our love for those …
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By Bishop Gerardo J. Colacicco
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9/23/20
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Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,” the poet John Keats called this time of the year in his ode “To Autumn.” The words evoke a peaceful scene, a season suited to reflection and grateful …
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By CLAUDIA McDONNELL
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9/23/20
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The color-coded books first caught my eye.
It’s become one of my favorite flourishes in interior design, one that always stops me in my Instagram scrolling. And here it was, on the …
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By CHRISTINA CAPECCHI
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9/23/20
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Conversations with Father Robert Imbelli have been a great blessing in recent years. I have rarely met a more even-tempered and gracious man: a true churchman who, in retirement after years of …
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By GEORGE WEIGEL
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9/23/20
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Just imagine for a moment...the headlines and news alerts come out announcing medication to heal those with the coronavirus, and a vaccine to keep us safe from ever contracting it.
It’s been …
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By Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan
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9/23/20
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Uno de los temas teológicos que generan mucha controversia es el referido a la gracia y mérito. El mérito está relacionado con el tema de una justicia de carácter retributiva o distributiva. Por …
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Por PADRE LORENZO ATO
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9/23/20
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Hace un par de semanas, tuve la alegría de visitar Nuestra Señora del Monte Carmelo-St. Benedicta y la parroquia de Santa María de la Asunción en Staten Island. Era un …
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POR CARDINAL TIMOTHY M. DOLAN
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9/23/20
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Traditionally, Labor Day is a dividing line of sorts in New York, with the lazy days of summer on one side and the opening of schools and parish programs such as religious education on the other. …
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By John Woods
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9/9/20
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Grace is an unmerited favor from God and is a manifestation of His mercy. I thank Bishop Gerardo Colacicco for closely connecting the graces received from the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist to the …
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9/9/20
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Just a quick note to say “great job” by John Mulderig on his review of the movie “Fátima” (CNY, Aug. 27). The movie was well worth the cost of rental and was very inspirational—well worth …
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9/9/20
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I was saddened to read that my elementary school in the Northeast Bronx, SS. Philip and James, would not reopen in the fall. (CNY, July 16). It is hard to imagine that back in the late 1950s, there …
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9/9/20
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The response of the Church and individual Catholics to the devastating explosion in the Port of Beirut, Lebanon, one month ago has been impressive and heartwarming.
The prayers, the expressions of …
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9/9/20
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Attending Mass involves a lot of coordination and preparation. It doesn’t begin when we arrive at church, but a good amount of time beforehand. I can well imagine the hectic schedules of …
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By Bishop Gerardo J. Colacicco
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9/9/20
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An upstate New York church recently asked me if I would do a Zoom talk for their parish book club, which had just finished reading “Walking Together,” my 2010 book on spiritual friendship. They …
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By MARY DeTURRIS POUST
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9/9/20
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For the last three years I have had the great gift of celebrating Mass every Monday morning for the Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal. For the first two years I would go to Our Lady of Guadalupe …
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By FATHER CHRISTOPHER ARGANO
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9/9/20
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A couple of weeks ago, I had the joy of visiting Our Lady of Mount Carmel-St. Benedicta and St. Mary of the Assumption parish on Staten Island. It was a rainy Friday evening, and Father Hernan, the …
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By Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan
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9/9/20
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“A nadie deban nada más que el amor” (Rm 13, 8)
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l filósofo E. Kant decía que todo lo que hacemos, para que tenga un sentido ético, debe …
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Por PADRE LORENZO ATO
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9/9/20
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One of my respected professors in graduate school taught a course called general semantics. Although the title may sound frivolous, the topics he covered were actually quite profound. This discipline …
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By FATHER BOB PAGLIARI, C.Ss.R., Ph.D.
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9/1/20
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