PhotoCNY Editorial Report 2000





Dec. 21, 2000

Preparing A Place

"Like many Catholic families, I suppose, we have a few rituals that we perform during Advent. One that...

Dec. 14, 2000

A World To Change

"At the Mass on Dec. 11, The Christophers introduced a new director, Msgr. James P. Lisante, who...

Dec. 7, 2000

'Its Greatest Of Gifts...'

"Every year the first Christmas card I receive is from an on-top-of-everything friend who keeps house...

Nov. 30, 2000

Now Is The Time

"So why am I retiring? Well, I am old enough. A nice thing, lately, has been that a few gracious people...

Nov. 23, 2000

A Jasper Tradition

"Manhattan College in the Bronx is noted for a number of things, not least enduring among them the...

Nov. 16, 2000

Mutual Gifts

"Liz Locatelli and Father Raymond Bagdonis, O. Carm., share what they both describe as a spiritual partnership formed...

Nov. 9, 2000

Doing Time, God's Time

"A lovely thing happened as I was reading over the New York bishops' recent pastoral statement on criminal...

Nov. 2, 2000

The Double Standard

"Last weekend Catholics at Mass in 413 parishes heard a pastoral letter from the Archbishop of New York. 'As...

Oct. 26, 2000

Luckiest Fans In the World

"The hype of historic proportions began as soon as the Subway Series became a certainty. You'd have to go...

Oct. 19, 2000

A Mission Accomplished

"We have to be proud. Now there are two American-born saints, both of them women with strong...

Oct. 12, 2000

About Being Brothers

"It was a touching 'Letter From a Brother,' written by a man who had been diagnosed with terminal...

Oct. 5, 2000

Moments Of Sweetness

"It began almost as soon as Pope John Paul II landed in Newark. After the formal exchanges with President Bill...

Sept. 28, 2000

The Meaning Of Golden

"Nurses have always been special people to me, their profession among the noblest. From all accounts...

Sept. 21, 2000

A Job Well Done

"At first thought, the idea of making the maintenance man the guest of honor at a parish 90th anniversary...

Sept. 14, 2000

Faith Alive

"On Sept. 17 the 65th anniversary of Catechetical Sunday will be celebrated in churches throughout...

Sept. 7, 2000

'Be Proud of Her'

"Sister Gabriel Miriam remembers the day New Yorkers in St. Peter's Square had a special reason to be proud...

Aug. 31, 2000

'Taken By Surprise'

"In advance of World Youth Day 2000, the media were treating it with a yawn. Suddenly Rome was swarming...

Aug. 24, 2000

Joseph Dunne, Superb Man

"As soon as we learned that NYPD Chief of Department Joseph P. Dunne was on the short list of candidates to succeed Howard...

Aug. 17, 2000

The Feast Of Stephen

"The 1,000th anniversary of the crowning of St. Stephen as King of Hungary is a day of celebration like...

Aug. 10, 2000

Patrick Was Her Name

"There is a picture of Sister Patrick Mary, S.C., outside St. Patrick's Old Cathedral School with...

Aug. 3, 2000

'The Least' Among Us

"I am asking now for CNY readers who do this beautiful thing to write to us about your experiences...

July 27, 2000

The Last Days Of Their Lives

"An eight-year investigation of nursing homes by the Department of Health and Human Services has come up with conclusions...

July 20, 2000

Mission Connection

"Sister Sponsa Beltran, O.S.F., and Eileen R. Rockensies met in nursing classes at the College of Misericordia in Dallas, Pa., in the early 1960s."

July 13, 2000

The Bundle By the Door

"The bundle by the door of an apartment in the housing project hallway was not a bag of garbage, that was...

July 6, 2000

Where They Came From

"There were two historic events in the archdiocese two weekends ago. Besides the official arrival...

June 29, 2000

Mine Eyes Have Seen

"They said a million people watched the tall ships enter New York Harbor on Independence Day 1992 and...

June 22, 2000

A Parable For A.D. 2000

"A week ago I asked Archbishop Egan what sort of job description he'd drawn up as he prepared to assume...

June 15, 2000

A Woman Of Faith

"A few years back Marian Caputo lobbied for a cause at St. John the Baptist parish in Yonkers. She was convinced that the public school...

June 8, 2000

A Bridge So High

"Their voices soared to the skylight at the top of the 84-foot ceiling, and the singing of the 120 children...

June 1, 2000

A Celebration to Grow On

"By all accounts, the 20th anniversary celebration of Renew International was...

May 25, 2000

Memories of Malik

"Sister Gloria Perez, P.B.V.M., remembers Malik Sealy. She was the dean of discipline at St. Nicholas of...

May 18, 2000

New Man In Town

"On the day Bishop Edward M. Egan of Bridgeport became archbishop-elect of New York, May 11, he arrived in...

May 11, 2000

He Was Good Copy

"A teacher, a man of faith. This core of Cardinal O'Connor's being was never more obvious, never more...

May 4, 2000

Best Of The Best

"At the end of the Mass, Archbishop O'Brien remembered a character in the old Treasure Chest comic book...

April 27, 2000

'Something For God'

"You read it here first, the story of a young man who was a volunteer at the Covenant House shelter on Manhattan's...

April 20, 2000

Easter Person

"It's never difficult to find an Easter person to write about at this season. I've been doing it for years, and...

April 13, 2000

The Real Culprit

"We find ourselves in a sad and frightening situation. Communities are angry at police for aggressive...

April 6, 2000

The Goodness Of Adam

"There were people who wished the whole city of New York could see it, the big interracial, multiethnic crowd..."

March 30, 2000

The Big Picture

"When the frail, valiant man placed into a crevice in Jerusalem's Western Wall words from his liturgy...

March 23, 2000

I Remember Dorothy Day

"A tall, slender, elderly woman wearing a paisley bandana over her white hair and carrying a rumpled...

March 16, 2000

Marrying Well

"The debacle of the TV show "Who Wants to Marry a Multimillionaire?" was a clear reminder to America...

March 9, 2000

American Beauty

"Edith Nagy was radiant. She shimmered in an aura that bathed First Avenue in front...

March 2, 2000

It Must Not Happen Again

"The crowd gathered quickly on Wheeler Avenue in the Bronx after the verdict of not guilty was announced at... officers who killed Amadou Diallo."

Feb. 24, 2000

Who Wants To What?

"With all the sleaze that exudes from the TV screens, it's difficult to sort out one...

Feb. 17, 2000

Some More Headlines

"That survey taken by the Kansas City Star and reported in three articles made headlines...

Feb. 10, 2000

Moving Forward

"Two Manhattan churches, one Catholic and one Lutheran, are doing their best to bring last...

Feb. 3, 2000

Two Worlds

"Grandparents have the best of two worlds. They spend a day playing with their adorable heirs, spoiling...

Jan. 27, 2000

'Nothing Will Be the Same'

"Msgr. Liddy said there was a fire there in 1855 that destroyed President's Hall. It was then that Bishop Bayley coined the motto for...

Jan. 20, 2000

The Man For the Job

"Cardinal O'Connor has looked for the best in all of us. It's not always easy to do that kind of job. But...

Jan. 13, 2000

The O'Connor Style

"The cardinal has applied his skills at dialogue and diplomacy to situations of violence and injustice around the world, and never...

Jan. 6, 2000

The Meaning Of Jubilee

"The year 2000 carries a special meaning for Christians that tended to get lost in the glitz and glamour...

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