Editor's Report Archives 2001Editor's Report Archives 2001
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A Familiar Flight |
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To hundreds of thousands of natives of the Dominican Republic, American Airlines Flight 587 was a bridge to the island of their birth... |
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Not the Retiring Type |
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When I first called Lucy Cecere for this column she didn't have time to talk right away. She was off to a meeting and then to a benefit... |
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We All Lost Someone |
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The world got a whole lot smaller on Sept. 11, when a band of terrorists flew into our midst and crashed down the twin towers of... |
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Back on the Beat |
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Hello again, it's been a while. It feels good to be back in print... |
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Paper Mates |
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Ask any editor worth his salt what makes his or her publication a quality product and high on the list would be the attributes... |
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Great Expectations |
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Regular readers of this column may have noticed that I didn't write it last week. While the space was admirably filled with the words... |
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Out Of My Way |
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I was walking home from the train station one recent Friday evening in a gauzy haze of heat and humidity. The distance is close to a mile, and I was... |
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Positive Trend |
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It¼s no secret that the number of vocations to the priesthood has declined in the U.S. in recent decades. The figures for the Maryknoll Fathers... |
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Bible Study |
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Jerry and Gwen Coniker paid a visit to CNY's offices a few months ago. For those not familiar with their names, the Conikers are the founders... |
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Pro-Life Support |
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The dedication of those involved in pro-life ministry is often quite remarkable, whether their service is manifest in prayerful vigils outside... |
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Bible Study |
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With his service as director of The Christophers and as pastor of a parish in the Diocese of Rockville Centre, Msgr. James P. Lisante is a busy... |
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Profound Journey |
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Some three weeks after returning from a trip to Cuba, Richard Zuk spoke with the zeal of someone who had just stepped off... |
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In Paul's Place |
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The sites and places of the Bible came alive for the pilgrims who were part of a journey sponsored by the archdioces an Office of Black Ministry's ... |
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Dad Matters |
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This is a column I have started to compose in my head any number of times over the years, but I have never written it down... |
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Food for Thought |
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The Diocese of Brooklyn annually sponsors a World Communications Day Luncheon that I have been privileged to attend for the... |
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Hard Reminder |
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The execution of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, postponed once and rescheduled for June 11, is a matter of national, even worldwide, interest and... |
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Bible Study |
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Once upon a time, maybe not all that long ago, a case could be made that most lay Catholics were not on familiar terms with the Bible. Many of my older relatives... |
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Of Note |
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One of my daily tasks is to comb through death notices in the local papers looking for those whose obituaries we will carry, mostly priests and... |
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A Catholic Identity |
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In the fall of 1999, All Saints parish in Harlem began holding a series of Tuesday evening presentations entitled "Black and Catholic." Originally intended as... |
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Bible Study |
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Once upon a time, maybe not all that long ago, a case could be made that most lay Catholics were not on familiar terms with the Bible. Many of my older relatives... |
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Carrying Forth |
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As you look through the pages of CNY over the next couple of weeks, Cardinal O'Connor will be the subject of many articles. He died one year ago this... |
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Gifted, Near and Afar |
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Lucy Tucker has enjoyed her first year as a full-time religion teacher at Maria Regina High School in Hartsdale immensely. "I couldn't be happier," she said last week... |
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Cop¹s Prison Ministry |
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As a New York City police officer and detective, Jim Dennedy spent 20 years putting away guys like the ones to whom he now ministers at... ... |
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1000 and Counting |
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The issue of CNY that you are now reading is the 1,000th weekly edition printed in the paper's nearly 20-year history. This... |
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Extra Miles |
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Second-grade teacher Jean O'Brien loves her job at St. Bartholomew's School in Yonkers, and this week she will travel a great distance to... |
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'Tight' Community |
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Charlie Italiano's life changed dramatically in a few seconds one night last July--the amount of time it took for him to dive... |
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Spiritual Adoption |
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In the case of a good idea whose time has come around again, St. Martin de Porres parish in Poughkeepsie has partnered with the Knights of... |
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Night View |
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A couple of weeks ago, I had the occasion to spend an hour or so in Penn Station in the wee hours of the morning while waiting for a train to take me home. |
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Brother To All |
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It was an afternoon of fond remembrances by Catholics and Jews Sunday as Molloy College in Rockville Centre held a retrospective on the life of Cardinal... ... |
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Shining Church |
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The sun wasn't up in New York when I flipped on WNBC, Ch. 4, last Wednesday morning. But on the TV screen half a world away, the day was bright in... |
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Treasured Teachers |
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A recent column in this space on Sister John Rose Hartling, O.P., generated a lot of positive feedback. I heard from her fellow Sisters of St. Dominic of Sparkill, other... |
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Where He Belongs |
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It took Brother Joseph Marie Zakia, S.A., a while to get to Graymoor, but once he arrived at the headquarters of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement, he... |
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Chastity Promoters |
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A small group of Catholic mothers from Rockland County who were frustrated by the pro-condom, so-called "safe sex" message promoted in... |
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Always A Teacher |
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It's hard for me not to be thankful during Catholic Schools Week, Jan. 28 to Feb. 3, for the lessons I learned during 16 years of Catholic schooling, for ... |
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New York Moment |
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The announcement that Pope John Paul II had named Archbishop Egan a cardinal came as no surprise to anyone following the news reports. It had... |
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Avoiding 'Temptation' |
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Its title alone reveals the basics of the new television show, "Temptation Island," on the Fox network. If I were smarter, I would have left the set off... |
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The Family Way in Port Jervis |
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New York City firefighter Daniel Bright had wanted to join the Catholic Church for some time, but he was not going... |
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'Missionary' Church |
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When Monday morning's prayer service in St. Patrick's Cathedral for immigrants was still... |
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Close To Home |
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By the accounts of the men who are studying in the diaconate program of the archdiocese at its Staten Island venue, the experience has been an... | |
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