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Sister Ellen Quirke, S.C., who served as a social worker in the Community Medicine Program at St. Vincent Hospital & Medical Center in Manhattan for 18 years, died July 9 at Kittay Senior Apartments …
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8/11/22
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The U.S. bishops voted Nov. 17 to approve a pastoral letter on marriage, despite concerns voiced by some bishops about the document's pastoral tone and content.
Nearly 100 changes in two rounds of amendments preceded the 180-45 vote in favor of …
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11/19/09
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Sister Teresa Ann Lilly, M.M., who was a missioner to Guatemala for 33 years, died July 25 at Maryknoll Sisters Center in Ossining. She was 94.
She was in Guatemala, 1989-2004, 1976-1986 and …
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8/11/22
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Father John S. Kostek, who served as pastor and administrator of parishes on Staten Island during the latter part of his active ministry, died July 28. He was 80.
Father Kostek was pastor of St. …
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8/11/22
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Deacon Tom Cornell, a co-founder of Pax Christi USA as well as the Catholic Peace Fellowship and a longtime associate of Catholic Worker co-founder Dorothy Day, died Aug. 1. He was 88.
He died at …
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8/11/22
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La expulsión de los demonios realizada por Jesús es un claro signo de la llegada del Reino de Dios. Jesús, …
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Por PADRE LORENZO ATO
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8/10/22
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Let’s see; by my reckoning, I’ve been to Ireland close to two dozen times in my half-century as a seminarian in Rome and then …
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By CARDINAL TIMOTHY M. DOLAN
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8/10/22
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George B. Irish, who held key roles with the William Randolph Hearst Foundation of California and the Hearst Foundation Inc. of New York and served on the boards of ArchCare and the Inner-City …
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10/6/22
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During his down time at work, a Minnesota surgeon often browses the New Yorker in the hospital library. One day he …
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By CHRISTINA CAPECCHI
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8/10/22
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Msgr. Joachim J. Olendzki, pastor of St. Stanislaus parish in Pine Island for 19 years, died Sept. 29. He was 90.
Msgr. Olendzki was pastor of St. Stanislaus, 1989-2008.
A Funeral Mass was …
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10/6/22
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As I settled into my pew at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago one recent Sunday morning, I gazed up at the …
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By MARY DeTURRIS POUST
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8/10/22
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Retired Archbishop Joseph A. Fiorenza of Galveston-Houston, who was a tireless advocate for social justice, died Sept. 19. He was 91.
The Beaumont, Texas, native served as bishop of the Diocese of …
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10/6/22
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Father Gregoire Fluet said the best way to fulfill his responsibilities as chaplain at Mount St. Mary College is to go …
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By JOHN WOODS
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8/10/22
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Deacon Robert Clemens, who served at St. Bartholomew's parish in Yonkers for 34 years, died Sept. 17. He was 89.
Deacon Clemens was assigned to St. Bartholomew after his ordination by Cardinal …
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10/6/22
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In a troubling sign for Central America, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega’s government crackdown on critics has focused increasingly on the country’s Catholic Church leaders.
Bishop Rolando …
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8/10/22
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Sister Bridget Puzon, O.S.U., who taught in the English department and served as dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at the College of New Rochelle, died Sept. 21 at Andrus on Hudson in …
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10/6/22
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At the Alianza Dominicana Cultural Center in Washington Heights, Muntafa Rahman and James Cadden shared their thoughts on serving the community through the center’s youth programs, service …
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By ARMANDO MACHADO
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8/10/22
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Sister Eileen Lindsay, F.S.P., who served at Maria Regina High School in Hartsdale for 25 years, died Sept. 23 at St. Cabrini Nursing Home in Dobbs Ferry. She was 96.
Sister Eileen was at Maria …
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10/6/22
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Three churches and one shrine in Manhattan were chosen to participate in the 12th annual Sacred Sites Open House organized by the New York Landmarks Conservancy July 23-24.
The four Catholic …
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By DAN PIETRAFESA
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8/10/22
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As Catholic schools come back into session in just a few weeks, scenes like this will be a daily occurrence across the Archdiocese of New York. Students at St. Athanasius School in the Bronx look …
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8/10/22
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