Catholic New York

Pope Amends Canon Law So Women Can Be Installed as Lectors, Acolytes

Recognizing “the gifts of each baptized person”—women and men—Pope Francis ordered a change to canon law and liturgical norms so that women could be formally installed as lectors and acolytes. more

By CINDY WOODEN | 1/12/21

António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, greets Bishop Paul Hinder, O.F.M. Cap., apostolic vicar of Southern Arabia, right, and Archbishop Bernardito Auza, apostolic nuncio, permanent observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, middle, before the Sept. 16 Prayer Service on the Vigil of the Opening of the 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at Holy Family Church in Manhattan. Behind them is Father Gerald Murray, pastor of Holy Family.

Apostolic Vicar of Southern Arabia, at UN Prayer Service, Extols Family, Education, Peace

Bishop Paul Hinder, O.F.M. Cap., apostolic vicar of Southern Arabia, recalled as “extraordinary” the history made in February in Abu Dhabi when Pope Francis and Egyptian Sheikh Ahmad el-Tayeb, … more

By CHRISTIE L. CHICOINE | 9/20/19

Catechumens and godparents, standing, join in the rite.

More Than 300 Catechumens at Cathedral Rite of Election

On the first Sunday of Lent, Cardinal Dolan celebrated the annual Rite of Election at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, welcoming and congratulating more than 300 catechumens who have been preparing to join … more

By ARMANDO MACHADO | 3/13/19

The Hub of a Wheel

One of the interesting aspects of vocation work is the amount of traveling that is part of this ministry. It has afforded me the opportunity to visit many new places and to meet a diverse group of … more

By FATHER CHRISTOPHER ARGANO | 7/31/19

La procesión de entrada durante la misa anual de Nuestra Señora de la Nube en la Catedral de San Patricio presentaba una estatua de María con el Bebe Jesús.

Patrona de Ecuador

La misa el 15 de diciembre fue celebrado por el obispo Oswaldo Vintimilla del Diócesis de Azogues, Ecuador. more

12/18/19

People watch a tractor excavate the Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET 302 plane crash March 10 near Bishoftu, Ethiopia.

Four CRS Staffers, Humanitarian Workers Aboard Ethiopian Jet That Crashed

Four Catholic Relief Service staff members on their way to a training session in Nairobi, Kenya, were among the passengers aboard an Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed moments after takeoff in … more

By DENNIS SADOWSKI | 3/13/19

The Patron Saint of Coffee

Our Catholic faith encourages us to praise, to admire, and above all to try our best to imitate the great saints and souls who have gone before us. November 1 and 2 are two days of the year when we … more

By FATHER BOB PAGLIARI, C.Ss.R., Ph.D. | 10/29/19

Cardinal Dolan greets young adults Dec. 3 after celebrating a Mass for them at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

Advent Mass Offers Young Adults ‘Powerful Way’ to Encounter Christ

Matthew Fulton’s first evening as a Manhattan resident was spent with Cardinal Dolan and fellow young adults preparing for the coming of Christ at the Young Adult Mass at St. Patrick’s … more

By DAN PIETRAFESA | 12/18/19

Cardinal Dolan greets college students at Rockland Community College’s Student Union building in Suffern Feb. 28.

College Students Discuss Church Issues With Cardinal Dolan

Students representing about 20 colleges listened to a 30-minute talk by Cardinal Dolan before he answered their questions at Rockland Community College’s Student Union building in Suffern Feb. … more

By DAN PIETRAFESA | 3/13/19

#IPRAYED—The kindergarten students in teacher Deborah McVey’s class at Transfiguration School in Tarrytown fold their hands in prayer on Ash Wednesday, March 6.

And the Children Shall Lead Us

Catholic school kids in the archdiocese are practicing the virtue of daily prayer during the 40-day season of Lent that began Ash Wednesday, March 6. They’re seeking to amplify their prayers by … more

By JOHN WOODS | 3/13/19

A Homegrown Sister of Life

A pullout section inside this issue contains stories and photos as well as myriad short profiles of men and women religious serving in the Archdiocese of New York who are marking significant … more

By JOHN WOODS | 11/6/19

Msgr. Edmund Whalen, vicar for clergy in the archdiocese, talks during the panel discussion at the third annual Student Leadership Conference at the Sheen Center for Thought and Culture in Manhattan March 8. Other panelists were Sister Nancy Usselmann, F.S.P., director of the Pauline Center for Media Studies in Los Angeles; Georgia-Renee Boamah, a junior at Cardinal Spellman High School in the Bronx; and Obinna Nwako, a junior at Regis High School in Manhattan.

Student Conference Looks at How Media Climate Affects Catholics

Isabella Acierno said she will read and watch news differently after attending the third annual Student Leadership Conference at the Sheen Center for Thought and Culture in Manhattan March 8. The … more

By DAN PIETRAFESA | 3/13/19

A Lent Like No Other

We can open the church now that the Mass is over.” Those words this past Sunday filled me with not only a deep sadness but also just seemed so antithetical to everything that the Mass, the … more

By FATHER CHRISTOPHER ARGANO | 4/8/20

A photo exhibit of the Irish Mission at Watson House opened March 7 in the Archives Building at St. Joseph’s Seminary in Dunwoodie. Dr. Maureen Murphy, featured speaker at the exhibit opening touches a trunk used by her paternal grandmother, Martha Thompson, when she emigrated from Ireland in 1900. With Dr. Murphy is Kate Feighery, archdiocesan archivist.

Irish Mission Exhibit at Seminary Focuses on Women and Their Work

On the eve of International Women’s Day and 10 days before St. Patrick’s Day, a photo exhibit featuring young single Irish women who immigrated to New York opened in the Archives Building at St. … more

By ARMANDO MACHADO | 3/13/19

Attorneys to Review Ruling Saying Archbishop Sheen’s Remains Should Be Transferred

The New York State Supreme Court’s Appellate Division ruled 5-0 that the remains of Archbishop Fulton Sheen should be transferred from New York to the Peoria Diocese. In response to the March 5 … more

3/13/19

Walking With The Lord

At the heart of any vocation to the priesthood should be the desire to bring Jesus to the people. Our ministry and ordination puts us in the unique and privileged position of bringing the Good … more

By FATHER CHRISTOPHER ARGANO | 11/6/19

Administrators Appointed in Three Parishes

Father Thomas Colucci has been appointed administrator of Most Precious Blood parish in Walden, and two other priests, Father Cyprian Onyeihe and Father José Félix Ortega de La Fuente, … more

3/13/19

The Gift of Fraternity

Over the last three years I have been going out to Mundelein Seminary in Chicago taking classes in spiritual direction. This nine-week program, spread out over three years is facilitated by the … more

By FATHER CHRISTOPHER ARGANO | 6/6/19

Auxiliary Bishop Edmund Whalen greets childhood friends Hank Graebe, Nancy Graebe and Alice Graebe, as well as Hank and Alice Graebe’s son, Father Brian Graebe, far right, administrator of the Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral and the Shrine Church of the Most Precious Blood in lower Manhattan.

Bishop Whalen’s Brothers: He ‘Always Had the Vocation’

After the Mass of Ordination of Bishops Dec. 10 at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, CNY caught up with Auxiliary Bishop Edmund Whalen’s two older brothers, Michael and Kevin, who were in a front … more

12/18/19

Bronx Parish to Recall St. Oscar Romero

St. John-Visitation parish in the Bronx will hold a Lenten day of recollection and a Mass to mark the 39th anniversary of the martyrdom of St. Oscar Romero. St. Oscar Romero, archbishop of San … more

3/13/19