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Students from Cardinal Spellman High School in the Bronx and Notre Dame School in Manhattan perform May 10 during the 45th annual Inner-City Scholarship Fund Friends Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street in Manhattan.

Inner-City Scholarship Fund Friends Gala Raises Record-Breaking $1.6 Million

Evan Cardona used his speech May 10 at the 45th annual Inner-City Scholarship Fund Friends Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street in Manhattan as an opportunity to say thank you for his Catholic school education made possible by the scholarship fund. more

By DAN PIETRAFESA | 5/17/22

Epiphany School eighth-grader Declan O’Brien delivers a reading from the Acts of the Apostles at the Eighth-Grade Graduation Mass for Manhattan Region Catholic Schools in St. Patrick’s Cathedral on May 6.

Eighth-Graders Grateful for Catholic School Lessons at Cathedral Mass

Looking back with pride and ahead to continued growth in her faith, Ascension School student Mariana Turpin joined classmates May 6 at the Eighth-Grade Graduation Mass for Manhattan Region Catholic Schools at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. more

By DAN PIETRAFESA | 5/10/22

Corpus Christi Celebrations to Launch Three-Year Eucharistic Revival

Parishes across the archdiocese are planning Corpus Christi processions for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ June 19 that, in conjunction with similar celebrations around the … more

By CHRISTIE L. CHICOINE | 5/5/22

People line up in the seminary chapel to venerate a first-class relic of Blessed McGivney, who was beatified in October 2020.

Seminary Address

Brian Caulfield, vice postulator for the canonization cause of Blessed Michael McGivney, the Connecticut priest who founded the Knights of Columbus, delivered an April 28 address about Blessed … more

5/5/22

Father Kwan Is Administrator of Transfiguration Parish

Father Roger Kwan has been appointed administrator of Transfiguration parish in Manhattan, the Cardinal’s Office announced. Father Kwan assumed his new role April 25 after serving since … more

5/5/22

Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers Earn Westchester ‘Eco Award’

The Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers received Westchester County’s Department of Environmental Facilities 2022 Eco Award in recognition for “outstanding contributions to the environment and … more

5/5/22

Dominican Sisters of Sparkill Elect Leadership Team

The Dominican Sisters of Sparkill, at their General Chapter April 19-21, elected their next leadership team: Sister Irene Ellis, O.P., prioress; Sister Marie Peter Buckley, O.P., councilor; Sister … more

5/5/22

Father Joseph P. McAndrew

Father Joseph P. McAndrew, who served as a chaplain at St. Anthony’s Community Hospital in Warwick and New York University Medical Center in Manhattan, died April 23. He was 90. He was chaplain … more

5/5/22

Vicki Thorn

Project Rachel founder Vicki Thorn, who died unexpectedly April 20, stand “as a living testimony to an unwavering and unconditional … more

5/5/22

Father Thomas A. Lynch

Father Thomas A. Lynch, pastor of Holy Name of Jesus-St. Gregory the Great parish in Manhattan, died April 28 after a long illness. He was 55. Father Lynch had served at Holy Name of Jesus-St. … more

5/5/22

Timothy P. Klein

Timothy P. Klein, an FDNY firefighter since 2015, died while battling a fire in Canarsie, Brooklyn, April 24. He was 31. Klein, who followed in the footsteps of his father, Patrick, in becoming a … more

5/5/22

Young Men Growing in Discipleship Near Home

Father George Sears, the director of vocations for the archdiocese, said the new regional approach to priestly vocations … more

By JOHN WOODS | 5/4/22

The Biggest Challenge That the Church Faces Today…

On April 23, I had the privilege to spend the day with 700 high schoolers at our archdiocese’s “New York … more

By Auxiliary Bishop Joseph A. Espaillat | 5/4/22

From Darkness to Light

I recently did a search of my past Life Lines columns to find something I wrote here six years ago: “Sometimes … more

By MARY DeTURRIS POUST | 5/4/22

El Contenido Concreto de la Moral

Hemos dicho que la moral no puede quedarse en el planteamiento de principios abstractos con pretensión … more

Por PADRE LORENZO ATO | 5/4/22

The Squeakiest Wheels and the Rest of Us

What if there are not one but two chasms that divide Americans today? One chasm separates the reds and blues, the ideologically conservative … more

By GREG ERLANDSON | 5/4/22

Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts from around the archdiocese march across Fifth Avenue into St. Patrick’s Cathedral for the Emblem Sunday Scouting Mass May 1.

Scouts, Adults Recognized for Faith and Service at Scouting Mass

The 2022 archdiocesan Emblem Sunday Scouting Mass recognized scouts and adult leaders with medals of faith at St. Patrick’s Cathedral May 1. Retired Auxiliary Bishop John O’Hara … more

By DAN PIETRAFESA | 5/4/22

Un foto de primer plano del Cardenal Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo de Venezuela, enzima, durante la consagración Eucarística el 24 de abril en una Misa por la Paz en Venezuela en la Catedral de San Patricio.

Misa por la Paz en Venezuela Cita Ejemplo de Médico Beatificado

En una misa por la paz en Venezuela, el cardenal Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo de Venezuela dijo que “en el corazón del Señor podemos encontrar una actitud positiva que nos … more

Por ARMANDO MACHADO | 5/4/22

Msgr. Nevin, back left, and Dan Eudene, executive director of CCCSR, back right, share in the celebration with youth volunteers.

‘From Seed to Supper’

Msgr. Emmet Nevin, dean of Rockland County, administered a blessing for the annual Blessing of the Soil event of Catholic Charities Community Services of Rockland (CCCSR). The April 30 gathering was … more

5/4/22

Cardinal Dolan prays April 30 in a makeshift chapel in the train station at Kosice, Slovakia, where thousands of Ukrainian refugees have arrived since their country’s invasion by Russia.

Cardinal Dolan Meets War Refugees in Ukraine, Poland and Slovakia

Cardinal Dolan led a New York Church delegation to visit and express solidarity with Ukrainian refugees, including those displaced in their native land and in the bordering countries of Poland and … more

5/4/22