Sisters of Life Virtual Gala

Tonight at 8 PM EST - click the link above to register

UPDATE:  Due to technical difficulties the Gala has been postponed to tomorrow night.

Catholic Event

This conference has a lot of good speakers and is of course online - Catholic Family Conference 

May 1-2, 2020


Presented By: Regina Caeli Academy, Ignatius Press and Solidarity Healthshare

Speakers include Dr. Scott Hahn, Bishop Strickland, Dr. Janet Smith, Lila Rose, Matt Walsh, Matt Fradd, Kathryn Lopez, Danielle Bean and others.

Diocesan Day of Reconciliation
Monday, April 15, 2019

 Confession will be heard in Catholic Churches in Nassau

and Suffolk

Monday, April 15th

from 3:00 - 9:00 PM.

This is a great opportunity to approach the Sacrament during the Holy Week,

when the whole Church
prepares to celebrate the great Easter Mysteries of Holy Thursday, Good Friday, the Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday itself.

Save the Date for the first Byzantine Catholic Young Adult Convocation!

Called. Transfigured. Sent.

When: August 1-4, 2019

Where: St. Mary’s Byzantine Catholic Church – 246 East 15th St. New York, NY 10003

Cost: $150

Who: Anyone ages 18-35!

 

Join us for the 2019 Byzantine Catholic Young Adult Convocation: Called. Transfigured. Sent. from August 1-4, 2019 in NYC!

This four-day convocation will include celebrations of the Divine Liturgy, talks by inspiring Catholic speakers, opportunities for fellowship, sightseeing in New York City, and more! Together, we’ll explore what discipleship means in the modern world through the lens of the Transfiguration and go forth feeling “transfigured” in our own faith. Open to all – you do not have to be Catholic to attend!
 

Retreat in NYC with Immaculee Ilibagiza

Come to Immaculee Ilibagiza Retreat IN NEW YORK, NY On APRIL 27, 2019 WITH A SPECIAL GUEST ANNIE KARTO, CATHOLIC SINGER-SONGWRITER INSPIRATIONAL SPEAKER 

Location:

         Chapel of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary

         325 East 33rd St,
         New York, NY 10016

 

8:30 AM - 4 PM

Author’s Night: Sohrab Ahmari

Wednesday, March 13, 2019 @ 7PM

 

 

From Fire, By Water: An Evening with author Sohrab Ahmari

Journalist and former Wall Street Journal columnist, Sohrab Ahmari was a teenager living under the Iranian ayatollahs when he decided that there is no God. Nearly two decades later, he would be received into the Roman Catholic Church.
In From Fire, by Water, he recounts this unlikely passage, from the strident Marxism and atheism of a youth misspent on both sides of the Atlantic to a moral and spiritual awakening. At once a young intellectual’s finely crafted self-portrait and a life story at the intersection of the great ideas and events of our time, the book marks the debut of a compelling new Catholic voice.

Long Island Catholic Youth Day

The Link with all the information is here.

March 30,2019 at St. Anthony's High School, for students in grade 8-12

Traditional Latin Mass at St. Matthew in Dix Hills

Who?: Don’t worry, we aren’t checking id’s. Feel free to join us no matter your age, but please remember the social after Mass is only for young adults.
What?: The Traditional Latin Mass, specifically the Missa Cantata, celebrated by Fr. Michael Bissex of Saint Patrick’s in Huntington.
When?: March 21st. Mass at 7 pm, social following immediately after.
Where?: St Matthew’s Roman Catholic Church, 35 North Service Rd, Dix Hills. Mass will be in the chapel in the Parish Center.



I am actually having trouble keeping up with the recent spate of Traditional Latin Masses in the Diocese of Rockville Centre!  I remember being excited that two priests were being sent to the FSSP to learn the Mass but from these announcements it appears the number of young priests who are able to offer the Traditional Mass has increased by at least three.

Solemn High Mass in the Extraordinary Form in Freeport

March 3, 2019 5 PM

See the details here.

There was also recently a Traditional Latin Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes in Malverne and another at Notre Dame in New Hyde Park.  Both parishes have pastors who on the young side.

A Mass of Thanksgiving in Honor of Servant of God Msgr. Bernard J. Quinn

Saturday, April 1st at 11:30 AM at St. Brigid in Westbury

Principle Celebrant:  Msgr. Paul Jervis, Postulator
Homilist:  Fr. Alonso Cox, Vice-Postulator

Our Sunday Visitor had an article tracing the accomplishments of Msgr. Quinn in 2010 that can be found here.


"With the impending 1929 economic depression brewing, the poorest among the black families were not able to provide for their children. Father Quinn bought property in Wading River, Long Island, to establish an orphanage for these children. But he met with violent opposition from the KKK.  

The action of the Klan members had been prodded by white community residents who objected to an orphanage for black children in their hamlet, with its scenic farmlands and wooded, undulating landscape that overlooked the Long Island Sound. 

Threats on His Life 

The orphanage that Father Quinn first erected in 1928 was burned down by the KKK. They waited, and after the priest rebuilt the orphans’ home in 1929, they again totally incinerated it. The diocese was silent throughout Father Quinn’s ordeal.  

Also, New York’s Governor Alfred E. Smith, a Catholic and the Democratic Party’s 1928 U.S. Presidential Candidate, kept a low profile, for he had enough anti-Catholic detractors and was unwilling to become even more unpopular by intervening on behalf of Quinn’s black orphans."

Under threats to his life, Father Quinn stood up to his foes by defying them again in rebuilding the orphanage. He was ready to pay the ultimate price with his life for his orphan children as he had pledged to his parishioners, “...I would willingly shed to the last drop my life’s blood for the least among you.”  

Father Quinn was, however, more valuable to them alive than as a martyr. With St. Thérèse’s intercession, hostility toward him ceased abruptly. He succeeded in establishing his orphanage, fittingly named The Little Flower House of Providence, which was dedicated on Oct. 26, 1930. This institution, later incorporated into the Little Flower Children and Family Services of New York, is still thriving. "

Traditional Latin Mass at St. Agnes Cathedral in Rockville Centre

St. Patrick's Day Friday, March 17 at 4 PM

Fr. Ryan Creamer will offer a Sung High Mass (1962 Missal) on the feria Friday in Lent, the Commemoration of St. Patrick, Bishop and Confessor (III Classis)

I have not posted one of these notices in a long time but I am pleased that Faith on Tap is still going on at the Wantagh Inn!  I attended in the 'early years' and was one of the people who helped to organize it.  I have aged out but I bought a house nearby so I hope to drop in one day and see how it has aged. 
 

 

Interesting Event in Massapequa

Who is The Venerable Father Anthony Vincent Gallo?

Tuesday, December 3, 2013
7:00–9:00 pm

St. Rose of Lima, Massapequa
Rectory Meeting Room

Presenters:  Bill Gallo, Nephew of Fr. Gallo
Michael Gallo, Grand Nephew of Fr. Gallo

Please call the rectory
to register – 798.4992
Coffee, tea, and Italian pastries
and cookies will be served.


Bill and Michael Gallo are among the three generations of nephews, nieces, grand nephews, grand
nieces, great-grand nephews and great-grand nieces of Father Gallo who live in Nassau County.
Their faith-filled and interesting presentation will provide a close-up and personal account of the
modern process by which a person may be declared a saint of the Catholic Church.
Father Gallo lived a life of physical and mental suffering dedicated to and joined with Christ’s
Paschal Mystery. He truly exercised the theological and moral virtues to the heroic degree as
proclaimed in the decree issued by Pope John Paul II on April 19, 1990, whereby Father Gallo
was declared “Venerable.”
All are welcome to attend the Gallos’ presentation, particularly parents and their school-age
children. 

For more information about Father Gallo, please visit www.fathergallo.com

St. Anthony’s relics coming to New York

From the Long Island Catholic:

"In 1263, St. Bonaventure discovered the remains of Saint Anthony of Padua. Now, to mark the 750th anniversary of this event the Franciscan Friars are touring with relics from the popular saint and invite all to join them at St. Catherine of Sienna Church, Franklin Square, on December 14.  The relics will be available for veneration on Dec. 14 from 3 to 9:30 p.m.  Vigil Masses will be celebrated at 5 and 8 p.m. with veneration before and after each Mass.  St. Catherine of Sienna is located at 33 New Hyde Park Rd., Franklin Square.

The relics of St. Anthony will also be available for veneration in Queens on Thurrsday, December 12th at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Church, 110-06 Queens Blvd., Forest Hills,  with Mass at 12:05 p.m., as well as other stops at churches in Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx starting December 7. The complete schedule is available here."

With all this traveling around, I hope the relics don't get lost! Then what would you do?

The Pope & The CEO

Why entrepreneurship is not about profit maximization and untamed competition

with Andreas WIDMER, Director oF Entrepreneurship Programs at The Catholic University of America, and author of The Pope & The CEO: Pope John Paul II’s Leadership Lessons to a Young Swiss Guard

Presented by Crossroads Cultural Center and American Bible Society

Nowadays, it is a common cliche that the world of business must live by its own rules, and that the first rule is the systematic and relentless pursuit of one's advantage, in a sort of Hobbesian 'war of all against all.' The implication is that success is more or less everything, and that all other concerns should not get in the way of the cold logic of business competition. Andreas Widmer is living proof that being a successful businessman does not require cutting off our humanity. On the contrary, our humanity can be our biggest business asset. Our desire to meet with others and to work with them, our need to build something beautiful, our faith in God: all these things are good for business, and are in fact necessary to practice enterpreneurship happily and successfully, especially in the long term. Mr. Widmer learned to be an enterpreneur by being, first of all, a human being, and his faith has played an important role in this process.

 The event is open to the public and free of charge.

About this Event

Date: Friday, November 22, 2013
Time: 7:00pm
Location: American Bible Society
1865 Broadway at 61st Street, NYC map

About the Speaker

Andreas Widmer
Director of Entrepreneurship Programs at the Catholic University of America, and author of The Pope & The CEO: Pope John Paul II’s Leadership Lessons to a Young Swiss Guard

Mass for Bereaved Parents

St. Rose of Lima Church in Massapequa will have a Mass for Bereaved parents and families who have suffered the loss of a child:

Wednesday, November 13, 2013
7:30 PM in the Church

All are invited

This looks like a worthy event from the folks at FOCUS (Fellowship of Catholic university students), click on the link below for more info:

 

Reach New York

FOCUS New Evangelization Prayer Breakfast

Friday, November 15th, 2013

:30 a.m. Mass & Rosary
8:30-10:00 a.m. Breakfast & Program

$55 per person
$35 for Young Professionals
$15 for Students, Religious & Clergy

 Church of Our Savior | Mass
59 Park Avenue | New York, NY 10016

Union League Club | Breakfast
37 East 38th Avenue | New York, NY 10016

Emcee:  Fr. Jonathan Morris

Father Jonathan Morris is the Program Director of The Catholic Channel on SiriusXM, 129 and the Campus Minister at Columbia University. He also serves as an analyst for the Fox News Channel, Fox Business Channel and Wall Street Journal. He has authored several books including: The Promise: God's Purpose and Plan for When Life Hurts and “God Wants You Happy: from self-help to God’s Help; in addition he will release next year “A Soul at Peace: Making The Serenity Prayer a Way of Life.” He is a priest in residence at Corpus Christi parish in Manhattan and serves as Chaplain to “The Christophers.” Keynote Speaker:   Fr. Robert Spitzer A Catholic priest in the Jesuit order, serves as the President of the Magis Center of Reason and Faith and the Spitzer Center. He was President of Gonzaga University from 1998-2009 and significantly increased the programs and curricula. He has made multiple media appearances on Larry King Live, the Today Show, The History Channel, and multiple nationally syndicated radio programs. He has published 5 books, and is currently writing three, The Grand Designer: The Evidence for Creation in Modern Physics; Personal Happiness; and Jesus-Emmanuel: A Philosopher Examines the Evidence for Jesus. Fr. Spitzer also has a rewarding career in teaching, won numerous academic awards and founded seven national institutes.

Year of Faith Lecture Series

At St. Joseph's Seminary:

The final speaker in the Year of Faith Lecture Series:

His Eminence, Timothy Cardinal Dolan

Sunday, November 24, 2013

at 4:30 PM

"Year of Faith and the New Evangelization" 

  

Timothy Cardinal Dolan is the Archbishop of New York and is currently the President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. He holds a License in Sacred Theology from the University of St. Thomas (Angelicum) in Rome and a Doctorate in American Church History from The Catholic University of America. Cardinal Dolan has also served as the Rector of the Pontifical North American College in Rome, Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Louis and the Archbishop of Milwaukee. He is the author of numerous books, including Priests for the Third Millennium and True Freedom: On Protecting Human Dignity and Religious Liberty.

Magnificat - Hymns to the Mother of God From East & West

An Evening of Sacred Song
St. Jean Baptiste Church
184 East 76th St.
NYC

Monday, November 25, 2013 at 7:30 PM
Tickets - $25


Choirs from two local theological schools representing Eastern and Western Christendom will jointly present an a cappella concert titled “Magnificat: Hymns to the Mother of God from the East and West” on Monday evening, November 25, 2013, 7:30 pm, at St. Jean Baptiste Church, 184 East 76th Street, New York City. The Male Choir from St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary, of the Orthodox Church in America, will join with a Schola from St. Joseph's Seminary (Dunwoodie) of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, in praise of the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ, who holds a place of honor in both traditions.
Music selections from the Orthodox tradition for the concert will illustrate the Eastern Church’s feasts dedicated to the Theotokos (Greek for “Mother of God”), while music from the Roman Catholic tradition will include time-honored hymns of laudation to the Virgin Mary, taken from ancient chant and from the classical period up until modern times, such as O Sanctissima by Beethoven (1770–1827) and Ave Maria by Biebl (1906–2001).

Tickets are $25 for general seating, and may be purchased online. Limited tickets will be available at the door one hour prior to the concert.

Tablet Forum on C. S. Lewis

The writings of C.S. Lewis will be the topic of the next Tablet Forum to be held on Friday, Nov. 1 at 7 p.m. at Christ the King R.H.S., Middle Village.

The forum will feature the showing of the film, The Life and Work of C.S. Lewis, and a talk by James Como, chairman and professor of the Department of Performing and Fine Arts at CUNY’s York College, Jamaica.

He is the author of three books on C.S. Lewis.

Admission is by ticket only. Tickets are free and can be requested by sending an e-mail to ewilkinson [at] desalesmedia [dot] org.