| Vol. 47 No. 11 June 4, 2008 |
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Vatican education chief visits
St. Agnes School
Amid green and gold balloons, students representing each homeroom at St. Agnes Cathedral Elementary School here patiently waited on the school steps last Friday to...
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High School Sports
The baseball season wrapped up with a championship game between St. John the Baptist and St. Dominic. Champion-ships were also decided in golf and badminton.
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TLIC honored at Convention
The Long Island Catholic was honored with four photography awards at the Catholic Press Association Convention in Toronto May 30, while retired...
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New advisory group has first meeting with bishop
The newly-formed Diocesan Pastoral Council (DPC) met for the first time June 1 at St. Agnes Parish Center here, following a commissioning ceremony at the
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The Diocesan Pastoral Council
Following is Bishop William Murphy’s address to the opening session of the newly constituted Diocesan Pastoral Council,
held June 1.
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Bishop breaks new ground in
North Merrick
On the evening of May 30, the Feast of the Sacred Heart, the parish of Sacred Heart, North Merrick, broke ground for their new church during an outdoor evening Mass. |
St. Mary’s Msgr. Chiara celebrates 60th anniversary
When he was a boy growing up in Brooklyn, Msgr. Peter Chiara recalls, his mother went to daily Mass at 6 a.m. to pray that one of her sons would become a priest. |
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Office of Deacon Formation plans information meetings
The Office of Deacon Formation is planning a series of meetings for men who believe they may be called to serve the Church as ordained deacons.
Golden jubilarians
Two Montfort priests and two Montfort Broth-ers celebrated their 50th anniversaries at a Mass at Our Lady of the Island Shrine here May 17.
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Catholic Conference deplores ‘unilateral move’ on same-sex marriage
The New York State Catholic Conference, which represents New York State’s bishops in matters of public policy, has deplored Gov. David Paterson’s “unilateral” initiative to mandate...
Cardinal Bertone sees Ukraine as crossroads between east and west
Ukraine could be a significant meeting point between the cultures of the East and West, the pope’s secretary of state told the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano.
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Catholic students launch pilgrim news Web site for World Youth Day
The Australian Catholic Students Association has kicked off a Web site linking international pilgrims with Australian Catholics as they prepare for World Youth Day in July.
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Priest to celebrate jubilee
Father John Fitzgerald, a retired priest, will celebrate the 50th anniversary of his ordination at the 11:30 a.m. Mass at St. James Church here this Sunday, June 8. |
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Cablevision to spotlight Catholic Charities
 Catholic Charities has assisted, and it will be carried throughout June on a variety of cable networks free of charge. In addition to the cross-channel campaign, it also aired on Cablevision’s local programming show...
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Mass for Sacraments of Initiation
 As Pope Benedict XVI urged “New Evangelization” during his recent visit to the U.S., St. John of God Church here was putting new evangelization into practice — welcoming 35 children ages..
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