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Vol. 46 No. 37
December 5, 2007 |
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National/World News
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NEW! Click on the logo to access Faith Alive, a
weekly catechetical feature from Catholic News Service. |
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DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE to ROME, ITALY
November 4
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Photos from Rome
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Stories from Rome |
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Award
winner
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| This week TLIC continues profiling those honored with the
first annual St. Agnes Medal of Service, awarded by Bishop
Murphy to representatives from each parish, as well as four
diocesan representatives, during a ceremony at St. Agnes
Cathedral, Rockville Centre on Friday, Sept. 14.
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Profile
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winners can be accessed via the link below. Names
printed in blue on the list are linked to profiles
that have already been published. Click on the link
to view that individual’s profile. We will continue
adding new profiles as they are published each week.
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Bishop Murphy to undergo
surgery December 6 |
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On Thursday morning, Dec. 6, Bishop William Murphy will
undergo a surgical procedure at Mercy Medical Center to
remove two discs pressing on a nerve that have limited the
use of and caused pain in his right arm. He expects to make
a full recovery following several days of post-surgical
recuperation in the hospital and a regimen of physical
therapy.
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Catholic school parents
and alumni:
Tell us your stories! |
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On January 16, The Long Island Catholic will publish a
special issue focusing on Catholic schools in our diocese.
Among the stories we want to feature are those from
Catholics throughout our diocese who have benefited from a
Catholic education yourselves, and/or have chosen to send
your children to Catholic school.
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Pope: People need God to have hope
By John Thavis
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Vatican City (CNS) — In an
encyclical on Christian hope, Pope Benedict XVI said that,
without faith in God, humanity lies at the mercy of
ideologies that can lead to “the greatest forms of cruelty
and violations of justice.”
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Charismatic renewal has potential to aid new
evangelization
By Pete Sheehan
Senior Reporter |
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Rockville Centre — Catholic
charismatic renewal, which arose following Vatican II, has
great potential to aid the “new evangelization” called for
by Pope John Paul II, speakers told more than 200
charismatic renewal activists gathered for a day-long
conference at the parish center at St. Agnes Cathedral here
last Saturday.
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Catholics urged to focus on their
relationship with Jesus
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Rockville Centre — When, 40 years ago, her Scripture
group at Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, prepared for a
retreat on the Holy Spirit, Patti Gallagher Mansfield didn’t
know what to expect.
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Father Corali: ‘I have always been happy
being a priest’
By Pete Sheehan
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Uniondale — When he was growing up in a village in
Italy, Father Serafino Corali recalls, his mother prayed for
a son to become a priest.
“But it wasn’t me. It was my older brother,” Father
Corali said. The son of a factory worker and one of six
children growing up in Bergamo, Italy, Father Corali said
his older brother was involved in the Church but found a job
in Switzerland and moved there.
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National Night of Prayer for Life
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The 18th annual National Night of Prayer for Life, which
originated on Long Island, will take place this weekend,
with close to 40 parishes in the Diocese of Rockville Centre
participating.
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Molloy takes hands-on approach to helping
seniors with relocation stress
By Mary Gorry Staff Reporter |
Rockville Centre – A bookmark printed with reminders
for good nutrition. Funny affirmations printed on bracelets
and puzzles. A crossword puzzle based on advanced directives
with a health care proxy attached to it.
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Why I’m proud to be Catholic
By Katherine Higgins |
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There are several reasons why I am proud to be a Catholic.
Being Catholic shapes the person I am today. It has taught
me many important lessons in life and is the guide for my
future.
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‘How present God is in my life’
By Michael Rocco |
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It has been three weeks since I came home from NCYC, the
National Catholic Youth Conference, in Columbus, Ohio. I was
a little bit skeptical going there because I am not that kid
who grew up in the Church and went to Catholic school all my
life.
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MICAH offers discussion guides
on combating hunger
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The Mobilized Interfaith Coalition Against Hunger (MICAH),
whose work to address the root causes of poverty was
highlighted in TLIC Nov. 21, is providing discussion guides
on hunger and poverty that can be used for group
reflections, particularly during the Advent season.
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Catholic comedy legend Tim Conway keeps them
laughing
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Washington (CNS) — People know Tim Conway best from
his 11 seasons on TV’s “The Carol Burnett Show,” where he
delighted viewers with outlandish sketch comedy and physical
humor. Others remember him from his four-year stint on the
sitcom “McHale’s Navy.”
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Parish extends warm welcome to Korean
community
By Mary Iapalucci
Staff Reporter |
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Woodbury — Gray skies and snow flurries couldn’t put
a damper on the festive mood as the Korean Catholic
Apostolate of the Diocese of Rockville Centre gathered to
celebrate moving to their new home at Holy Name of Jesus
Church here. Worshippers coming in from the snow for the
noon Mass on Dec. 2 were warmly greeted by women clad in
beautifully colored traditional Korean dress.
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Statue Blessing for Advent
TLIC photos/Gregory A. Shemitz |
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In an effort to encourage families to focus on the true
meaning of Christmas this month, St. Thomas the Apostle
Church, West Hempstead, invited parishioners to bring
statues of the infant Jesus from their Nativity sets to the
Dec. 2 family Mass, during which the figurines would be
blessed by Msgr. James Lisante, the parish pastor.
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Knights of Columbus remind us to “Keep Christ
in Christmas”
By Pete Sheehan
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Keeping Christ in Christmas and keeping the name “Christmas”
in Christmas celebrations is the goal of the Knights of
Columbus and other Catholic organizations around Long
Island.
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Inquiring Photographer
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What do you do to keep Christ at the center
of your Christmas celebration?
“I’m a religious
education teacher. Throughout the year, we instruct the
children on the basics of our religion and during Advent we
crown a statue of Mary. I also help plan a Christmas concert
with the Catholics of African Ancestry. One of our themes is
‘Keeping Christ in Christmas.’”
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Parish honors Sisters of Mercy, retiring
assistant principal
By Mary Iapalucci
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Syosset — It was standing room only at St. Edward the
Confessor parish here for a Mass honoring the work of the
Sisters of Mercy, especially the service of Sister Mary
Patrice Ward, who recently retired after 33 years as
assistant principal at the parish school.
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Defibrillators for schools
By Pete Sheehan Senior Reporter |
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Rockville Centre — Tomorrow’s Hope Foundation has
given portable heart defibrillators to all Catholic
elementary schools in the diocese, as well as providing
other support for the schools’ athletic and extracurricular
programs.
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Bishop Murphy elected chair of USCCB
Domestic Policy Committee
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Rockville Centre — Bishop William Murphy has been
elected to a three-year term as chairman of the Domestic
Policy Committee of the United States Conference of Catholic
Bishops (USCCB). The election occurred Nov. 15 during the
bishops’ general meeting in Baltimore. Bishop Murphy will
succeed Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of the Diocese of Brooklyn.
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Msgr. Maniscalco to author Question and
Answer column
Beginning after the new year, Msgr.
Francis Maniscalco will offer a monthly Question and Answer
column in TLIC designed to respond to inquiries from readers
about Church teachings, practices and various aspects of the
Catholic faith. Currently director of the diocesan Respect
Life Office, Msgr. Maniscalco is a former editor of The Long
Island Catholic and former director of communications for
the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
We invite readers to submit your questions to Msgr.
Maniscalco c/o The Long Island Catholic, P.O. Box 9000,
Roosevelt, NY 11575. You may also fax them to us at
516-594-1092. Or you may e-mail your questions to
editor@licatholic.org.
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Diocese organizing March for Life pilgrimages
for young Catholics
By Mary Gorry
Staff Reporter |
The diocese will coordinate two special pilgrimage groups
for young Catholics to attend the 35th annual March for Life
in Washington, D.C. Jan. 21-22. The diocesan youth ministry
apostolate will conduct a trip for teens, while the young
adult apostolate will organize a group of young adults.
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Religious
Education
Celebrating Religious
Education Week -
November 11-18 |
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Please click here for a listing of articles from this event. |
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