by Director of Communications | Mar 8, 2020 | NEWS, Our Sisters
As we celebrate National Catholic Sisters Week, we honor the Sisters whose shoulders we stand on, who worked tirelessly with the Archdiocese and Catholic laity to serve the people of New York and beyond. Elizabeth Ann Seton’s final words to her sisters urged them to...
by Director of Communications | Mar 7, 2020 | NEWS, Reflections, Spirituality
Readings: Genesis 12: 1–4a; Psalm 33; 2 Timothy 1: 8B–10; Matthew 17: 1–9 Lent is a time of preparation through prayer and fasting and opportunities to receive God’s many graces through both ordinary and extraordinary moments. We may encounter God in the ordinariness...
by Director of Communications | Feb 29, 2020 | NEWS, Reflections, Spirituality
Lent (February–April, 2020) Lent invites us to clear the blockages within and among us, to come closer to Christ who alone can change our hearts and minds. From centuries ago, the words of Saints Elizabeth Ann Seton, Vincent de Paul, and Louise de Marillac still...
by Director of Communications | Feb 28, 2020 | Ministries, NEWS
Registration for the Project L.I.G.H.T. spring semester of free English as a Second or other Language (ESL) classes and Citizenship classes, serving immigrants from all nationalities in the Southwest Yonkers and Northwest Riverdale community, is currently underway....
by Director of Communications | Feb 25, 2020 | NEWS, Reflections, Spirituality
Readings: Ash Wednesday: Joel 2:12-18; Psalm 51; 2 Corinthians 5:20- 6:2; Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 March 1: Genesis 2:7-9, 3:1-7; Psalm 51; Romans 5:12-19; Matthew 4:1-11 “Even now, says the Lord, return to me with all your heart.” Joel 2:12a Even now? So late in...
by Director of Communications | Feb 24, 2020 | In Memoriam, In Memoriam 2020, NEWS
In her advocacy work she had hands-on experience with the poor and those who really needed her, just as Jesus did. Sister Catherine McGlynn (Sister Marian Daniel) was born August 18,1925, in New York City. She was one of seven children, four daughters and three sons,...