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March 8, 2020 — Second Sunday of Lent
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...
Charity Wisdom — Lent 2020
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...
Registration for Project L.I.G.H.T. English Language and Citizenship Classes Now Open
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....
February 26, 2020 — Ash Wednesday & March 1, 2020 — First Sunday of Lent
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...
In Memoriam: Catherine McGlynn, SC
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,...
“Magnificat” — January 4, 2020, Quiché, Guatemala
This article by Sr. Nora Cunningham is published in the Winter 2020 issue of Vision. My soul magnifies the Lord...resounded in song twice on January 4, 2020! For the first time, it was for Luisa Cristina Francisco as she became Sister Luisa Cristina, a novice,...
Manhattan College Hosts Sister Norma Pimentel On Crossing Borders: a Catholic Response to Migration
Migrants who arrive at our Southern border seeking refuge from their desperate living conditions have faced hardships they never imagined. Ephesians 5:1–2 tells us, “Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love.” In Sister Norma Pimentel, a...
Sister Carol De Angelo Shares her Parents’ Love Story
My Parents’ Budding Romance in Grand Central Terminal Mary De Angelo always said that she knew John was the one for her the first time she danced with him at her office’s Christmas party on that momentous day in December. Handsome and lean, he was nicknamed “Jackson”...
In Memoriam: Sister Patricia Maureen Mulryan, SC
Sister Patricia volunteered in the food pantry of two local churches, participated in a local senior group, and provided daily acts of kindness to assist her neighbors. Sister Patricia Maureen Mulryan (Mary Catherine, known as Maureen) was born January 20, 1931, in...
In Memoriam: Sister Marie Irene Breheny, SC
Students remember her as a thorough and tireless teacher who empowered them to do their best and who ‘made math make sense.’ Sister Marie Irene Breheny (Marie) was born August 15, 1927, in Ossining, New York. She was one of three children, one daughter and two sons,...