We all realize that Lent, the season of penance we just completed, takes forty days. Our kids who give up candy wonder why it takes so long! It’s meant to be lengthy, since penance takes awhile.

The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture will be hosting a screening of director Robert Orlando’s most recent documentary "The Divine Plan: Reagan, John Paul II and the Dramatic End of the Cold War" tomorrow Thursday, April 25, 2019 at 7: 00 P.M. in the Loreto Theater.

Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New York, was joined today by noted philanthropist Kenneth Langone, co-founder of Home Depot, Anne-Claire Legendre, Consul General of France, and other religious, business, and political leaders in announcing “From Saint Patrick’s to Notre Dame,” a fundraising effort to help support the restoration and rebuilding of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, severely damaged by fire this week.

Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New York, and Mr. Kenneth Langone, noted philanthropist and co-founder of Home Depot, will announce a new fundraising campaign to assist Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris with its restoration and rebuilding efforts on Thursday, April 18, 2019 at 8:30 a.m. inside Saint Patrick’s Cathedral.

For the people of Paris, Monday's fire at the Cathedral of Notre Dame seemed like a death. However, Holy Week and Easter remind the Parisians and the rest of us to believe in new beginnings.