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The seventh annual New York Catholic Youth Day is taking place on Saturday, October 19 at the Westchester County Center located at 198 Central Avenue in White Plains, New York. Eleven hundred young people ages 13 to 17 will gather for a day of inspiration, fellowship, service, and prayer. The event will include a Mass celebrated by Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New York at 11 AM in honor of the archdiocese’s largest annual youth gathering.

Please be advised that the deadline for press credential submissions for the 74th annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner has been extended to Tuesday, October 15 at 12PM.

Pope Francis has appointed Monsignor Gerardo Colacicco and Monsignor Edmund Whalen to serve as Auxiliary Bishops of the Archdiocese of New York. The appointments were announced by Archbishop Christophe Pierre, the Apostolic Nuncio to the United States.

Two dates last week are deserving of attention. Last Saturday, October 5, was the 140th anniversary of the dedication of St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Fourteen decades as “America’s Home Parish!”

October 4, 2019 (New York) THE SHEEN CENTER FOR THOUGHT & CULTURE, in partnership with NATIONAL REVIEW INSTITUTE, inaugurates VIRTUE IN AMERICA: HOPE on Monday, October 7 at 7 pm in The Sheen Center’s Black Box Theater.

Why is it that Catholics carry Rosary beads? Superstition? Hardly. It’s the Rosary prayer itself, that simple prayer that gets us through when life becomes too complicated.

Judge Barbara S. Jones will join Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New York, at a press conference on Monday, September 30, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. in the Catholic Center, 1011 First Avenue, New York, to discuss her findings and recommendations on how the archdiocese is meeting its promises and obligations in responding to the sexual abuse crisis.

The President has affirmed that protecting religious freedom is one of his highest priorities. Yet the Administration has cut even further the number of refugees who will be admitted to the US. Given the epidemic of religious persecution around the world, America can and should do better.

Among other titles—the month of the Holy Rosary, the month of the missions—the thirty-one days beginning Tuesday are Respect Life Month.

September 24, 2019 (New York) - General Jim Mattis, USMC (Retired) and 26th United States Secretary of Defense, will be the speaker at the 74th annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner which will be held on Thursday, October 17, 2019 in the Grand Ballroom of New York’s Hilton Hotel Midtown.

Sometimes they are not visible to those who do not have children in religious education programs, but parish catechists are handing on the faith with devotion and professionalism. And almost all are volunteers!

Our wonderful principals, teachers, and students already have a week behind them as our renowned Catholic schools get back into session.

On Tuesday, September 10, 2019 The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture, in partnership with America Media and the Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University, will be hosting The Popes & The Presidents: Commemorating 35 years of Diplomatic Relations between the United States and the Vatican.

It’s Labor Day. Can I write a bit about those Jesus called “laborers in the vineyard”? That’s all of us, to be sure, those who labor for Jesus and His reign.

St. Augustine of Hippo, whose feast is celebrated on Aug. 28, was a famous philosopher, bishop and author of many great works, including his Confessions. However, he was also a dedicated catechist and produced what may be the first catechist's manual.

The law right now shows contempt for religious belief and makes religious believers second-class citizens. This can be seen clearly in a recent court case about religious exemptions from mandatory vaccination. Regardless of what one thinks about vaccinations, this hostility towards religion should be a very grave concern for all.

The Church is going through a terrible trial now, with further revelations of sexual abuse and failure to respond appropriately. But this this is not the time to lose faith or leave the Church. Being in a trial also means that we are in a time for purification under the hand of the Holy Spirit.

A week or so ago, we priests, deacons, religious women and men—and a growing number of lay faithful—who daily pray what the Church calls The Divine Office meditated on St. Paul’s second letter to the Corinthians. There St. Paul is asking for money! Yes, a collection! It goes back that far!

Like most of you, I enjoy it when I hear or read an observation that I’ve held for a long time. That’s why I nodded in agreement as I read an enlightening article by Erika Andersen in the Wall Street Journal of July 12, entitled “Is God the Answer to the Suicide Epidemic?”

The decision by the U.S. government to resume executing prisoners challenges us to uphold the fundamental principle of the Culture of Life -- the inviolable and inherent dignity of every human person, no matter what they have done, how old they are, or what their condition may be.