This year the marking of Martin Luther King Day, coincides with the Inauguration of a recently re-elected President and is in the shadow of the funeral of a former President. It may be worth noting that though Martin Luther King never was elected to any public...
Today, I ask that we pray in solidarity with our Jewish neighbors who gather this evening – in these most somber times – to begin the celebration of Passover. A few weeks ago, in offering the invocation to open the March 19th meeting of the New York City Council I asked...
Lent again! Although we return again and again – often annually – to mark similar things, what we bring to them is different each year. We bring a year more of experiences and events – both good and bad – that have changed our personal and collective perspectives. This year and it seems in recent years the bad events have outweighed...
Pope Francis has called for a day of prayer, penance and fasting for peace throughout the world on Friday, October 27th. Let us together and in our own individual ways, heed this call. Without a doubt the events of the past two weeks...
Catholic Charities is deeply concerned about the current state of policies that have resulted in thousands of asylum seekers being bussed throughout the United States without proper planning. Over the past weeks, asylum seekers have arrived often hungry, tired, and in need of basic items. In...
