As usual, the poor and the innocent are the ones who suffer most.
August, 2013

Will only a few people be saved?+
To enter through the narrow door, we need to stay close to Christ and this is done through the Eucharist.
Diocesan pilgrimage to Washington Shrine set for Sept. 28+
Catholics from across Long Island are invited to join the diocesan pilgrimage to the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.

Restored Long Beach Church Blessed, Pastor Installed+
Click below for a slideshow from the occasion.

Scandal-plagued politicians need to humble themselves+
If they are truly penitent, they will put aside their ceaseless pursuit of power and glory and devote themselves to real and humble service to others.

Pope Francis criticizes ‘ornamental’ faith+
"To follow Jesus means to be involved, because faith is not something decorative. It is the strength of the soul!”
Pope Francis: Mary is with us in our struggles+
"If there is no hope, we are not Christian."

Father Anthony M. Trapani, 71+
The funeral Mass will be Tuesday morning, August 13, at 11 a.m. in Msgr. Purick Hall at St. Patrick parish, Bay Shore
Pope: World needs courageous Christian missionaries+
Faith is a gift, not reserved for a few but offered with generosity. Everyone should be able to experience the joy of being loved by God, the joy of salvation!

Fiction and Faith+
Has the secular society in which we live blunted the consciousness and conscience of Catholic writers who in another age might have produced Catholic novels?