Today is Good Shepherd Sunday because of its Gospel. Our offertory hymn at St. William's was "The King of Love My Shepherd Is," composed in 1868 by Sir Henry Williams Baker, 1821-1877.
Sunday, May 11, 2025
Sunday, March 9, 2025
Eastern Rite parishes in Nassau County
Several Catholic parishes in Nassau County, Long Island, have their own Eastern Rite exarch or bishop rather than the Latin Rite bishop of Rockville Centre. Two are Ukrainian.
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At 275 Ellison Avenue, Westbury, is the church of St. Andrew Apostle, a Byzantine Catholic Church belonging to the Ukrainian Exarchy (diocese) of Passaic, New Jersey. The parish website is linked HERE. The pastor is Fr. Nicholas Daddona. The Byzantine-Rite church in Smithtown belongs to the same exarchy.
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At 718 Front Street, Hempstead, is the church of St. Vladimir, belonging to the Ukrainian Exarchy of Stamford, Connecticut. An old article in the Long Island Herald offers a photo of the iconostasis and much information.
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At 1500 De Paul Street, Elmont, is located a cathedral of the Syro-Malankara Eastern Rite. It is the former parish church of the Roman Rite parish of St. Vincent de Paul. Its center is in Kerala, India. Please see Wikipedia at this link.
Sunday, March 2, 2025
Bishop Barres visits Seaford
Bishop John Oliver Barres offered the 9 a.m. Mass at St. William the Abbot, Seaford, March 2, 2025. He thanked Father Joseph Fitzgerald for his work and extended his role as pastor for a second six-year term. The bishop also said that Fr. Fitzgerald will be a chaplain at the Olympic Games that open in Los Angeles July 14, 2028.
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Today's selection of readings and the responsorial psalm exemplifies the rich introduction of the three-year cycle effective Palm Sunday, 1970. Psalm 92: Lord it is good to give thanks to you.
Sunday, November 24, 2024
Hymn, Crown Him with Many Crowns
Today, the Feast of Christ the King, the pre-recorded Mass from the Passionist Fathers, had as recessional the hymn "Crown Him with Many Crowns, the Lamb upon his Throne." The hymnist is Matthew Bridges, 1800-1894, who penned this hymn after he embraced the Roman Catholic church around 1846.
Monday, November 11, 2024
Hymn, We Gather Together
On Sunday, November 10, 2024, the entrance hymn was "We Gather Together to Ask the Lord's Blessings," strong in purpose and of fascinating history. Our translation may have been done by Theodore Baker, 1851 - 1934.
In the Spanish-ruled Netherlands of 1597, Adrianus Valerius, Dutch Protestant, wrote it to celebrate a military victory. Spain forbade Protestant religious celebrations. Careful! The various English translations are inexact. The Dutch hymn begins, "Wilt heden nu treden, perhaps "Will you now take steps..."
Please see the Wikipedia article linked HERE.
Monday, August 5, 2024
From Valley Stream to Boston
The large archdiocese of Boston will receive a new archbishop in October, namely Rev. Richard Henning, native of Valley Stream and Holy Name of Jesus parish.
The cathedral is close to downtown Boston, at 1400 Washington Street. (Careful! Boston has several Washington Streets!)
The four-storey chancery in the south suburb of Braintree was a 2007 acquisition. The donor, Tom Flatley, charged the archdiocese $100 for the sale! In my opinion, the location is good only for those who have the use of a car. The nearest T station is more than two miles away. Yet, I admire the gift. It is about ten miles south of the cathedral.
https://bostoncatholic.org/directions-to-the-pastoral-center
Thursday, July 11, 2024
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