- Theology of the Body Institute - Christopher West teaches the Theology of the Body
- NY-Marriage - gives events and resources in the NY City area.
- Family Life Institute provides resources on marriage and family.
- Family Honor, Inc - a non-profit group promoting Catholic marriage and family life.
- One More Soul - gives resource for chastity, NFP, and pro-life materials.
- The International & American Associates of Clinical Nutritionists - resources for healthy living regarding diet and exercises.
Recently in Archdiocese of New York Category
The cause of the apoplexy was the Archbishop's imputation of bigotry to the newspaper. His charge was not self-indulgent whining. He did not have to go back farther than a couple of weeks for examples. First, in reporting widespread child abuse in Brooklyn's community of Orthodox Jews, there was not the "selective outrage" which animates The New York Times against criminous Catholic clerics, whose numbers are in fact proportionally much smaller than other religious and professional groups.
Then there was the sensational front-page publicity of a paternity suit involving a Franciscan friar, going back twenty-five years, and getting more space than the war in Afghanistan and genocide in Sudan. Headlines also claimed that the Pope was seeking to "lure" Anglicans into his fold, when in fact he was responding to a petition. Then a columnist invoked the Inquisition, portrayed the theology of priesthood as neurotic sexism, and even mocked the Pope's haberdashery. The Archbishop said that her prejudice, "while maybe appropriate for the Know-Nothing newspaper of the 1850's, the Menace, has no place in a major publication today." While a free press is free to criticize, said the Archbishop, such criticism should be "fair, rational, and accurate."
Hostility raised to such a pitch that journalistic standards are abandoned, is provoked by an awareness that the Catholic Church continues to be the substantial voice for classical moral standards and supernatural confidence amid the noise of a disintegrating behaviorist culture. A tabloid is still a tabloid even if its editors dress in tweeds. Churchill said, "No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism." Not to worry. Christ promised that the gates of Hell will not prevail against his Church. He did not include The New York Times, 30% of whose work force has been laid off in the last year and a half.
Fr. Rutler's Weekly Column as Pastor of the Church of Our Savior in New York City. This is from the November 8, 2009 bulletin
Tonight, in the context of the Sacrifice of the Mass, Bishop Robert A. Brucato, auxiliary of bishop New York, received the Candidacy for Holy Orders of 18 men. This is an official step in declaring one's intention to be ordained with the approval of the bishop or major religious superior. The breakdown of candidates is as follows:
9 for the Archdiocese of New York and 1 for the Diocese of Bridgeport
7 for the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal and 1 for the Idente Missionaries of Christ Crucified.
Pray for all of us preparing for priesthood.
If you are interested, the rite follows.
The Rite of Admission to Candidacy follows the homily.
Calling of the Candidates
Examination
My sons, the pastors and teachers in charge of your formation, and others who know you, have given a favorable account of you, and we have full confidence in their testimony.
The bishop asks two questions for the candidates:
In response to the Lord's call are you resolved to complete your preparation so that in due time you will be ready to be ordained for the ministry of the Church? The candidates answer: I am.
The bishop:
Are you resolved to prepare yourselves in mind and spirit to give faithful service to Christ the Lord and his body, the Church? The candidates: I am.
Acceptance of the Candidates
The Church receives your declaration with joy. May God who has begun the good work in you bring it to fulfillment. All: Amen.
Invitation to Prayer
Brothers and sisters, let us ask our God and Lord to pour out his grace and blessing on these servants of his who desire to give their lives to the ministry of the Church.
Intercessions
Concluding Prayer
Lord, hear our prayers for your sons who wish to dedicate themselves to your service and the service of your people in the sacred ministry.
Bless them + in your fatherly love, that they may persevere in their vocation, and through their loving fidelity to Christ the Priest be worthy to carry out the Church's apostolic mission. We ask this through Christ our Lord. All: Amen.
Liturgy of the Eucharist
Twenty-six years ago today God called Terrence James Cardinal Cooke, 62, to Himself. Under the motto of "Thy Will be Done" and at the age of 47, he was nominated archbishop of New York, succeeding Cardinal Spellman. The Cardinal lived his life in dedication to the Lord, often quiet and formal. His cause for canonization was introduced in 1992 and named a Servant of God by Pope John Paul II.
Almighty and eternal Father, we thank you
for the exemplary life and gentle kindness of your son and bishop, Terence
Cooke. If it be your gracious will, grant that the virtues of your servant may
be recognized and provide a lasting example for your people. We pray through
Our Lord Jesus Christ your son who lives and reigns with you and the Holy
Spirit, One God, for ever and ever. Amen.
