NY Roman Catholic Examiner

Fruitbearers: Late Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen speaks on 'wasting your life'

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:31:27 -0700

Fulton John Sheen served various Roman Catholic communities in the state of New York for over half a century in which he would be a parish priest, bishop, archbishop and radio and TV host on noted programs such as his radio show The Catholic Hour ...

Fruitbearers: Video of the Carndinal's Appeal charity puts a face to the needs of New Yorkers

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:11:50 -0700

The following is a video summary of the various charities and programs funded throughout the year by the donations and volunteers to the Cardinal's Appeal in the ten counties of the Archdiocese of New York. Contributions are spread throu...

Fruitbearers: Microlending shows how far a dollar can really go

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:01:09 -0700

If you've grown up close to the urban areas of New York State (or any other densely populated city) as some reading this have, you've likely been subject to the reality of the poverty that often comes with any big city. But many of you may...

Fruitbearers: Opportunities for charity are everywhere

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:00:56 -0700

What comes to mind when the word "charity" is heard -- a food pantry, the Salvation Army, the Red Cross, a local homeless shelter? These are all good examples, but too often in the culture, acts of giving are so synonymous with an organi...

Diocese of Rochester talk addresses why some Catholics don't go to mass

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:15:55 -0700

Why don't Catholics go to mass? That is the question speaker Laurie DuQuin addresses with humor and honesty in her presentation "Why Catholics Don't go to Mass." Ms. DuQuin points to a "maintenance mode" possibly being&...

Fruitbearers: GoodSearch.com makes searching the Web an act of love

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:34:03 -0700

Nearly five years ago when Goodsearch.com founders JJ and Ken Ramberg came to the knowledge that over eight billion dollars was made annually by everyday, Internet searches, they wondered what might happen if even the smallest fraction of th...

Catholic Halloween is a time of honor and remembrance

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:22:37 -0700

This October 31, the annual Village Halloween Parade in New York City's Greenwich Village will showcase the grandiose and the ghoulish, the freaks and the geeks with various costumes and colorful, tasty candy will fill the bags of precocious t...

Fuitbearers: The Hunger Site takes on world poverty with just a few clicks

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:21:31 -0700

This week's Fruitbearers post features The Hunger Site--an online charity shopping site designed to conquer world poverty through collaborative sponsorship and a very prominent altruistic streak. At the site's inception in 1999, The Hunger...

Father John Corapi's conversion from drugs and homelessness may speak to you

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:06:53 -0700

At this moment in time, someone is hurting from drugs, from violence, gambling, material worship, lustful thinking. Someone right now is worried beyond his wildest conception of Hell about his finances. Right now, in a city that never sleeps calle...

Fruitbearers: YouTube's charitable heart shows by the billions for New Yorkers and the world

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:56:46 -0700

Beginning today and every weekend thereafter, this blog will feature a charitable organization in New York State or as it does today, one of significant merit in a new feature called Fruitbearers. YouTube flexes its philanthropic muscles today ...

Archbishop Dolan preaches the importance of 'baring our crosses' to students at Fordham University

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:27:40 -0700

On September 13, New York's Archbishop Timothy Dolan gave a heartily honest homily to the students of Fordham University and its perish on taking up our crosses in Jesus when we struggle--and that when we lose our proverbial grips on life, whe...

Documentary film about UN World Peace Day creates controversy, dialogue and more questions

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:11:22 -0700

When the developed nations of the world came together in a single show of unifiied solemnity to form the United Nations headquarters in New York City in 1945, their intent was to create a truly united front for peace, prosperity and brotherhood...

One priest's vision continues to give hope to low-income families in Harlem

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:47:02 -0700

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 In the late 1980s, Father Robert Lott saw a need unmet. The city of New York had left a certain set of 99 ...

Bishop William Murphy speaks to YouTube viewers about supporting universal healthcare coverage

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:00:25 -0700

Rockville Centre Bishop and chairman of the USCCB Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development William F. Murphy adressed YouTube's viewers this past week to speak on behalf of the faith in support of universal healthcare cove...

America's national day of service heartens both giver and receiver

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:01:34 -0700

This post is dedicated to the memory of Michelle B. and all those lost on September 11, 2001. May you have repose in Heaven.Religion that is pure and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their affliction and ...

New York's same-sex marriage debate arouses my sympathy on both sides

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:42:06 -0700

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Late Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen speaks of God's knowing our lonliness

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:35:03 -0700

A heart-felt thanks to YouTube member pcbuyer123 for this cathartic and quite reflective video inspired by the late Archbishop Sheen's sermon. May the Lord keep all of us in His enduring love and may we never be truly lonely in His care!

PBS documents disability and inclusion in faith communities

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:32:42 -0700

IAs a follow-up to the previous post on disability as a blessing, this week's post features PBS' Religion and Ethics Newsweekly's coverage of those living with disabilities and their respective access issue in places of worship. Although my ow...

My Cerebral Palsy is not a curse

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:41:02 -0700

I wrote the following creative piece three years ago in reaction to, and in reflection of an opinion regarding the too often expressed, and errently-held assumptions by non-disabiled persons about disabled persons' "level of suffering.&quo...

Father Benedict Groeschel discusses isolation in modern culture

Fri, 29 May 2009 16:38:42 -0700

New York City native Father Benedict Groschel expounds upon the general feeling of isolation in today's industrialized time of the "big house and big yard" and tells why he feels it all to be counter-productive to human beings' intrin...