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Rockaway and Breezy Point’s Blessed Trinity Parish will say farewell to its parochial vicar, Father Jeremy Canna, in the coming months, as the 36-year-old priest heads to Dyker Heights to become a pastor. “I have been appointed pastor of St. Bernadette’s,” Father Canna announced last Sunday to thunderous applause during mass at St. Thomas More
A lot, it turns out. Why We Wrote This While religion is declining in the U.S., the use of chaplains is growing in workplaces as employers see spiritual care as crucial to employee well-being. The New York subway system typifies this trend, using 68 volunteer chaplains to offer guidance and counseling to workers. Chaplains with New Yorkâs Metropolitan Transit Authority are there for subway operators at their worst moments, like when someone falls or jumps in front of a moving train. But they also fill other gaps that mental health services and other employee assistance programs ma...
Latin in Mainstream TV Series and The Newly-Thriving Mass of Ages January 28, 2021 MANHATTAN — Latin is everywhere. It might be in a joke by Icelandic comedian Ari Eldjárn in “Pardon My Icelandic” — his Netflix special released on Dec. 2 — or in the epic series “Barbarians” (Netflix) and “Romulus” (Sky Italy) — both filmed in Latin — which premiered late last year. In recent months, we might have consumed the highest doses of mainstream Latin in ages. And when anyone hears a simple note of this melodious language, it immediately prompts Gregorian chants’ images...