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Does Your Estate Plan Include A Pro-Life Medical Directive?
When you get your estate plan done, it is an opportune time to make sure that decisions involving serious medical treatment issues will...

Catholic Ministries Appeal
Dec 23, 20223 min read


Go To Mass With An Open Mind And An Open Heart
Have you or heard people say they don’t get anything out of going to mass or do you sometimes feel that way? The truth is that we...

Catholic Ministries Appeal
Dec 21, 20222 min read


Christ Be Our Light!
At this time of the year, with shorter days and longer nights, it might be tempting to retreat into oneself, pull the covers over one’s...

Catholic Ministries Appeal
Dec 5, 20222 min read


Living The Gospel
The Bible is a love story from God. Some may even say it is a handbook for how to live one’s life here on earth. “Love one another as I...

Catholic Ministries Appeal
Nov 3, 20222 min read


Gratitude, Kindness and Hospitality
As the beautiful holiday season is approaching, it is a fitting time to ponder the bounties of our life. It is a season of gratitude. ...

Catholic Ministries Appeal
Oct 31, 20222 min read


They Will Know We Are Christians By Our Love
October is generally thought of as Respect Life Month and when we hear this, our minds quickly jump to the lives of the unborn. In our...

Catholic Ministries Appeal
Oct 13, 20222 min read


September is Hunger Action Month
"It is the duty of the human family to help free every single person from poverty and hunger." -- Pope Francis We have all felt the...

Catholic Ministries Appeal
Sep 12, 20222 min read


Gotta See It To Believe It
In a world that prides itself on using the scientific method to examine anything worth analyzing, along comes the Catholic belief that...

Catholic Ministries Appeal
Aug 31, 20222 min read


The Holy Eucharist – Source and Summit of Our Existence
If you are like me, you fret over the tumultuousness of our modern world. From political drama and sobering economic news to ‘wars and...

Catholic Ministries Appeal
Aug 1, 20222 min read


The Steadying Wisdom of ‘Humanae Vitae’
Msgr. Robert J. Batule SUNDAY, JULY 31, 2022 Science and technology enhance our lives in innumerable ways. There’s no disputing that. But...

Catholic Ministries Appeal
Aug 1, 20224 min read


Caring for Creation
During the warm bright summer days, we look forward to experiences enjoyed outside. Whether it’s taking a run or a stroll on the...

Catholic Ministries Appeal
Jun 29, 20222 min read


Your generous support of the Catholic Ministries Appeal is Building a Community of Faith
Meet our Deacons who will be ordained this week and our Seminarians. “No vocation is born of itself or lives for itself. A vocation flows...

Catholic Ministries Appeal
Jun 7, 20223 min read


A Dad Like James
"...The Church, our mother, is committed to supporting with all her strength the good and generous presence of fathers in families, for...

Catholic Ministries Appeal
Jun 2, 20222 min read


Help us Support A Place to Call Home
“Each individual Christian and every community is called to be an instrument of God for the liberation and promotion of the poor.” -Pope...

Catholic Ministries Appeal
May 13, 20221 min read


Catholic Charities Parish Social Ministry Spiritual Day
“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve...

Catholic Ministries Appeal
May 10, 20221 min read


A Mother's Day Prayer
“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” 1 Corinthians 13:13 As we honor and celebrate the...

Catholic Ministries Appeal
May 5, 20221 min read


Faith Alive on the East End
Being a recent college graduate and convert to the Catholic faith in the midst of the outbreak of the coronavirus, I felt alone. How can...

Catholic Ministries Appeal
Apr 6, 20222 min read


The Truth of Hunger on Long Island
What is Food Insecurity? The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) defines food insecurity as a lack of consistent access to enough food...

Catholic Ministries Appeal
Apr 5, 20221 min read


Catholic Charities’ Talbot House: Mark's Story
When someone is fed, receives guidance or help to break the chains of addiction – your support has helped in that care. Mark was smoking...

Catholic Ministries Appeal
Mar 29, 20221 min read


Building Prayer Life through Youth Ministry
"Dear young people, do not be afraid of Christ and his Church! For there we find the treasure that fills life with joy, and joy and...

Catholic Ministries Appeal
Mar 18, 20221 min read
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