18 December 21, 2017 2017: AROUND THE ARCHDIOCESE ALL ABOARD— Passengers contin- n Visitors to St. Patrick’s Cathedral second operated by ArchCare in the ued to explore the can see the evidence of the multi- archdiocese. The fi rst was the 48-bed new Second Avenue million dollar restoration project in Terence Cardinal Cooke Health Care subway during the the interior and exterior of the Gothic Center in Manhattan. weekend of Jan. 14-15. landmark building. Now, part of that The Manhattan transit line, with stations for restoration can literally be felt—thanks the Q Train now also to the activation of a state-of-the-art MAY at 72nd, 86th and geothermal plant. The plant is an n The rain outside the Basilica of St. 96th Streets, offi cially ecologically friendly way of heating Patrick’s Old Cathedral in Lower Man- opened to the gen- eral public Jan. 1. After and cooling the atmosphere that hattan May 13 provided a fi tting fare- nearly a century in the reduces the cathedral’s carbon dioxide well for Irish immigrant John Curry making, the extension emissions and increases energy who, at age 5, was the youngest of the of the Q train provides effi ciency by 35 percent. “We are not 15 offi cial witnesses to the apparition service from 96th using fossil fuels, it’s positive for the of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St. Joseph Street to 63rd Street. world we live in, and it’s forward- and St. John the Evangelist in Knock, CHRIS SHERIDAN thinking,” said Msgr. Robert Ritchie, Ireland, just as rain fell there on Aug. Parenthood Feb. 11 along Church rector of the cathedral, in an interview 21, 1879. Curry, the last surviving of- JANUARY Street in Poughkeepsie. The effort is with CNY March 10. fi cial witness of the apparition—he n The streets around St. Patrick’s Ca- part of a nationwide movement to end died in 1943 at the age of 69, and had thedral were shrouded in a sea of blue federal funding of the organization. been buried in an unmarked, com- before the Jan. 13 Funeral Mass Cardi- APRIL munal grave on Long Island—was re- nal Dolan offered for Detective Steven n Msgr. Neil A. Connolly, pastor of interred in the stately St. Patrick’s Old McDonald, the New York police offi cer MARCH St. Mary’s parish on Grand Street in Cathedral Cemetery that surrounds who was shot and paralyzed in the line n The archdiocese offi cially closed Lower Manhattan for nearly three de- the basilica immediately following the of duty 30 years ago. Detective McDon- an 18-month cause and submitted cades, died April 1. He was 83. He was Requiem Mass. ald died Jan. 10 at age 59 after suffering its work to Rome, where it will pastor of St. Mary’s, 1985-2013, and at n Cardinal Dolan ordained 11 men a heart attack four days earlier. After be assessed whether Father Paul the Bronx parishes of Our Lady of Vic- to the priesthood—fi ve for the the shooting, he forgave his assailant Wattson, S.A., should advance to tory, 1981-1985, and St. Athanasius, archdiocese and six for the Franciscan and dedicated his life to spreading a the next steps necessary to become 1975-1981. He also served as episcpoal Friars of the Renewal—May 27 at St. message of love and forgiveness. a canonized saint of the Catholic vicar of the South Bronx, 1976-1985. Patrick’s Cathedral. n Cardinal Dolan announced a Church. “It’s an affi rmation from Cardinal Dolan celebrated the Funeral campaign to raise 100 million in above we’ve come this far,” said Mass April 5 at St. Mary’s Church. private philanthropic dollars during Cardinal Dolan in opening a meeting n Cardinal Dolan visited Ferncliff JUNE the next fi ve years to provide help and on the matter March 9 at the New Nursing Home in Rhinebeck to cel- n Ukrainian Cardinal Lybomyr Husar, create hope for children and families York Catholic Center in Manhattan. ebrate Mass and bless ArchCare’s new who led the Ukrainian Catholic of New York, especially the poorest Father Wattson, born in 1863, was Center for Neurodegenerative Care Church and earlier served as a pastor and most vulnerable, Catholic and the co-founder with Sister Lurana April 12. The center is the fourth serv- of a parish in Ulster County, died non-Catholic alike. The campaign White of the Franciscan Society of the ing individuals with neurodegenera- May 31 near Kiev, Ukraine. He was is expected to leverage $4-5 billion Atonement at Graymoor in Garrison. tive diseases in New York state and the 84. He served as pastor of Holy when combined with additional private philanthropy and through other funding of Catholic Charities of New York’s federation of agencies. Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he would proclaim April 24 as Catholic Charities Day in the state of New York, the same date in 1917 that Catholic Charities was incorporated by the New York state legislature. The announcements were made during a noon luncheon Jan. 29 at Rockefeller Center in Manhattan to kick off the centennial year of Catholic Charities. FEBRUARY CHRIS SHERIDAN Pro-life advocates participated in LOVE OF LIFE—Pro-life advocates participated in the Prayer Rally to Defund Planned Parenthood Feb. 11 along Church Street in Poughkeepsie. Among the Prayer Rally to Defund Planned the attendees at the gathering was Auxiliary Bishop Peter Byrne, episcopal vicar of Dutchess, Putnam and Northern Westchester. December 21, 2017 CATHOLIC NEW YORK 19 Father Capodanno Memorial Chapel Catholic, wife and mother, was emcee AUGUST at Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island. for the event, marking the first time a n Parishioners of the Shrine Church Father Capodanno, whose cause for woman has served in that capacity. of St. Anthony of Padua in Greenwich sainthood is under consideration, died Village, as well as non-parishioners, at age 38 in combat in Vietnam Sept. donated funds to replace the three 4, 1967. NOVEMBER shepherd children statues and repair n Cardinal Dolan delivered pastoral the Our Lady of Fatima statue vandal- consolation at a packed St. Patrick’s ized outside the Manhattan church OCTOBER Cathedral as he celebrated Mass Nov. in late June. About $11,000—which n With many Staten Island pas- 5 for the deceased and injured victims exceeds the costs to replace and refur- tors and parish lay leaders gathered of the Oct. 31 terrorist attack along a bish the statues—was donated. around him, Cardinal Dolan injected Lower Manhattan bike path. n A dual language school, in English an upbeat note of congratulations at n Parish and community-based works and Spanish, was to be offered this fall an Oct. 5 gathering to formally in- of charity will be the beneficiaries of for kindergarteners at St. Elizabeth troduce the archdiocese’s Renew + the inaugural archdiocesan Catholic School in the Washington Heights Rebuild parish fund-raising campaign, Charities Campaign for Charity and section of Manhattan, Dr. Timothy which had raised $119.4 million, near- Justice, taken up in parishes across McNiff, superintendent of schools for ly 60 percent of the $200 million goal, the archdiocese Nov. 18-19. the archdiocese, told CNY in a Back to School interview. MARY DIBIASE BLAICH SPLASHY SOIREE—At the Catholic Charities SEPTEMBER Centennial Gala Benefit June 12 at the Ameri- n Pope Francis accepted the resignation can Museum of Natural History in Manhat- of Auxiliary Bishop Gerald T. Walsh, tan, the museum’s 94-foot, 21,000-pound fiberglass model of a blue whale suspended who reached the normal retirement age from the ceiling made a striking centerpiece of 75 in April, it was announced Sept. 5. for the 500 guests. Bishop Walsh, who serves as vicar for clergy in the archdiocese, has accepted Trinity Ukrainian Catholic parish in a reappointment by Cardinal Dolan as Kerhonkson, 1966-1969. His Funeral vicar for clergy for one year. Mass was June 5 in Kiev. n A Memorial Mass marking the n Cardinal Dolan ordained 12 men 50th anniversary of the death of as permanent deacons June 17 at St. Staten Island native Father Vincent Patrick’s Cathedral. M. Capodanno, M.M., a Maryknoll n There was relief and sadness June missioner, Navy lieutenant and 10 as parishioners of St. Peter and St. chaplain, was celebrated Sept. 3 at the Denis in Yonkers brought urns with CHRIS SHERIDAN the cremated remains of 10 family CATHEDRAL MISSION—A new Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, a native New Yorker, graces members to a poignant communal Fu- the interior of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in commemoration of the saint and the 200 years of neral Mass at the church and solemn service of the Sisters of Charity of New York which she founded. Cardinal Dolan blessed the burial at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in shrine during a prayer service at the cathedral Oct. 8. Hawthorne. The men and women were the first to accept Cardinal Dolan’s in its early phases. invitation to bury their loved ones in n Cardinal Dolan, at a special Disaster DECEMBER the new St. Joseph of Arimathea sec- Relief Mass in St. Patrick’s Cathedral n The archdiocese, through a Dec. 7 tion, one of several attractive low-cost Oct. 8, expressed prayerful solidar- report on the Independent Reconcili- options at each of the four cemeteries ity with the people of Puerto Rico, ation and Compensation Program, maintained by the Trustees of St. Pat- Mexico and Central America who have said 189 victim-survivors of sex abuse rick’s Cathedral.