A Great Mental Health Resource in the Archdiocese of New York
| 10/31/2023
By: The Good Newsroom
October is Mental Health Awareness Month and according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), mental illnesses are among the most common health conditions in the United States.
In the Archdiocese of New York, a great but somewhat unknown resource is the Parish Counseling Network that helps pastors secure the most effective care for their parishioners.
Laura Brovich, Director of Special Initiatives at Charities Catholic Charities of Orange, Sullivan, and Ulster counties, says help is just a phone call away and for a $10 co-pay, she says, it’s the best deal in town.
In this in-between stretch of Ordinary Time, between the high feast of Christmas and the solemn preparation of Lent, we find ourselves in a new place as we settle into the New Year.
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OSV News
| 01/17/2026
By all appearances, January's consistory was a first step to returning to a more collegial sense of governance that has largely marked the exercise of papal ministry since the Second Vatican Council.
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OSV News
| 01/17/2026
In today's Gospel, we learn a lot about what Jesus came to do. All of us need the healing mercy of our Lord. Father Salvo talks about those in greatest need of healing: the Pharisees.