Cardinal Dolan to Graduates: ‘You Give Tradition a Good Reputation’

| 05/23/2023

By: Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan

His Eminence, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, was the Gold Medal Recipient and Commencement Speaker at St. John’s University’s Undergraduate Commencement Exercises on May 21.

In his remarks, His Eminence praised the graduates for taking time to pursue an education in an age that emphasizes “earning, getting, action, pleasure and possession.”

Watch his full commencement address here:

Deacon Marino served Immaculate Conception parish for 42 years and taught in Clarkstown schools for nearly four decades.

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OSV News

| 04/19/2026

Pope addresses inequality as he begins three-day visit to nation of 20 million Catholics.

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We grow in faith one step at a time. Archbishop Hicks explains today's Gospel account of the disciples on the road to Emmaus, and how Jesus turned them back towards the right direction. 

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Archbishop Ronald Hicks

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