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Here is a wonderful piece on our Catholic schools–during Catholic Schools Week– in the New York Post by Bill McGurn: We don’t speak much about love in education, not even during Catholic Schools Week.

As we begin Catholic Schools Week , let me send an early Valentine to all our wonderful students, teachers, principals, staffs, volunteers, boards, benefactors, parents, parishioners, and clergy who, with God’s grace and the sound heritage we’ve inherited, keep them strong.

You might remember how, about four-and-a-half years ago, Bishop Dennis Sullivan, then our auxiliary bishop, now the chief shepherd in the diocese of Camden, began what I call the antipasto for our current process of pastoral planning, Making All Things New .

Recently I came across one of the best articles I’ve read in a long time on what it really means to be a Catholic by Michael Garvey of Notre Dame University. He writes that the Church is, “a conglomeration of Eucharist-addicts.

Along with many others in the New York community, I am following the somber situation in Ukraine with growing alarm. Last August, I was honored to be part of the dedication of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church’s Resurrection Cathedral, in Kiev, and was in awe at the youth and vitality of a Church that had been starved, jackbooted, imprisoned, tortured, persecuted and martyred by Hitler, Stalin, and company.

Sunday is always colorful, interesting, and inspirational at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, as thousands from all over the world crowded in for prayer, to light a votive candle, or to worship at one of a dozen Masses.

Cardinal Dolan reflects on human dignity and the Lamb of God during Respect Life Sunday at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

Pope Francis is an excellent teacher. He’s a classical Jesuit, and has himself taught in high school (chemistry and literature, I hear) in Argentina. An effective pedagogue sets a few clear goals for his class.

Cardinal Dolan talks about the three principle doctrines of our faith: the Blessed Trinity, the Incarnation, and salvation on the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord and the last day of the Christmas season.

Healthcare in our country is in a state of turmoil. While there are many areas of concern, what troubles me the most is the inaccurate perception that Catholic healthcare in our country and, especially here in New York, is in retreat.

Jesus means “God saves,” Cardinal Dolan reflects on Epiphany–the day that Jesus was revealed as the Savior of the world–and ponders the question, “Do I (as in all of us) need a Savior?”