BRONX NEWS: #Pope Watch

BRONX NEWS: #Pope Watch: Pope Watch Fordham Prepares for #PopeFrancis’ Visit Will Stream Papal Speech By Joana Mercuri Fordham University BRONX, NEW YORK (BRONX N...

#Pope Watch

#Pope Watch

Fordham Prepares for #PopeFrancis’ Visit

Will Stream Papal Speech

By Joana Mercuri

Fordham University

BRONX, NEW YORK (BRONX NEWS)- There is just one day until Pope Francis arrives in New York City as part of his visit to the United States, and Fordham is making arrangements to get the University community as involved as possible.

In the days leading up to the pope’s visit, Fordham has been preparing “spiritually and pastorally” in every way it can, said Lito Salazar, SJ, executive director of campus ministry. “We are encouraging daily and Sunday Mass homilists to consider invoking Pope Francis’ words or commenting on his global pastoral ministry whenever relevant to unpacking Scriptures at liturgical celebrations,” Father Lito said.

“In addition, the intentions of the pope and his visit have been and will continue to be in the intercessory prayers of the faithful. The Holy Hour devotion set for Mondays will have the same intention.”

Watch the pope live

The pope’s address to the United Nations, which takes place Friday, Sept. 25 at 8:30 a.m., will also be live streamed from the McGinley lobby at Rose Hill; Lowenstein 2nd floor plaza at Lincoln Center; and Room 228 at Westchester.

In addition, students can enter into a lottery to win a ticket to that evening’s papal Mass at Madison Square Garden. The lottery can be found in the student tab at my.fordham.edu.

Students and community members will also have the opportunity to pray evening vespers along with the pope as he leads evening prayer at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Thursday, Sept 24. Beginning 6:45 p.m., the vespers will be streamed at University Church and Our Lady’s Chapel at Rose Hill and at Blessed Rupert Mayer, SJ Chapel at Lincoln Center.

Community service

On Saturday, Sept. 26, students are invited to participate in a community service project in honor of the pope’s visit. Participants will join Habitat for Humanity’s Pope Francis House in Yonkers to help construct homes.

“Care for the poor and the marginalized is a central theme of Pope Francis’ papacy, and using our gifts and talents to care for the needs of others is something that’s part of Fordham’s identity as a Catholic and Jesuit school,” said Conor O’Kane, director of campus ministry at Rose Hill.

“The pope has an authenticity and spiritual freedom that resonates with our students,” O’Kane said. “His leadership and emphasis on what it means to be a person of faith in the world today is a question that’s relevant to all of our students. So his messages have been animating all that we say and do here [in campus ministry].”

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BRONX NEWS: Teen Threatened to Slit Cabby’s Throat

BRONX NEWS: Teen Threatened to Slit Cabby’s Throat: Teen Threatened to Slit Cabby’s Throat 2 teen girls are charged in knifepoint robbery of cabby By Michael Horowitz BRONX, NEW YORK (BRONX...

Teen Threatened to Slit Cabby’s Throat

Teen Threatened to Slit Cabby’s Throat

2 teen girls are charged in knifepoint robbery of cabby

By Michael Horowitz

BRONX, NEW YORK (BRONX NEWS)- Two teenage girls were charged with robbery and menacing in a knifepoint theft from a cabdriver that occurred shortly after 4 a.m. last Tuesday.

Police identified the arrested teens as Amanda Santiago, 18, and 16-year-old Deeshea Shealy.

Police said that the two girls forced the cabdriver to hand over his money and property by holding a knife to his throat.

In addition to robbery and menacing, the girls were charged with theft of service and criminal possession of stolen property, police said.

Co­-op City’s Public Safety officers, in hot pursuit of the suspects, reportedly arrested them after stopping them along a footpath on the Greenway between Buildings 10 and 25.

The Public Safety Department said that the 18­-year-­old suspect, who lives in the Debs Place townhouses, threatened to slit the cabdriver’s throat while her 16­-year-­old companion, from the Wallace Avenue area, watched.

The Public Safety officers who arrested the suspects were reportedly in the vicinity of where the crime took place at the time it occurred.

Public Safety Director Frank Apollo commended the officers for their pursuit and their swift arrests of the girls who allegedly threatened the life of the 42­-year-­old cabdriver who had transported them to Co­op City.

The arrests of the two young girls raise a matter of concern in the community, namely the failure of parents or guardians to keep track of their children.

In addition, there is rising concern in the community that a criminal element among Co-­op City’s young people is threatening to destroy the quality of life that shareholders have a right to expect in the neighborhood in which they live.

#Cabby #Robbery #CabDriver #NYPD #Knife

Yogi Berra: Un icono para muchos en ambos lados de la ciudad

BRONX NEWS: Farewell to Yogi: Farewell to Yogi Yogi Berra: An icon to many on both sides of town By Rich Mancuso BRONX, NEW YORK (SPORTS)- Prior to the ...

BRONX NEWS: Farewell to Yogi

BRONX NEWS: Farewell to Yogi: Farewell to Yogi Yogi Berra: An icon to many on both sides of town By Rich Mancuso BRONX, NEW YORK (SPORTS)- Prior to the ...

Farewell to Yogi

Farewell to Yogi

Yogi Berra: An icon to many on both sides of town

By Rich Mancuso

BRONX, NEW YORK (SPORTS)- Prior to the first pitch at Citi Field Wednesday night the New York Mets and Atlanta Braves paused for a moment of silence in honor of Yogi Berra who passed away Tuesday evening at the age of 90. The Yankees, where Berra is most remembered for his Hall of Fame career as a player, coach, and manager will have a pre game tribute in the Bronx prior to their game Thursday evening against the White Sox.

And for those who recall, Berra was also a major part of history with the crosstown Mets as a player, coach, and manager. He is one of seven managers to lead both American and National League teams to the World Series. And will we ever see a player again appear in 21 World Series and win 13 titles?

Maybe not, because as much as there are the superstars in the sport today there may never be another Yogi Berra. He was that special breed of a ballplayer that comes around and it was also the passion on the field and off that also made him so loved and remembered.

And Number “8” is being remembered as an icon who was humble, humorous, and he had that attribute as possibly being the best catcher who played the game. The records speak volumes as an  18-time All-Star and a 10-time World Series champion as a player with a career batting average of .265.

And there is that distinction as the only manager to guide the Yankees and Mets to a seventh and deciding game of the World Series, and one of only five players to to win the American League Most Valuable Player Award three times. The Baseball Hall of Fame up in Cooperstown opened the doors to Berra in 1972.

A year later, Berra, as manager of the Mets took over a team that was not expected to take the mighty Oakland Athletics to that seventh and final game of the Fall Classic. Success seemed to follow Berra, and even the astute and loyal Yankees fans at that time jumped on the bandwagon.  

So why would the arch rival fans of the Mets root for Yogi, who was now on the other side of town? One of his great slogans, and Berra had more than one that is classified as the best was: “It’s deja vu all over again.” 

And it was the way Berra would conduct business by having an answer, many that are a part of baseball history and can be heard on a daily basis. It was Yogi Berra at his best, and put those slogans and statistics in one package and it did not get any better.

“I don’t think you will ever see a player have the success that Yogi had,” Yankees manager Joe Girardi said prior to the Yankees-Blue Jays game up in Toronto Wednesday night. “The closest we have seen in sports today is Michael Jordan, is the six in eight years but it is not going to happen.”

Girardi added, “I always thought I was talking to my grandfather. I just felt comfortable. I almost felt like he was going to pull something out of his pocket like a piece of licorice and all that sort of thing. It was always a joy to be around him.”

There was more than Girardi looking at Berra as a grandfather type. There was that respect of knowing what it meant to be classified in the same category with Berra of Yankees history of being one of the managers who guided the organization to 27 world championships.

Berra was also the icon to those who work at the ballpark. From the ticket takers, to the ushers, and the vendors, Yogi Berra was always a Yankee but also a Met. The hollow ground of Yankee Stadium, and the magic of the Mets at Shea Stadium was also where some of the stadium workers saw Berra do his work as the player, coach and manager.

“He was a great Yankee, a great catcher and a great man,” said Stan. The longtime stadium usher of 54-years  who saw Berra at Dodgers Stadium, the Polo Grounds, Shea and Yankee Stadium had a similar sentiment of loss when reflecting about the life of Yogi Berra.

“It’s hard to say that,” said Stan about being the best baseball catcher of all-time. There was Johnny Bench and Carlton Fisk, and of course Gary Carter and Mike Piazza had their big moments in aa Mets uniform. 

But “Certainly he was the best world series catcher of all-time,” Stan said with a smile. “He had a nice life, a wife (Carmen) of over 65 years with a woman he loved and cared for.”

But it was not difficult to say that Yogi Berra was an icon and he will be missed.

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