The Fading Light: A Collection of Poems attempts to explore the nuances of personal emotion in relation to social interaction and human nature. Molded by the people, ideas and experiences of a lifetime, the author frequently stresses the importance and need of a spiritual dimension in coming to grips with an oftentimes chaotic and uncertain world.

Bishop John J. Hughes, His Church and the Coming of Age of New York's Catholic Irish traces key events in the transformation of the Catholic Church in New York and nationally as the result of the aggressive leadership of New York's fourth diocesan Bishop and first Archbishop, John J. Hughes. Hughes accomplished much for the Church through the building of a strong Catholic community spurred in large part from the massive number of Catholic Irish immigrants fleeing the potato famine in Ireland. Though never far from controversy, Hughes, through emphasis on education and the establishment of a...