Fontbonne Hall Academy Welcomes Sixty New Students
September 6, 2019Currents News Staff When some neighboring Catholic high schools closed at the end of last year, Fontbonne Hall Academy in Bay Ridge, […]
Topic: Brooklyn Diocese
New School Year Brings New Students to Brooklyn Catholic Academy
September 4, 2019By Tim Harfmann Enrollment is up at St. Brigid-St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Academy in Bushwick, Brooklyn. There are now 270 students, up […]
Caribbean Culture, Catholic Faith Celebrated at West Indian Day Parade
September 3, 2019By Andrew Pugliese CROWN HEIGHTS — Steady rain didn’t stop the celebration of Caribbean culture along Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights on […]
Catholics Prepare to Offer Relief as Hurricane Dorian Approaches Puerto Rico
August 28, 2019By Tim Harfmann As Hurricane Dorian makes landfall with heavy rain and winds over 75 miles per hour, Lillian Betancourt is hoping […]
Jesuit Women Attacked While Volunteering in the Philippines
August 26, 2019By Tim Harfmann Two women volunteering with Jesuits in the Philippines were stabbed. Twenty-four-year-old Genifer Buckly is dead. Her 30-year-old colleague, Anne […]
Spreading the Message of Purity, One Step at a Time
August 20, 2019By Tim Harfmann and Allyson Escobar MIDLAND BEACH — Warm weather in Staten Island’s Midland Beach didn’t stop participants from running in […]
NYC Passes on Erecting Monument Honoring Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini
August 19, 2019By Allyson Escobar, Wandy Felicita Ortiz and Tim Harfmann BENSONHURST — New York City’s first lady, Chirlane McCray, is facing backlash after […]
St. Francis Xavier-Queen of All Saints Catholic Academy to Close
August 13, 2019By Emily Drooby and Allyson Escobar CLINTON HILL — A historic school in Brooklyn will shutter its doors before the upcoming school year, […]
Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens Hosts Annual ‘Kid’s Fun Day’
August 6, 2019Currents News Staff On August 2, Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens hosted its 11th Annual Kid’s Fun Day in Astoria, Queens, to […]
Bishop DiMarzio Looks Back at 1986 Immigration Law
August 2, 2019By Franca Braatz, Allyson Escobar and Emily Drooby Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio is committed to immigration reform, dealing with an area that’s been […]