Currents News Update for Monday, 9/20/21
September 20, 2021The U.S. has begun flying hundreds of Haitians back to their homeland in what could be the swiftest large-scale expulsion of migrants […]
Topic: Brooklyn, NY
How These Felician Sisters Are Empowering Haiti’s Earthquake Victims
September 20, 2021By Jessica Easthope The donations are sorted, packed and shipped in this massive container. It’s been a month since Haiti was struck by […]
Catholic News Headlines for Friday, 9/17/21
September 17, 2021A humanitarian crisis — that’s what the migrant situation is being called in the small border city of Del Rio, Texas as […]
Currents News Update for Thursday, 9/16/21
September 16, 2021Two weeks after the remnants of Ida flooded the region, we have the story of a teacher in the Diocese of Brooklyn […]
The ‘Tin Can Pilgrim’ Brings Her Evangelization Skills to the Emmaus Center in Williamsburg
September 16, 2021By Emily Drooby Lynda Rozell lives in a 19-foot Airstream. It’s her tin can home in which she travels the world. What would […]
GoFundMe Started for Former St. Sebastian’s Teacher Who Lost Everything in Hurricane Ida
September 16, 2021By Jessica Easthope It was one of the lowest points of Stephanie Marchetti’s life. She was panicked and felt like she had […]
Diocese of Brooklyn Priest Participates in Catholic Extension Mission Immersion with Migrants
September 15, 2021By Jessica Easthope and Bill Miller A single cherry is a delicate fruit, but harvesting bushels of them is back-breaking for migrant […]
Currents News Update for Wednesday, 9/15/21
September 15, 2021While there are stories of rebuilding and recovery here in the Diocese of Brooklyn, some Hurricane Ida flood victims haven’t reached that […]
Currents News Update for Tuesday, 9/14/21
September 14, 2021Pope Francis – in the middle of his eastern European trip – highlighting the importance of the cross during a Mass in […]
Currents News Update for Monday, 9/13/21
September 13, 2021Pope Francis is in Slovakia. Yesterday, the Holy Father was in Budapest. He referenced a growing anti-immigrant sentiment happening in countries like […]