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April 9, 2020On the newscast: On Holy Thursday commemorating Christ’s Last Supper, a Queens parish is doing all it can to ensure New Yorkers […]
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Queens Parish Soup Kitchen Feeds Thousands Impacted by Virus Crisis During Holy Week
April 9, 2020By Jessica Easthope For Catholics around the world, Holy Thursday is synonymous with the Last Supper, but this year, families can’t break […]
Funeral Industry Faces Pressure, Crowding With Deaths From Pandemic
April 9, 2020By Emily Drooby The week of April 5 is on track to be the saddest week of the coronavirus pandemic. The U.S. […]
Catholic School Teachers Lift Student Spirits With Drive-By Easter Parade
April 8, 2020By Jessica Easthope A drive-by Easter parade is how teachers from Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Academy in Corona, Queens, are staying […]
Medicine for the Soul: Performer Entertains Nursing Home Residents in Quarantine
April 8, 2020By Jessica Easthope Carmel Richmond Nursing Home on Staten Island is just one of five ArchCare facilities in New York. The people […]
How Those With Special Needs Are Coping With the Impact of the Coronavirus
April 8, 2020Currents News Staff There are so many things about the coronavirus that can be hard for anyone to understand: the symptoms, social […]
Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens Feeds Hungry During Coronavirus Crisis
April 8, 2020By Emily Drooby Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens are handing out food in Corona, Queens, an area hit hard by COVID-19. These […]
What We Can Learn From the History of Passover During the Virus Crisis
April 7, 2020Currents News Staff During the coronavirus pandemic, Jewish families will be celebrating their triumph over a different plague: the holy days of […]
Hospital Chaplain on Confronting Pandemic: ‘I Became a Priest to Serve’
April 7, 2020Currents News Staff Facing down the coronavirus while building up the spirits of the medical heroes are hospital chaplains like Father Bryan […]
Cuomo Extends Social Distancing Rule
April 6, 2020Currents News Staff While the total number of hospitalizations and ICU admissions is down and the number of deaths in the state […]