Catholic Students Strengthen Faith With Youth Prayer Rally
October 24, 2019By Emily Drooby On October 24, buses arrived at Holy Family Church in Fresh Meadows, Queens carrying hundreds of Catholic middle school […]
Topic: Brooklyn, NY
Democratic Presidential Candidates Proposing Universal Basic Income
October 24, 2019Currents News Staff The Democrats who are running for president are all talking about how to help poorer people pay their bills. […]
Deacon Helps Priests Bring New Life to Churches in Brooklyn Diocese
October 23, 2019By Tim Harfmann As the business manager at Saint Augustine Church in Park Slope, Deacon Dean Dobbins is a busy man. He’s […]
Futures in Education Gala Raises $2.4 Million
October 23, 2019MANHATTAN — Futures in Education, an organization that provides tuition assistance to help families pay for Catholic schools in Brooklyn and Queens, […]
Brooklyn Priest Named New President of Vatican Agency for Humanitarian Relief
October 22, 2019By Tim Harfmann New York’s Cardinal Timothy Dolan announced Monsignor Peter Vaccari, a Brooklyn priest, as the new head of a Catholic […]
Number of ‘Nones’ are Increasing in the U.S.
October 22, 2019By Emily Drooby and Andrew Pugliese BUSHWICK — A Pew Research Center study released on Oct. 17 shows that Americans who identify […]
Faith Leaders Support Plan to Close Jails on Rikers Island
October 18, 2019Currents News Staff The New York City Council on Oct. 17 passed a plan to close the detention centers on Rikers Island […]
Bishop DiMarzio Honored for Service to Migrants
October 18, 2019By The Tablet Staff MANHATTAN — At the Center for Migration Studies annual gala at Battery Gardens restaurant in lower Manhattan on […]
Return of Military Dad From Afghanistan Answered Prayer for Queens Family
October 17, 2019By Tim Harfmann Holly Murray is a seventh grader at Saint Francis de Sales Catholic Academy in Belle Harbor, Queens. Her dad, […]
Catholic Academy Follows ‘Lourdes Mission,’ Helping Children in Need
October 16, 2019By Tim Harfmann At Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Academy, South Ozone Park, Queens, students in Mrs. Keaney’s seventh grade classroom […]