Shop Sells Candles Depicting Celebrities, Politicians as Religious Figures
September 12, 2019By Tim Harfmann At ‘Awesome Brooklyn’ shop in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, you’ll find candles featuring everyone from Barack and Michelle Obama to […]
Topic: Brooklyn
America Remembers: Living with 9/11 Illness
September 11, 2019By Tim Harfmann Eighteen years later, September 11 is an emotional day for NYPD Lieutenant Chris Phelan. “It’s a very solemn day […]
Facing Gentrification, Brooklyn Parishioners Still Come Together to Worship
September 9, 2019By Emily Drooby Hundreds of people packed Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary & St. Stephen Church on the morning of Sunday, […]
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, […]
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 […]
