Long Island Non-Profit and Nun Help Families in Need
June 24, 2025By Katie Vasquez In New York you can find baby clothes being carefully packed by Joan Hyland, affectionately known as “Nana,” by […]
Topic: Diocese of Rockville Centre
Chaminade Students Create App to Battle Doom Scrolling
March 27, 2025By Katie Vasquez With almost everyone owning a cell phone, social media is everywhere and part of a daily routine for many […]
Diocese of Brooklyn to Mark a Milestone: Celebrating 200th Anniversary of Cathedral Basilica of St. James
August 5, 2022Currents News Staff The Diocese of Brooklyn will mark the 200th anniversary of the first Catholic Church to be built on Long […]
Despite the Pandemic, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio’s Annual Vocation Retreat Sees Record Attendance
April 17, 2021By Emily Drooby Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio’s annual vocational retreat has meant everything to Mauricio Mayen. “I was able to pray in silence, […]
Catholic High School Students to Present at International Conference
March 13, 2019By Tim Harfmann Catholic high school students at Sacred Heart Academy in Hempstead, Long Island are receiving a prestigious honor — the […]
Pope Francis Gives Special Blessing to Long Islanders
May 22, 2018In a private audience caught on video, Pope Francis gives a blessing in English to Catholic media watchers of the Diocese of […]
Farewell to a Fallen Firefighter
March 27, 2018Final goodbyes this morning to Michael Davidson, the heroic firefighter who was killed battling a blaze in Harlem. Mourners filled Fifth Avenue […]
Reconciliation Monday Across Three Dioceses
March 26, 2018Currents News Tim Harfmann reports from outside St. James Cathedral Basilica, one of nearly 600 Catholic churches celebrating Reconciliation Monday. This Holy […]
Quo Vadis Vocation Camp
July 11, 2017The Diocese of Brooklyn is partnering with the Diocese of Rockville Centre to create a camp for teens discerning a vocation. Katie […]
Fr. Joseph Fitzgerald
March 15, 2017On this episode of On the Block, Ed Wilkinson, Editor of the Tablet newspaper, talks with Father Joseph Fitzgerald, the Director of […]