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 […]
Topic: Queens, NY
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 […]
Five Families that go to St. Mary’s Winfield Church in Woodside now Homeless After NYC Flooding
September 15, 2021By Emily Drooby The flooding line still visible in Leticia’s Queens apartment, weeks after Tropical Storm Ida hit NYC. Mold now covers […]
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 […]
St. Mary of Winfield Sifting Through the Rubble After Lower Church Destroyed During NYC Flooding
September 14, 2021By Emily Drooby and Paula Katinas WOODSIDE — When Father Christopher O’Connor hears that the weather forecast calls for rain, he says […]
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 […]
St. Thomas Aquinas Food Pantry Given ‘Brooklyn’s COVID Heroes’ Award by Eric Adams
September 13, 2021By Jessica Easthope Father Dwayne Davis looks at a glass door full of pictures that’s become known as the “wall of fame” […]