Cause for Pierre Toussaint’s Canonization Energized on the 168th Anniversary of His Death
June 30, 2021By Jessica Easthope He was a former slave, a Haitian immigrant and a hairdresser, but considered himself first and foremost a Catholic. […]
Topic: Saints
Church Ave. in Brooklyn Co-Named After Venerable Pierre Toussaint, Devout Catholic and Philanthropist
April 26, 2021By Emily Drooby Faithful were singing in the streets as Church Ave. in Flatbush got a new name: Pierre Toussaint. Priests, Haitian-Americans, […]
Knights of Columbus Founder Fr. Michael McGivney Honored With Train Ahead of Beatification
October 29, 2020By Jessica Easthope Frank Kotnik can still remember getting his first ever Lionel train set. “I was led downstairs into the basement and […]
Mom Credits Healing of Son’s Terminal Illness in the Womb to Intercession of Father Michael McGivney
July 30, 2020By Jessica Easthope Michelle Shacachle and her husband Daniel have 13 children. Her youngest, Michael, is the reason why Father Michael McGivney, […]
Knights of Columbus Celebrate Founder, on His Way to Beatification
May 28, 2020By Jessica Easthope For the Knights of Columbus, Father Michael McGivney has always been looked at as a saint. “He was just […]
Feast of St. Agnes: Remembering a Martyr of Christian Persecution
January 21, 2020By Melissa Butz The Church of Sant’Agnese is visited daily by thousands of tourists strolling around Rome’s Piazza Navona. But it has […]
Feast Day of Saint Lucy: Blind Priest Ministers Through Xavier Society
December 13, 2019By Tim Harfmann Father Jamie Dennis is blind, and celebrates Mass through his fingertips. He describes his eyesight as looking through a […]
Catholic History Comes Alive: Students Celebrate All Saints Day
November 1, 2019By Emily Drooby Voices rang out on All Saints Day as Saint Thomas the Apostle Church in Woodhaven, Queens filled with parishioner […]
Relic Swiped as Queens Man Prays in East Harlem
October 31, 2019By Tim Harfmann and Andrew Pugliese MANHATTAN — An unidentified male stole a bag outside Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church on […]
Brooklyn Priest on Road to Sainthood Was a ‘Champion of Rights’
October 27, 2019By Tim Harfmann Monsignor Bernard Quinn was a champion for Black Catholics and faced down the KKK during the early twentieth century. […]