Once a week for nearly forty years, 77-year-old Sr. Elisabeth Anne travels all the way to Hunts Point Produce Market in the Bronx from the Little Sisters of the Poor residence in Queens. That requires an early start, and tremendous dedication. Currents Correspondent Katie Breidenbach explains why.
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Food Crisis Among Seniors In Bed-Stuy
In Bedford Stuyvesant seniors are suffering from chronic health conditions at some of the highest rates in the country, because they can’t afford the healthy food they need. Konrad Aderer visits St. John’s Bread and Life, where the hunger and its causes are being addressed.
Help Pregnancy Centers to Step Up
Abortion clinics are disappearing at the fastest pace on record. In the last five years, at least 162 providers in the US have closed or stopped offering the procedure. Cathy Donohoe, head of The Bridge to Life, a crisis pregnancy center in Flushing, says that pro-life supporters can still do more.
Presidential Primaries and Apple
Join host Monsignor Kieran Harrington, the Vicar of Communications of the Diocese of Brooklyn, he discusses the current state of the presidential primaries with in-studio guests Ed Wilkinson, editor of the Tablet, and Katherine Connell, managing editor of National Review. The conversation continues with special phone-in guest Gordon Humphrey, former senator of New Hampshire.
Brooklyn Heroes Honored
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams names three “Heroes of the Month” – Dr. Robert Gore, an emergency room doctor who is in charge of a nonprofit that provides young people with alternatives to gangs, Sean Casey who runs a no-kill animal shelter in Windsor Terrace, and Jennifer Williams who helped to save an abandoned dog. Katie Breidenbach reports.
African American Theater Disappearing
The Slave Theater in Bedford Stuyvesant, a part of civil rights history, has been sold and our Michelle Powers spoke with residents who are sorry to see it go.
Salt Labels: Good or Bad?
New York City Health board requires that restaurant chains use a new sodium warning label on their menus starting Tuesday of next week. The warning marks items that contain more than the recommended daily intake of sodium. Currents Correspondent Katie Breidenbach gets the opinion on the street.
TCM to Screen Films Censored by Catholic Church
Konrad Aderer speaks with Catholic Sister Hosea Rupprecht, whose fellow media expert Sister Rose Pacatte is hosting a screening of 27 films the Catholic Legion of Decency didn’t want to be seen, on Turner Classic Movies.
Three Priests Now Part of Brooklyn Diocese
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio adds three men to the ranks of Brooklyn diocesan priests in a ceremony called incarnation. Fathers Anacleto S. Asebias, Jr., Jean G. Laguerre and Francis Kwame Asagba have nearly eight decades of experience from serving in the Philippines, Haiti, and Ghana. Today they officially join the Diocese of Brooklyn. Currents Correspondent Katie Breidenbach reports.
Outpouring of Support as Brooklyn Girl Fights Lyme
12-year-old Julia Bruzzese, wheelchair-bound since this summer, continues her fight against Lyme Disease. She was blessed by Pope Francis in September, and now the community is rallying to support her with fundraisers and free treatments. As Currents Correspondent Katie Breidenbach reports, just received a large grant from the Kiwanis Foundation.