In Part One of Two, Currents correspondent Katie Breidenbach and News Director Ed Wilkinson visit the Maryknoll religious order in Ossining, New York, to look at the life of Bishop Francis X. Ford, a Brooklyn native and Maryknoll priest who was instrumental in building up the Church in China.
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Future Priests Ready for Ministry
Currents correspondent Michelle Powers reports from St. James Cathedral-Basilica in Downtown Brooklyn, where three men studying for the priesthood were ordained transitional deacons.
Jamaica Parish’s Mary Garden is a Blessing
It’s a part of Church tradition and a parish in Jamaica, Queens now has it. Currents correspondent Konrad Aderer reports on the new Mary Garden at St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church.
REEL FAITH EXTRA – “Gladsome Light” Review
Here’s a clip from a recent REEL FAITH episode where David DiCerto reviewed the documentary, GLADSOME LIGHT!
Education Tax Credit: Setting the Record Straight
Currents correspondent Michelle Powers speaks with Albany Bishop Edward Scharfenberger, who clarifies misstatements others have made about the Education Tax Credit. The measure is currently part of ongoing negotiations in Albany, as the New York State legislature work toward a budget for the new fiscal year.
Molloy Softball are State Champs
Currents correspondent Jim Mancari reports from Hofstra University, where the Archbishop Molloy High School Girls Varsity Softball Team won the New York State Catholic Championship.
Brooklyn Diocese Honors Jubilarian Religious
Currents correspondent Tim Harfmann reports from the Immaculate Conception Center in Douglaston, where the Diocese of Brooklyn honored men and women from religious communities who are celebrating jubilee anniversaries.
Anticipating Ecology Encylical
“Laudato Sii” – believed to be the title of the highly anticipated and much speculated encyclical on ecology that Pope Francis is expected to release in the summer. Father John Cush, a priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn currently studying in Rome, speaks with Currents anchor Liz Faublas about the issues of ecology and the Church and what the Holy Father may have to say about it all.
Numbers And The Church
Grant Gallicho and David Gibson join Msgr. Kieran Harrington to discuss the new Pew study that sheds light on why people leave the Catholic Church and what it means for the future of the Church. Then Msgr. Kieran talks about the Education Investment Tax Credit and why it is important to support this key legislation.
Future Priests Talk Fatherhood
On June 27, Brooklyn Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio will ordain 10 men to the priesthood. Currents correspondent Katie Breidenbach begins her series introducing us to these men. In Katie’s first report, two of the soon-to-be priests talk about the priests role as a father.