Currents correspondent Konrad Aderer speaks with the President of St. Luke Productions, Leonardo DeFilippis, about St. Luke’s casting call for a new play based on the life of Father Augustus Tolton, the first African American priest.
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Shakespeare Showcased in Bayside School
The eighth grade class at Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament School in Bayside presented a Shakespearean showcase – scenes from the Bard’s various plays. Currents education correspondent Marie Elena Giossi visits our latest Class of the Week.
Crunch Time for Education Tax Credit
Currents correspondent Michelle Powers reports on the ongoing effort to get New York State Lawmakers to pass the Education Tax Credit.
Bishop DiMarzio: Migrant Detention Not Humanitarian
The U.S. Bishops Conference and the Center for Migration Studies has released a report with a plan to transform the immigrant detention system in the United States. Brooklyn Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio is a member of the U.S. Bishops Committee on Migration and Chair of the Center for Migration Studies. Currents News Director Ed Wilkinson spoke with Bishop DiMarzio about immigrant detention.
Volunteers Training for Francis’s U.S. Visit
Catholic Voices USA, an organization that trains people to represent the Catholic Church to the media, is preparing volunteers for Pope Francis’s trip to the U.S. in September. Currents correspondent Konrad Aderer speaks with Catholic Voices USA Associate Director Christopher White.
Black Nuns and “Subversive Habits”
Currents anchor Liz Faublas speaks with Dr. Shannen Dee Williams, a professor at the University of Tennessee, who is completing the manuscript for a book about Black Catholic Religious Sisters in the United States titled ““Subversive Habits: Black Nuns and the Struggle to Desegregate Catholic America after World War I.”
Chesterton on the Beach
Brian Gillen is a lifeguard and part time professor, a combination that’s resulted in his new book on G. K. Chesterton’s response to nihilism. Currents correspondent Michelle Powers, also a lifeguard, caught up with Brian.
Vets Want Brooklyn War Memorial Open
Currents correspondent Konrad Aderer speaks with World War II Veteran Roy Vanasco, who is part of an effort to get the Brooklyn War Memorial, closed since 1985, reopened.
Not Everyone Laughing at “Catholic” Sitcom
The forthcoming ABC sitcom “The Real O’Neals” is advertised as portraying a “typical Irish Catholic family.” Currents correspondent Michelle Powers reports that, if the trailer is any indication, the program is offending Catholic sensibilities.
Scouts: For God and Country
Currents correspondent Katie Breidenbach reports from the Diocese of Brooklyn’s Catholic Committee on Scouting’s Annual Dinner at El Caribe in Mill Basin.