Once a Refugee, Now Helping Others

Currents correspondent Michelle Powers caught up with Allmina Berisha, a former Kosovo refugee now working at Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens to help today’s refugees.

Brooklyn-Queens Diversity Draws Immigrants to Priesthood

In the third part of her series on the men who will be ordained priests for the Brooklyn Diocese at the end of the month, Currents correspondent Katie Breidenbach speaks with two transitional deacons who came from other countries to minister to the faithful of Brooklyn and Queens.

Haitian Cardinal Visits Brooklyn Faithful

Cardinal Chibly Langlois of the Diocese of Les Cayes, Haiti, celebrated Mass at St. Jerome Church in East Flatbush.  Currents correspondent Antonina Zielinska was there.

Xaverian Varsity Baseball Perseveres to Take Title

The varsity baseball team at Brooklyn’s Xaverian High School, facing elimination, takes a must-win game on the path to victory in the final.  Currents sports correspondent Jim Mancari was at St. John’s University for the exciting action.

Fatherhood

Mark Miller, founder and president of the American Association for Lost Children, and Shundy Hicks, a father who has been working with the organization to recover his missing daughter from Mexico, join host Msgr. Kieran Harrington in-studio to speak about the importance of fatherhood, standing up for children, and the mission of AAFLC. Also joining Msgr. Harrington in-studio is Ray Quartararo, president of the Boy Scouts of America’s Greater New York Councils, speaking on the role that scouting dads play in the lives of the young men they mentor. Msgr. Harrington also answers viewers’ mailbag questions in the final segment.

St. Anthony Continues to Inspire

Currents correspondent Katie Breidenbach visited Our Lady of Peace Church in Park Slope, where devotees of St. Anthony distributed bread, oil and lilies on the Feast of St. Anthony.