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.
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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.
New Caliphate May Be Causing Christian Flight
Currents correspondent Michelle Powers turns to Brother Geoffrey Clement, OSF, of St. Francis College, for historical perspective the current situation for Christians in the Middle East.
Los Hispanos No Somos Una Comunidad Monolítica
Para los Hispanos, la comida y los ingredientes que se usan en las recetas tradicionales son influenciados por la familia y valores emocionales. Nosotros preferimos ingredientes frescos, cultivados localmente para nuestros platos.
Sin embargo, la aculturación de la comunidad Hispana en los Estados Unidos y los niveles de pobreza nos a llevado a una degradación de nuestra dieta y resultado en la alta incidencia de la obesidad, la diabetes y las enfermedades cardiacas.
En esta edición de Tu Fe Al Día hablaremos sobre la nutrición y la comunidad Hispana. ¿Sabia usted que los Hispanos son dos veces mas propensos a ser diagnosticados con diabetes que los no Hispanos blancos? ¿Que la diabetes es la sexta causa de muerte en los Hispanos y la cuarta entre los viejitos y las mujeres? ¿Que nuestra dieta nos esta llevando a sufrir enfermedades cardiovasculares y de una obesidad rampante?
For Hispanics, the food and the ingredients used in traditional recipes are influenced by family and emotional values. We prefer fresh ingredients, locally grown for our dishes. However, the acculturation of the Hispanic community in the United States and poverty levels led us to a degradation of our diet and resulted in the high incidence of obesity, diabetes and heart disease.
In this edition of Your Faith Al Día we talk about nutrition and the Hispanic community. Did you know that Hispanics are twice as likely to be diagnosed with diabetes than non-Hispanic whites? That diabetes is the sixth leading cause of death among Hispanics and fourth among old people and women? That our diet is taking us to cardiovascular disease and rampant obesity?
World Cup Fever Contagious in Brooklyn Diocese
Currents correspondent Katie Breidenbach spoke with Deacon Vincent La Gamba of St. Francis de Sales Parish, a sportswriter who happens to have a close connection to Football’s World Cup.
No Place to Hide for Christians in Mosul
Currents correspondent Michelle Powers visited Aid to the Church in Need, an organization that helps the suffering and persecuted faithful around the world, for insight into the struggles of Christians in Iraq.
Saints Joachim and Anne School: “Hand in Hand, Through Christ”
Saint Joachim and Anne School in Queens Village took in 22 Haitian students displaced by the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Currents education correspondent Marie Elena Giossi visited our latest School of the Week.
Pastoral Approach Inspires Future Brooklyn-Queens Priests
Every priest has a story and Currents correspondent Katie Breidenbach has been giving the future priests of the Diocese of Brooklyn the opportunity to tell their stories.
Brooklyn’s Soon-To-Be Priests: Serving God and Serving the People
In part two of her ongoing series on the seminarians set to be ordained priests for the Brooklyn Diocese, Currents correspondent Katie Breidenbach catches up with Deacons Evans Julce and Jeremy Canna.
Pope Brings Together Israeli, Palestinian Heads of State
Less than a month after Pope Francis extended the invitation, Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestian leader Mahmoud Abbas met at the Vatican. Currents correspondent Michelle Powers has reaction from the weekend meeting.