Currents correspondent Katie Breidenbach has been in touch with a Brooklyn priest studying in Rome who is helping revive an ancient tradition.
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The Exonerated Takes Audience Inside Death Row
The Exonerated is a stage play that brings into sharp focus how people are sometimes sentenced to death by mistake. St. Francis College in Brooklyn Heights recently hosted a reading of The Exonerated. And this reading had added weight, as the actors were former prisoners. Currents correspondent Michelle Powers was in the audience.
Bishops, Priests Weigh in on Mets Chances in 2014
Today is Opening Day, when hope springs eternal. Currents sports correspondent Jim Mancari has spent some time talking with the priests and Bishops of Brooklyn and Queens about the season ahead.
Laity & Misson
Sam Stanton, Executive Director of Maryknoll Lay Missioners, and James R. Walters, Ed.D., Director of Residence Ministry at St. John’s University join host, Monsignor Kieran Harrington to look at how works of mercy, fellowship, and vibrant evangelization are alive in lay ministries in New York and around the world.
Bishop DiMarzio Enjoys Schools Week Visit
Bishop DiMarzio is constantly working to improve the best schools in New York City — the Catholic schools of Brooklyn and Queens. In our latest “Into The Deep” interview, the Bishop talks with Ed Wilkinson about the steps he’s taking, the fight over the tax credit, and the students who want to stump the Bishop.
Bishop DiMarzio Brings Immigration Issue to Students
Bishop DiMarzio is an internationally recognized expert on matters of migration. Currents correspondent Katie Breidenbach is also familiar with migration. As Bishop DiMarzio points out, she has come to Brooklyn from a foreign land.
Incarnation School Keeps the Beat
For our latest School of the Week, Currents Education Correspondent Marie Elena Giossi takes us to Incarnation School in Queens Village.
Determined Queens Student is NYC Cookie-Selling Champ
The cookie champion of New York is a girl scout from a Catholic parish in Queens, and Currents correspondent Katie Breidenbach has her story.
Catholic School Students Meet Their Angels
The ability to afford a Catholic education may be out of reach for some families, but here in the Brooklyn Diocese, generous donors known as angels are stepping in so that children can attend Catholic schools. Bishop DiMarzio presided as angels and students got to meet each other at Citifield.
Cardinal Egan Confident Church Will Prevail
Currents correspondent Katie Breidenbach spoke with New York Archbishop Emeritus Cardinal Edward Egan at a location that bears his name, New York University’s Edward Cardinal Egan Catholic Center.