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Dorothy Day’s Road to Sainthood Continues With a Boost from New York Catholics

Currents News Staff

A native of Brooklyn could soon become a saint. The Archdiocese of New York is advancing Dorothy Day’s cause for canonization to the Vatican’s congregation for the causes of saints.

Day, who spent her young adulthood as a writer and activist, experienced an astounding conversion from Atheism to Catholicism in 1927, when she was 30 years old. She then went on to establish soup kitchens, group homes and farming communities all over the world.

The event, which signals the conclusion of a national process investigating Day’s holiness, will be marked with a Mass celebrated at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

The ceremony will be live-streamed online at saintpatrickscathedral.org/live

Distance Learning Successes

Students at Catholic schools continued to thrive as our remote learning programs ensured every child’s education continued in a well supported and caring environment.

Catholic News Headlines for Tuesday, 12/7/21

Three hostages were just released by that violent gang in Haiti. Among them, a mother and her child.

The Annual Bishop’s Christmas Luncheon is being held in Queens. It’s the first one for Brooklyn’s newly installed Bishop Robert Brennan.

The president and First Lady today remember 80 years since the attack on Pearl Harbor.