Notre Dame Catholic Academy of Ridgewood’s Class of 2020 From NET TV Honors the Graduates of 2020. We all know that 2020 has been a challenging year but our elementary school graduating class has risen to the challenge. Many have faced personal hardship and loss in their families and all of them have needed to adapt to remote learning and distance from their friends. This program salutes their accomplishment and ensures this milestone moment of their graduation is recognized throughout the Diocese. Airing all summer long on NET TV! #Classof2020 #NotreDameCatholicAcademy
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Good Shepherd Catholic Academy Class of 2020 from NET TV Honors the Graduates of 2020
Good Shepherd Catholic Academy Class of 2020 from NET TV Honors the Graduates of 2020. We all know that 2020 has been a challenging year but our elementary school graduating class has risen to the challenge. Many have faced personal hardship and loss in their families and all of them have needed to adapt to remote learning and distance from their friends. This program salutes their accomplishment and ensures this milestone moment of their graduation is recognized throughout the Diocese. Airing all summer long on NET TV! #Classof2020 #GoodShepherd
St Kevin’s Catholic Academy Class of 2020 from NET TV Honors the Graduates of 2020
St Kevins Catholic Academy Class of 2020 from NET TV Honors the Graduates of 2020. We all know that 2020 has been a challenging year but our elementary school graduating class has risen to the challenge. Many have faced personal hardship and loss in their families and all of them have needed to adapt to remote learning and distance from their friends. This program salutes their accomplishment and ensures this milestone moment of their graduation is recognized throughout the Diocese. Airing all summer long on NET TV! #Classof2020 #StKevins
Our Lady of Hope Class of 2020 from NET TV Honors the Graduates of 2020
Our Lady of Hope Class of 2020 from NET TV Honors the Graduates of 2020. We all know that 2020 has been a challenging year but our elementary school graduating class has risen to the challenge. Many have faced personal hardship and loss in their families and all of them have needed to adapt to remote learning and distance from their friends. This program salutes their accomplishment and ensures this milestone moment of their graduation is recognized throughout the Diocese. Airing all summer long on NET TV! #Classof2020 #OurLadyofHope
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Academy Class of 2020 From NET TV Honors the Graduates of 2020
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Academy Class of 2020 From NET TV Honors the Graduates of 2020. We all know that 2020 has been a challenging year but our elementary school graduating class has risen to the challenge. Many have faced personal hardship and loss in their families and all of them have needed to adapt to remote learning and distance from their friends. This program salutes their accomplishment and ensures this milestone moment of their graduation is recognized throughout the Diocese. Airing all summer long on NET TV! #Classof2020 #BlessedSacrament
Auxiliary Bishop James Massa Appointed to Lead St. Joseph’s Seminary
Currents News Staff
Auxiliary Bishop James Massa will now be the new rector at St. Joseph’s Seminary in Dunwoodie, New York. Bishop Massa joins Currents News to talk about his new role in the Archdiocese of New York and what that means for the young men answering their call to the priesthood.
Currents News full broadcast for Tues, 7/14/20 (Catholic news)
Currents News reports secular and religious news from the Catholic perspective.
Some of the top stories on this newscast:
New orders could cause small businesses in New York City to finally shut their doors for good.
Despite high hopes that high temps would stop the coronavirus spread, summer weather isn’t saving us.
The Supreme Court intervened in the dead of night. Now a man is dead. What Catholics are saying about the execution.
Investigations continue tonight into the fire that destroyed one of Saint Serra’s California Missions.
Will Summer’s Heat Help Stop Coronavirus Cases? Experts Are Doubtful.
By Emily Drooby
Coronavirus infection rates are spiking in some of the hottest states in the country, even though early indicators suggested that heat and humidity would slow the virus. But in recent weeks, the opposite has happened. Experts are now predicting the weather won’t have any substantial impact.
“It’s not that weather is actually going to affect the virus itself…even if the virus was weakened in the heat and humidity of the outdoor environment, most of the transmission is expected to be indoors,” explained William Nieter, a climate scientist at Saint John’s University.
Sunlight can reduce the transmission of COVID-19, according to experts like William, but not enough to curtail the growing numbers. Factors like population density and social distancing have a much larger effect on how the virus spreads, as do masks.
“Common sense,” he urged. “You don’t want to enter into close proximity with people, with anybody, without your mask.
But lax adherence to the rules could be one of the reasons for the surge in cases. Even so, the death rate is going down or holding steady in many states because of more testing, an uptick in younger people getting infected – who have better odds at survival – and aggressive treatment strategies that are saving lives.
“In addition to the remdesiver and the dexamethasone, we have sera from recovered patients that although is not effective late in the disease, it’s actually beneficial early,” explained infectious disease expert Dr. Robert Tiballi.
He also says the virus may even be weakening, but that we can’t let our guard down, because the next few weeks will be telling.
“It’s usually in the later phase after 2 to 3 weeks that patients actually enter the most dangerous phase where they could lose their life,” he explained, “so actually, we’re kinda coming up on that now.”
And though nobody knows for sure, transmission-curbing behaviors could be reducing the amount of people exposed to the virus while they are out in public, potentially driving down mortality rates.
Local Restaurant Struggles to Keep Up With New York City’s Ever-Changing Rules During Reopening
By Jessica Easthope
Maria Pranzo is the manager of Gino’s on 5th Avenue in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. The Italian restaurant has been open for 56 years. It’s her family’s business.
“It’s always been an uncertain business, but now it’s more uncertain than ever,” she explained. “Every day it’s like you’re running a new business.”
Maria helps run the restaurant with her brother, Anthony. But since the pandemic it’s been a far cry from what it used to be. On average, before COVID-19, the restaurant served more than 600 people a day.
“Now how many? Maybe if we do 150 a day it’s a lot, we’re at like a fifth of our business,” said Maria.
Like many other restaurants across the city, Gino’s built an outdoor dining space in front of the restaurant in compliance with the city’s guidelines, or so they thought.
“On Sunday somebody came and said we needed to have an 18 inch railing between the street and the seating,” Maria said of their outdoor deck.
They hoped the space would be a blessing, but with the city’s ever-changing regulations, it’s been more like a curse.
“For them to change the guidelines after the game started it’s just not fair, we got it done but a lot of places won’t get it done and they’ll face fines and have their privileges revoked,” Maria said.
The United Nations estimates businesses like Gino’s, with less than 250 workers, make up two-thirds of employment worldwide. Maria says she’s desperate to get her employees back to work.
“We were prepared to bring back more people when we were going to do the 50 percent indoor, and then I had to say, ‘Sorry, you can’t come back,’” she told Currents NEws.
Maria and her family’s faith has kept hope alive. She says despite their struggles, she feels God is on her side.
“Yesterday it was supposed to rain all night and I prayed, ‘Please dear God, let it hold out.’ And the rain did hold out,” she said. “I just feel like I do rely on my faith.”
For now, Gino’s is in complete compliance with city guidelines. Maria says she’s hoping the rules don’t change anymore, and businesses can get back to serving the community.
America’s First Black Catholic Priest Honored in Illinois
Currents News Staff
Catholics recently gathered in Quincy, Illinois to remember the man recognized as the first Black Catholic priest.
It came on the anniversary of Father Augustus Tolton’s death. He died at age 43 on July 9, 1897 from what’s believed to be heat stroke.
Father Tolton spent part of his childhood in Quincy. He attended seminary in Rome because no American seminary would accept a Black man.
He spent several years serving in Quincy before transferring to Chicago. On July 9, a mile-long procession began at the statue of Father Tolton – and ended at the cemetery where he’s buried.
“He wasn’t afraid of the persecutions or racisms or the other things that were happening in his time,” said Father Peter Chineke, parochial vicar at Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Springfield, Ill. “He knew where he was heading, he knew where his hope lies – in Heaven.”
Wayne Wienkie also attended the procession.
“The fact that he had been a slave, and became a Catholic priest,” said Wayne. “And was the first Black African priest in the United States.”