When natural disasters strike, Catholics are at the forefront, offering aid to the stricken. Current and former students of Saint Luke’s parish in queens have stepped up to bring relief to Haiti. The Caribbean island nation still reels from the one-two punch of an earthquake and a hurricane. Currents News Katie Engesser reports.
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Palliative Care in Coney Island
The Holy See has called for an increase in the availability of palliative care, urging practitioners to affirm the value of the final stages of life. Currents News Konrad Aderer reports on how Saints Joachim and Ann Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Coney Island has long been putting this call into practice.
Immigrants on Edge
Immigrants without papers often encounter worries even when doing the simplest things in life. Currents News, Michelle Powers, reports from a Brooklyn parish where almost fifty percent of churchgoers are undocumented.
School Sees “Breaking Point” On U.S. Gun Violence
Xaverian High School in Bay Ridge has come together in the wake of the Parkland shooting that claimed 17 lives. Currents News Konrad Aderer sits with students and their principal, Deacon Kevin McCormack, to discuss how they’re responding to the renewed national conversation on stopping gun violence in schools.
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Father Mike Duffy and Joe Concha host In the Arena, with guests like John Leland, author of “Happiness is a Choice You Make”, and singer/songwriter Don Arbor. And Monsignor Harrington closes the show with author and public speaker Trent Horn. All this and more on In the Arena, faith at the forefront of today’s news and events!
Lenten Supper in Jamaica Supports Jamaica
Two Jamaicas are bonded together. The union is forged during a special Lenten supper at a church in Queens. Currents News Tim Harfmann has the story.
Meatless Menu For Lent
A pizzeria in Gerritsen Beach is offering a special menu for the Lenten season. Currents News, Michelle Powers, takes a bite.
Living Woman Declared Dead
The Social Security Administration says Marzena Pogorzelska, of St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish in Greenpoint, is dead. But she doesn’t agree. She tells Currents News Konrad Aderer why she desperately needs the government to give her her life back.
Lent Magic Show Spreads Word of God
Lent is the penitential season that prepares Catholics for the resurrection of the Lord on Easter Sunday. But, as Currents News Tim Harfmann reports, a Brooklyn parish is putting a little magic into Lent.
Fr. Saint Charles Borno
Haitian born, Father Charles Borno, pastor of St. Teresa of Avila Roman Catholic Church, talks with Ed Wilkinson about his vocation, which he said started at age ten, through the teaching of his devout mother.