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Bishop DiMarzio Visits Two Schools in Queens

As Catholic Schools Week continues, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio visits the St. Gregory the Great, in Bellerose, and St. Margaret, in Middle Village. Students perform songs and line up for “Stump the Bishop” — a chance to ask him whatever’s on their minds. Currents News Konrad Aderer reports.

Year of Service Brings Young Texas Woman To Queens

Cheryl Cedillo came from Texas in September to give a year of service in Queens, through the Saint Joseph Worker Program. Her ideas of her own talents and the meaning of service have been expanding in her work with formerly incarcerated mothers, at Hour Children. Currents News Konrad Aderer reports.

Msgr. Jamie Gigantiello

Everyone’s favorite chef, Msgr. Jamie Gigantiello, pastor of The Shrine Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, talks with Ed Wilkinson about leaving the culinary world for the priesthood.

Honoring a Departed Pastor and Welcoming His Successor

On their feast day, St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in Flatlands, Brooklyn rededicates their sanctuary to their dearly departed pastor, Monsignor John Brown, who passed away in March of 2017. Currents News Konrad Aderer reports from the church as parishioners remember their former pastor and welcome his successor, Father Dwayne Davis.

Diocese Takes Bold Steps to Protect From Flu

Due to the severe flu season of 2017-2018, the Bishop of Brooklyn, Nicholas DiMarzio, has suspended the distribution of the Precious Blood during Mass.
Currents News Konrad Aderer reports on the Bishop’s other precautions, and those taken by Catholic schools in the Diocese.

Catholics Preview Upcoming State of the Union

Ahead of President Trump’s first State of the Union address, Catholics in the Brooklyn diocese discuss what issues are important to them, particularly immigration. Currents News Tim Harfmann reports from Woodside, Queens.