Father Andrew Apostoli, C.F.R., a founder of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, has returned to the Lord. The Bronx-based retreat director, television host and author of a definitive book on Our Lady of Fatima was ordained a priest in New York by Archbishop Fulton Sheen. Currents News Konrad Aderer reports.
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Christmas Musical Teaches Children Tolerance
A heartwarming Christmas musical is now performing for Catholic school and Religious Education students, at the Immaculate Conception Center. Noel: A Brooklyn Christmas Story has songs, laughs and an important message for our times about tolerance. The story is set inside St. James Cathedral in 1855, where two strangers take shelter from an anti-immigrant riot. Currents Konrad Aderer reports.
Diocesan Play Promises Bigger and Better Production!
‘The Miracle Of Christmas’ is a wonderful musical that depicts the birth of the Christ child. It will soon return to the Brooklyn Diocese’s Co-Cathedral Of Saint Joseph. Currents News Katie Engesser reports.
Parishioners Lend Helping Hand for Christmas
Throughout the Brooklyn Diocese, Catholics are anticipating the arrival of the newborn king on Christmas day. At one Queens church, the parishioners are making an extra special effort in decorations. Currents News Katie Engesser reports.
Secret Santas Wrap Presents for Mercy Home
Christmas mercy at Brooklyn’s Mercy Home. Currents News Tim Harfmann reports secret Santas are at work with an assist from The Tablet.
Fight Not Over for Iraqi Christians
With the Middle East confronting a new flashpoint…lost in the turmoil is the region’s beleaguered Christian population. To help ensure the faithful are not forgotten, Iraqi Archbishop Bashar Warda is on an urgent mission to protect the persecuted. While in the United States, he spoke with Currents News, Michelle Powers.
Brooklyn Diocese Lights Grand Army Plaza Christmas Tree
The season is official in the Brooklyn diocese! Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio blesses a life-size nativity creche and lights the Christmas tree at the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch in Grand Army Plaza. The balsam fir is the largest ever displaced in Prospect Park. Tim Harfmann reports from Prospect Heights.
Our Lady of Guadalupe Leads Road to Christ
On the streets of a Queens parish, Catholics stage a procession to celebrate Our Lady. Currents News Tim Harfmann reports that hundreds of people take part.
National Shrine is Completed — 100 Years in the Making
Our nation’s Shrine to the Immaculate Conception is complete. The magnificent Trinity Dome atop the Basilica is dedicated. The Bishop of Brooklyn, Nicholas DiMarzio, is in Washington for the ceremony. Currents News, Michelle Powers, reports.
Torch Procession Marks Mary’s Feast
The Bishop of Brooklyn, Nicholas DiMarzio, is leading the diocese in celebrating the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe… with a Spanish mass and a procession of torches. Currents News, Michelle Powers, is at the Co-Cathedral of Saint Joseph where the ceremonies are taking place.