The mission for all Dominicans is to preach God’s love. The Hawthorne Dominicans accomplish this in a specific way by preaching God’s love and His healing presence in the world through the ministry to His sick poor with incurable cancer.
The Congregation of Saint Rose of Lima was founded in 1900 by Rose Hawthorme Lathrop, (Mother Mary Alphonsa), the daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Rose was a convert to Catholism and in searching for a way to serve God and the poor began her work of caring for incurable cancer patients on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
Today, the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne’s continue nursing Christ’s sick poor who suffer from incurable cancer in the Motherhouse: Rosary Hill Home (Hawthorne, NY), Sacred Heart Home (Philadelphia, PA) and in Our Lady of Perpetual Help Home (Atlanta, GA)
In her final installment of her series, Katie Engesser talks to Our Lady of Angels priest, Father Jason Espinal. Besides serving his Bay Ridge parishioners, he also ministers to the Dominican immigrants in the diocese and works to cultivate new vocations.
While Catholics are getting ready for Holy Week, people of the Jewish faith are preparing themselves for Passover. At St Mark’s Church in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn; the two religions are gathering together to commemorate the two celebrations. Katie Engesser reports on how the Seder meal is bringing everyone together.
For Catholics in the Brooklyn Diocese and around the country, there is anticipation on how the new Justice will rule on matters of life and religious liberty. Our Konrad Aderer gets the reaction of Michael Long, Chairman of the Conservative Party of New York State.
With Palm Sunday approaching, seventh and eighth graders at Divine Wisdom Catholic Academy perform a living Stations of the Cross after morning mass. Our Konrad Aderer takes us to the live meditation in Bayside.
This 7th episode focuses on Ron Hansen’s novel, MARIETTE IN ECSTASY!
Father Gesson Agenis heard his call to priesthood at a young age but decided before taking his vows to serve God’s people first. Katie Engesser reports.
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The Bishops of Brooklyn, Nicholas DiMarzio and his predecessor Thomas Daily, are cutting the ribbon at an important housing project that has a new name. Tim Harfmann reports from Prospect Heights.
At St. Francis Xavier Church, a couple of red-tailed hawks have taken up residency in the bell tower. Tim Harfmann reports from Park Slope, where the pastor is conducting a contest to name their new feathered friends.