Sister Katie Expects The Unexpected
August 23, 2017Sister Katie SitjayBalbastro has made at least two radical shifts in her life. One led her to the sisterhood, another brought her […]
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“We are Trying to Live the American Dream”
August 23, 2017America’s Bishops are mounting an urgent campaign to protect the ‘dreamers.’ Along with the Bishop of Brooklyn Nicholas DiMarzio, who’s an internationally […]
Sisters Celebrate 450th Birthday of St Francis DeSales
August 22, 2017Our Katie Engesser reports that on the birthday of a Saint, the nuns at the Visitation Monastery in Bay Ridge are looking […]
Catholic Man Murdered Walking With Wife
August 21, 2017A Brooklyn Catholic is dead tonight after being stabbed in front of his wife. The murder takes place in Greenpoint where the […]
Cardinal Chavez Visits New York
August 21, 2017The Pope’s devotion to the people of the peripheries is seen in his selection of Gregorio Rosa Chavez as the first Cardinal […]
Filipini Nun Helps Young Women Discern God’s Call
August 17, 2017Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio’s Year of Vocations is preparing the Brooklyn diocese for the future. The men and women who’ve already answered God’s […]
Catholic Culture: Places to Visit this Summer
August 17, 2017Taking steps back in time and listening to neighborhood folklore of the past, our Michelle Powers discovers another of her summertime treasures… […]
Blessed Virgin Mother Honored in Corona
August 16, 2017A prayer group for vocations at St. Leo Church, Corona, is welcoming new members. Tim Harfmann reports the blessing they receive cap […]
Catholics Celebrate the Assumption
August 16, 2017Catholics all over the world are celebrating the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary body and soul into heaven. The holy day […]
Remembering Blessed Oscar Romero on 100th Birthday
August 15, 2017Today is the 100th anniversary of Blessed Oscar Romero’s birth. Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia is hoping the martyr will become a Saint within […]