NY Gov. Hochul Signs Bill Establishing Panel to Examine Slavery Reparations

PROSPECT HEIGHTS — Entering 2024, New York state will create a commission to consider reparations for African American residents.  Up against a Dec. 31 deadline, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill on Dec. 19 to establish the panel. New York legislators originally passed the bill to create the commission back in June.  “Today, we are […]

Times Square Missionaries Serve Homeless ‘Hungry for the Lord’

Every Thursday, a handful of Catholic missionaries take to the teeming streets of Times Square, bearing sandwiches to feed the bodies of the homeless and the word of God to feed their souls. “We are meeting them where they are at … there is Jesus there, and Jesus is always the focus of our work,” […]

Israel-Hamas War Sparks Antisemitism On Campuses

The Israel-Hamas war has led to a shocking rise of antisemitism on college campuses across the country, according to concerned advocates and students, who said the situation is growing more dangerous by the day. 

Trek in Nature Brings NY State of Mind to Shrine

Days before some 8,000 Catholics gathered for the New York State Eucharistic Congress, an intrepid team of about three dozen assembled to briefly transform the scenic Empire State Trail from an upstate hiking and cycling route into a local path of pilgrimage.

Local College Students Find Faith Revitalized at Eucharistic Congress

The trip from Jamaica, Queens, to upstate Auriesville in a three-row van took nearly five hours, but eight St. John’s University students, hand-picked by campus ministry because of their strong Catholic faith, didn’t mind: They were determined to experience the New York Eucharistic Congress.