As a holiday personified by bounty-laden dishes on dinner tables, the Thanksgiving season can be difficult for the thousands of New Yorkers facing food hardship. In response to their need, one local nonprofit provided more than 600 hot meals at four northern Brooklyn locations this week.
Author: Alicia Venter
‘SoHo Sheep’ Return to Graze, Post-Pandemic, in Lower Manhattan Basilica’s Cemetery
This fall, the Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral has welcomed three special fleece-covered guests, who roam the cemetery behind the landmark church, offering a rare sight to onlookers walking along Mott St.
South Bronx Tenants ‘Speak Out’ in Words and Photos Against NYCHA
Three years ago, Bernard Smith completely transformed his living room at the Morris Houses into his bedroom. But it was not by choice or because he didn’t have the room.
Remembering Father Goode — ‘Dean of Black Catholic Preaching’
Father James “Jim” Goode wore many hats during his nearly 50 years in the priesthood.
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,” […]
Hoops in the Seminary: Documentary Shows How Sports and Faith Development Intersect
The process of becoming a priest is more than prayer, study, and reflection — at least it is for a handful of seminarians who, under the auspices of the Archdiocese of Boston, took to the basketball court to grow in their understanding of vocation and brotherhood.
Annual Rabbi Sacks Conversation Issues Call to ‘Heal a Fractured World’
Gila Sacks is not certain what her father, world-renowned theologian Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, would say about the state of the world today, as war rages in the Holy Land. However, she does know three things the influential late rabbi would say to not do.
In Newark, Hundreds of Filipino American Priests Celebrate Faith
After a six-year wait, and a three-hour commute from Florida, Father Percival “Val” DeVera and a handful of his fellow priests from the Diocese of Orlando, finally arrived at a long-desired destination: the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark.
Queens Parishioners Form a ‘Living Rosary’ to Pray for Peace
During the past few weeks, the Catholic Church has called for its people across the world to pray for peace in the Middle East, as the Israel-Hamas war ravages on.
Catholic Foundation for Brooklyn and Queens’ Promise at 25: Build on Youth Initiatives
For 25 years, the Catholic Foundation for Brooklyn and Queens (CFBQ) has worked to financially support the Diocese of Brooklyn. At an Oct. 24 luncheon marking the nonprofit’s anniversary, an audience of 250 gathered to honor the people who cultivated its success and look toward its future.