Santa Claus does have a fanbase in the Dominican Republic, but not as strong as the Baby Jesus, the Three Kings, and La Vieja Belén.
Author: Bill Miller
New Statue Honors St. Nicholas, and Not Just as Model for Santa Claus
The family of Pasqua Gaudiuso Cama, who in 1951 immigrated to Brooklyn from Bari, Italy, honored her on Sunday, Dec. 17, when they donated, in her name, a statue of St. Nicholas of Bari to Sacred Hearts & St. Stephen Parish, Carroll Gardens.
Queens Native Gives Voice to St. Joseph in New Novel ‘My Perfect Wife, Her Perfect Son’
Author Joe Benevento, a Queens native, believes there is much more to learn from St. Joseph, which he conveys in his new novel, “My Perfect Wife, Her Perfect Son.”
Churches Were Far, But Christmas Joy Always Close, in Rural Kenya
Father Samuel Mwiwawi and his six siblings didn’t experience Christmas Day Mass in Kenya until his parents settled in his father’s ancestral homeland of Taita, about 75 miles northwest of Mombasa.
Brooklyn Teens Find 12,000 ‘New Friends’ at Catholic Youth Rally
Five young people from Brooklyn gained 12,000 new friends Nov. 16-18 in Indianapolis for a crash course on how to embrace their identities in the “mystical body” also known as the Catholic Church.
Christmas in Poland: One Priest’s Memories Growing Up
Father Chris Piasta lived under communism growing up in Katowice, Poland, but unlike other Soviet-bloc countries, Christmas was allowed to flourish at his hometown parish.
Room With a Maximilian View
A portion of this 402-year-old monastery, where St. Maximilian Kolbe studied in Rome, is now an award winning hotel that helps fund the formation of Conventual Franciscans. It also includes a museum dedicated to the saint.
Concerned Leaders: Let’s Weed Out the Illegal Cannabis Shops
A legally licensed dispensary selling medical marijuana is just four blocks from Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Church, but the pastor, Father Francis Passenant, isn’t worried about that close proximity. He has other concerns.
Bishop Cisneros Recalls Epiphany Joy in His Native Homeland Cuba
As a little boy, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus Octavio Cisneros loved going to his grandmother’s house for Christmas, just like the popular holiday song “Over the River and Through the Woods.” But there was no “drifted snow,” because his grandmother lived on the outskirts of Havana, Cuba.
Pining for The Old White Christmases of Europe
One Christmas, while in Ecuador, Father Alexandre Morard was depressed. There was no snow, which made him homesick for the Swiss Alps where he grew up skiing world-class slopes and hiking through vast forests.
