The Unsung Hero Behind Brooklyn’s First Black Catholic Community
February 27, 2025
In 1915, a group of black Catholics met at a home on Pacific Street in Prospect Heights, across from what...
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Frassati Fellowship of NYC Unites to Travel for Mission Work in Remote Communities
February 24, 2025
Although the island of Jamaica’s mission field is vast, one Manhattan-based Catholic group has taken it upon itself to concentrate...
Anne Frank’s Legacy: A Journey Through the ‘Secret Annex’ in New York and a Woman’s Fight To Share Anne’s Diary
February 20, 2025
In August 1944, Miep Gies opened the “secret annex” in her employer’s office building where Nazis had just arrested her...
Panelists Discuss Spiritual Journeys of Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati
February 18, 2025
Two young men from Italy to be canonized this year still prove that holiness is not just for saints, according...
How a Son of Former Slaves Became the Rockefeller of New York City’s Oyster Restaurants
February 14, 2025
Thomas Downing — a freeman born to formerly enslaved people in Virginia — became one of the city’s wealthiest citizens...
Could a Former Slave Who Defied Danger Join the Saintly Six on Path to Sainthood?
February 12, 2025
In 1878, yellow fever swept the lower Mississippi Valley, bringing chaos and killing an estimated 5,000 people in Memphis, Tennessee.
Family Remembers Mother for Advocacy, Vision for Racial Harmony
February 5, 2025
On the evening of Thursday, April 4, 1968, Donna Grimes was eagerly anticipating her 12th birthday when chaos erupted in...
Dominican Sister at Transfiguration Renews Vows on Feast Day of Our Lady of Altagracia
February 5, 2025
Sister Yárelin Ventura renewed her vows on Jan. 21 after arriving in the United States from the Dominican Republic two...
Reflecting on the Legacy of the Nicene Creed 1,700 Years Later
January 29, 2025
By today’s terminology, Athanasius of Alexandria might be called a “boy genius” or a prodigy. But back in 325 A.D.,...
Bayside Brothers Behind the Camera on Mission to Provide Wholesome Media
January 24, 2025
While Spielberg and Coen are household names, the Condoleon brothers are looking to make their own mark with the mid-March...