When people celebrate National Donut Day on Friday, June 7 by biting into a sugar-coated fried dough, they might not be aware that Christianity is embedded in the history of the delicious day. National Donut Day, which was first celebrated in Chicago in 1938, was not a half-baked idea.
Author: Paula Katinas
Saintly Work of Rose Hawthorne Is Carried on by Sisters of the Order She Founded
Pat Simone, 90, always perks up when Sister Marie Dominique walks into her room at Rosary Hill Home because she knows the young nun will bring a smile to her face with a kind word, a warm gesture, or by simply wearing a grin.
A Rooftop Garden Grows in Manhattan to Feed Hungry Migrants
In the house where Servant of God Dorothy Day lived and died, members of the Catholic Worker movement she co-founded in the 1930s are carrying on her legacy by operating a soup kitchen to feed nutritious meals to the downtrodden and hungry.
Vietnamese Monsignor Serves as a ‘Father’ to Younger ‘Spiritual Sons’
Msgr. Cuong Pham is a father of fathers. The 50-year-old pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Astoria is a mentor to young priests with whom he keeps in close contact and to whom he offers advice and counsel as they navigate their way through life.
Diocese of Brooklyn Welcomes International Priests in Multicultural Ordination Ceremony
As befitting a diocese known as the Diocese of Immigrants, the ordination of new priests at the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph in Prospect Heights on Saturday, June 1, was an international celebration centered on three men from such faraway places as Brazil, Colombia, and Nigeria and one man who is Vietnamese American.
A Chamber Orchestra’s Music Is Unifying Cultures in a Changing Brooklyn Neighborhood
Music is a universal language, so when leaders of the Brooklyn Chamber Orchestra sought to bring two different cultures together in Bensonhurst, they used music as the vehicle.
Confirmation: The Gift of the Holy Spirit on the Road to Faith Formation
Of all things, it was a car ride that started Zion Charles on the road to a closer commitment to his Catholic faith. It all began when his mother, Jeanneth Lopez, a car service driver, was sent by her dispatcher to St. Bernard of Clairvaux Church in Mill Basin to pick up a parish priest, Father Michael Tedone, and drive him to Kennedy Airport one day last year.
The Priestly Vocation He Dreamed of as a Boy is About to Come True
Luis Marquez was teaching at New Jersey City University several years ago when he came across a young woman in tears in the university library. It was a vulnerable time in her life, as she had just learned she was pregnant. At the moment Marquez encountered her, she was thinking about getting an abortion.
The First Vietnamese American Priest In the Diocese Hopes to Inspire Others
When he is ordained into the priesthood on June 1, Deacon Randy Nguyen will be a groundbreaker. He will be the first Vietnamese American priest serving the Diocese of Brooklyn, a place known as the Diocese of Immigrants.
Catholic Couple Aims to Draw Chaplains to U.S. Military With Scholarship Named for Father Capodanno
Douglas Oldmixon, a retired member of the U.S. Air Force Reserve, and his wife Jo-Dee Benson consider themselves to be patriotic Americans who are devoted to supporting the nation’s military.