Thinking of Becoming a Catholic? Start With an OCIA Meeting
March 13, 2024
Celeste Grillo poured me a cup of Lipton tea and in a soft voice, told me how she helps new...
Paula Katinas
St. John’s Bread & Life’s Lenten Mission: 40 Days, 40,000 Meals for the Hungry
March 13, 2024
Dawn Brabham has been coming to St. John’s Bread & Life for many years to pick up hot nutritious meals...
Diocese of Brooklyn Prepares for Triumphant Palm Sunday Procession
March 13, 2024
Vanderbilt Avenue in Prospect Heights is normally busy with vehicular traffic but on Palm Sunday, March 24, it will be...
Life Altering Experience: From Police Officer to Diocese of Brooklyn Deacon
March 12, 2024
Lent, the period of reflection and repentance as Catholics prepare for the coming of Easter, is also known as a...
Religious Sisters Offer Affordable Housing to Students
March 7, 2024
Rhema Khairnar isn’t a nun, but she does live in a convent. Khairnar, who is studying for her PhD in pharmacology...
Tunnel to Towers Foundation Buys and Will Preserve S.I. Alba House Shrine
March 6, 2024
A site housing a Catholic shrine that many people visited to pray and light candles of remembrance in the aftermath...
Catholic Church’s View on Cremation: ‘Treat With Dignity, in Life and Death’
March 5, 2024
Death, and burial, are lively topics of conversation in the Catholic Church these days. With increasing numbers of people opting for...
Missing Woman’s Kin Pray for Her After 48 Years
February 29, 2024
Milagros Perez Peralta will turn 70 years old this coming August 29. Or perhaps not. The sad thing is, her...
Queens Parents Wait Through Lent, Until Easter, to Baptize Their Daughter
February 29, 2024
Claire McKenna gazes lovingly at her 2-month-old daughter Leah as the little one rests snugly in her arms. Nearby, McKenna’s...
Continuing Conversion: Becoming Catholic Feels ‘Like a New Beginning’
February 29, 2024
John Johnson, 65, is living proof that it’s never too late to start a new chapter in one’s life. And...