When Vivian Esposti was waging a 21-month-long battle with pancreatic cancer, a disease that would ultimately take her life, she asked her husband Edward to get a statue of St. Peregrine (the patron saint of cancer patients) for their church, St. Joseph’s. On July 24, Esposti was at the church keeping his promise to his wife.
Catholics are commanded by canon law not to purchase relics of saints. Still, the internet yields countless sacred items for auction or direct sale.
While not everyone has the opportunity to attend World Youth Day 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal, next month, St. Bernard of Clairvaux Parish gave more than 60 young faithful the chance to participate in the international celebration of faith.
Father Claudio Antecini, although born in Italy, is now a historian of the neighborhood surrounding his current parish — Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Father-son bonding took on a new meaning on Sunday, July 16, as six new members joined the local Knights of Columbus Council at Sacred Hearts Roman Catholic Church in Glendale.
In preparation for World Youth Day, young pilgrims representing the Diocese of Brooklyn came together for a celebratory send-off Mass Sunday, July 23 at the Immaculate Conception Center in Douglaston.
When Jason Galindo became the youth minister at St. Bartholomew Church in Elmhurst in January, he knew he wanted to revitalize the
youth program to engage and hold the interests of its more than 200 young members.
Gregory Cellini spent 30 years working in the pharmaceutical industry; after being told he was to be laid off, he turned to God. In reflection and prayer, he found the Franciscan Brothers of Brooklyn, and transformed his life into one of meaning, faith, and giving.
Long before he served at St. Kevin’s Church, Father Jeffry Dillon served the public in a different way — as a New York City police officer. It was back in the 1970s and he patrolled the streets of the Upper West Side as a police officer.
Becoming a member of Scouts BSA can teach a young man ethical, life and leadership lessons that can influence him for the rest of his life. For 16-year-old Jake Harmon, joining his local Scouts troop guided him onto a special journey: to become Catholic.
