New York City’s 82nd Annual Columbus Day Parade was filled with faith and fun, as the faithful gathered at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Oct. 12 for morning Mass and then joined large crowds of spectators lining Fifth Avenue to enjoy the marching bands, colorfully costumed dancers, and floats that bounced up and down as the people aboard them danced to traditional Italian tunes.
New York’s Catholic bishops praised Gov. Kathy Hochul’s decision to opt New York into a new federal scholarship tax credit program that will allow taxpayers to receive a federal credit for donations to nonprofit scholarship-granting organizations that help families pay for education-related expenses.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani unveiled a sweeping new strategy aimed at combating antisemitism in New York City, pledging millions of dollars for security, education, and hate-crime prevention programs as Jewish New Yorkers continue to account for more than half of the city’s reported hate crimes.
Personal trainer Daniel McKenna and Catholic wellness influencer Isabella Orlando organized a new event, the Catholic Workout, at a Greenwich Village gym on Oct. 4 to bring young adults together for fitness and fellowship.
Calpulli Mexican Dance Company’s community classes help dancers connect with Mexican culture, faith and tradition through folkloric dance.
Displaying Our Lady of Guadalupe on nails has become increasingly popular among Latina Catholics — something experts say can become a tool for evangelization, provided it comes from a place of prayer and reflection.
One week after his beatification, a first-class relic of Blessed Fulton J. Sheen was received at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Oct. 1, marking what Archbishop Ronald Hicks called a “homecoming” for the famed Catholic evangelist and former New York auxiliary bishop.
Leaders of an interfaith coalition of human rights advocacy organizations brought a portion of the Gaza Children’s Shroud to the U.N.
Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen — the 20th-century American theologian, evangelizer, Catholic communications pioneer, teacher and preacher — is now Blessed Fulton Sheen.
John Reemmer started a summer job in 1964 with no idea he was crossing paths with someone on the way to sainthood: Archbishop Fulton Sheen.
