After 30 years of feeding people on the Sisters of St. Joseph campus in Brentwood, Long Island, Joseph Pacifico Sr. is giving the congregation a different kind of helping — in the form of a $1.5 million donation.
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Paulie’s Final Push Honors 9/11 Flight Crews, One Mile at a Time
Twenty-five years after the terrorist attacks, retired United Airlines flight attendant Paul Veneto is making his fifth and final “Paulie’s Push,” a 28-day journey from Boston to ground zero honoring the flight crews he calls the “first, first responders” of 9/11.
Brooklyn Teen’s Eagle Scout Project Aims to Preserve 9/11 Memorial Wall
Every year on the anniversary of Sept. 11, Carlos and Brenda Rodriguez bring their son Giancarlo to a candlelight vigil at a memorial wall in their neighborhood. Ahead of this year’s ceremony, Giancarlo gathered a group of friends to repaint the wall and ensure people never forget the loss of life.
9/11 Survivor’s High Heels Carry Her Story of Escape and Faith Into History
Joanne Capestro is a frequent visitor to the National 9/11 Memorial & Museum, and whenever she goes there, she is always drawn to one exhibit. There, in a glass case, is a pair of Nine West high heels — the shoes she was wearing when she walked down 87 flights of stairs to escape the North Tower.
Supper Series: St. Sebastian Church, Donovan’s Pub Both Stand as Pillars in Queens
Donovan’s Pub, modeled after a traditional Irish pub, opened on the corner of Roosevelt Avenue and 58th Street in 1966. It’s across the street from St. Sebastian Church, which has stood at its current location since 1955.
US Faithful Craft World Mission Rosaries For Archbishop Sheen’s Beatification
A parish-based rosary-making ministry in Kentucky is on a mission to create 1,000 World Mission Rosaries for the beatification of Venerable Fulton J. Sheen.
NY Bishops Call For Prayers as MAID Takes Effect
With assisted suicide officially becoming legal across New York on Aug. 5, the state’s Catholic bishops are calling for prayers, noting that “our elected officials have turned the notion of ‘death with dignity’ on its head.”
Queens Street Named After 9/11 FDNY Hero Gets New Sign
As thousands of people were running out of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, FDNY Lt. Kenneth Phelan was running in. On July 22, his family gathered with FDNY members and City Council representatives to unveil a new red street sign bearing his name on the Maspeth block where he lived.
Court Shields Women Religious From New York Assisted Suicide Law
A federal judge July 30 temporarily shielded four orders of women religious and Catholic healthcare ministries from enforcement of a New York state law allowing physicians to aid terminally ill adults in dying by suicide.
Diocese of Brooklyn’s Haitian Catholics Turn to Faith After Temporary Status Ends
As mass deportations loomed following the end of Temporary Protected Status for Haiti on July 27, members of the island nation’s diaspora filled St. Jerome Church seeking spiritual solace and direction.