Lauren Holovka is walking a fine line to ensure that brides have a smooth walk down the aisle when the coronavirus crisis finally ends.
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Helping Those ‘Holding Strong’ on the Front Line
As a Navy Hospital Corpsman stationed in North Carolina, 26-year-old Jonathan Cordova is used to keeping up with his family on Long Island using FaceTime, a new norm for many during this time of social distancing.
Healthcare Workers Get Big ‘Thank You’
A literal show of thanks has appeared outside what’s become the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak at Elmhurst Hospital in Queens.
Emergency Task Force A Mission of Faith
Three weeks ago, Vincent LeVien’s day-to-day activities looked much different than they do right now. Taking a phone call from the streets of New York City with sirens blaring in the distance, on a Friday afternoon he is already in the thick of delivering personal protective equipment (PPE) to doctors, nurses, FDNY, EMS and police forces across the New York metropolitan area.
The Battle Begins: Hospital Ships Help Fight Coronavirus
United States Navy personnel are coming to come to the aid of their fellow Americans aboard two floating hospitals that have docked on both coasts.
New York Cardinal Hopes Coronavirus Crisis Stirs ‘Newfound Respect’ for Life
There’s been no shortage of issues on which New York’s governor and cardinal have clashed, but in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic they find themselves united – with the cardinal hoping this crisis leads to newfound respect for the value of all human life.
Mount Sinai Seeks Volunteers in Developing Antibody COVID-19 Tests
Mount Sinai Hospital and its Icahn School of Medicine are on the frontlines in a race to defeat the coronavirus outbreak.
Impromptu Parade Marches Fifth Ave.
Usually On St. Patrick’s Day, the bells ringing from St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan are heard by more than 100,000 marchers and at least a million spectators along one and a half miles of Fifth Ave. But for the first time in more than 250 years, the annual parade was postponed amidst concerns of COVID-19.
UPDATE: Brooklyn Diocese Catholic Academies and Parish Schools to Remain Closed Until April 20
The Superintendent of Catholic Schools in the Archdiocese of New York, Michael J. Deegan, has announced that the archdiocese will close all elementary schools, effective Monday, March 16 until Friday, March 20.
Only in Print: New York Women Push For Equal Church ‘Rites’
On International Women’s Day, March 8, 11 women and men gathered across the street from the United Nations to stand for equal rights — and rites — in the Catholic Church.