Economic concerns among voters likely played a key role in former President Donald Trump’s defeat of Vice President Kamala Harris, analysts told OSV News. Early exit polls indicated economic concerns ranked among the top issues for voters, and that Catholic voters may have undergone a significant shift to the right since 2020.
If you’ve ever wanted to get a behind-the-scenes look at a parish and the people who make it thrive, now’s your chance. Currents News, the nightly television news program on NET-TV produced by DeSales Media Group (the communications and technology ministry of the Diocese of Brooklyn), presents a new season of “Pulse of the Parish.”
After sustaining severe burns in a Feb. 18 explosion, Haitian Bishop Pierre-André Dumas of Anse-á-Veau and Miragoâne has arrived at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, where he will receive additional treatment and recover from his injuries.
Sister Lucide Maytrott, O.P., Sister Jean Toolan, IHM, Patricia M. Brennan,
Acclaimed singer and songwriter Michael Zabrocki just released his seventh CD of devotional music. The director of music ministries at Holy Trinity Church in Whitestone is a multi-talented musician whose new album is inspired by the Sisters of the Visitation in Bay Ridge. His hope is to spread the devotion of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Liturgically, today offers us the “once every six years because of leap year” combination of the Fourth Sunday of Advent and Christmas Eve occurring on the same day. Today’s Gospel, St. Luke’s narrative on the Annunciation, finds its nine-months-later fulfillment in the proclamation of the Birth of Christ that we will hear in just a few hours.
PROSPECT HEIGHTS — Entering 2024, New York state will create a commission to consider reparations for African American residents. Up against a Dec. 31 deadline, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill on Dec. 19 to establish the panel. New York legislators originally passed the bill to create the commission back in June. “Today, we are […]
Catleya Carnakie-Brown relished the moment she was presented with her giant $1,000 check for the fundraiser. “That was such a big moment for me. I’m going to cherish that for a long time,” she said. Catleya, a sixth grader at St. Clare Catholic Academy, tied for third place when she sold 11 subscriptions. She employed […]
Timothy McComb wants to be a YouTube influencer when he grows up. He certainly proved his ability to influence when he sold 23 subscriptions to The Tablet, a feat that earned him second place in the fundraiser. Timothy, a second grader at Holy Child Jesus Catholic Academy, admitted that selling the subscriptions wasn’t an easy […]
Shaheen Johnson thought Wednesday, Nov. 1, was going to be a normal school day for him at St. Clare Catholic Academy in Rosedale, where he is in the sixth grade. The day turned out to be anything but normal. “I came to school. I saw my friends. We were in our class and we were […]
