19+ hour, 28+ min ago  (481+ words) by Father Pedro Angucho On June 20, with great joy and a spirit of Christian fellowship, more than 1, 400 people gathered at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, to participate in the annual Movimiento de Cursillos de…...

18+ hour, 4+ min ago  (668+ words) EAST FLATBUSH " Journi Brielle Forester knows where she wants to spend the next four years. The rising eighth grader came to Cristo Rey Brooklyn's SPARK summer program with her sights set on the school itself, using the three weeks not…...

19+ hour, 47+ min ago  (473+ words) The Sisters of St. Dominic of Amityville on Long Island and Blessed Sacrament Roman Catholic Church in Buffalo have each received a grant from The New York Landmarks Conservancy to help restore their stained glass windows. Announced by the conservancy…...

22+ hour, 57+ min ago  (545+ words) (OSV News) " A woman religious in Mc Allen, Texas, told OSV News the "power of prayer" was key to the release of a religious sister detained by U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as she walked to Sunday Mass " but foreign-born religious…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (602+ words) by Father James Rodriguez Happy birthday, America! For 250 years, God has walked with the people of this great nation, founded on the principles of freedom, truth, and justice. In his providence, he has given us readings today that match not…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (297+ words) Father Patrick Keating has been appointed president and CEO of Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens, effective July 1, the organization announced. He replaces Msgr. Alfred Lo Pinto, who is retiring after 12 years in the role. The post Father Patrick Keating Appointed…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (544+ words) BUSHWICK " Thousands of Catholics took their faith from the pews to the streets in a Eucharistic procession that wound its way through Ridgewood and Bushwick on the afternoon of June 28. The procession, in which a monstrance containing the Blessed Sacrament…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (594+ words) On June 24, students and teachers from The Belle Harbor School (P. S. /M. S. 114) honored the 89-year-old crossing guard with a small parade to the street corner she has steadfastly guarded for 48 years. Murray, who retired at the end of the school year, said…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (511+ words) ASTORIA " When Ryan Attard graduated from St. Joseph Catholic Academy in June, he was $500 richer thanks to a prize-winning essay he wrote about his family's immigrant roots. Both of his parents " mom, Angie Cutajar, and dad, Kevin Attard " are the…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (1105+ words) by Jeff Grant, The Catholic Sun and OSV News (OSV News) Five Catholic bishops from the United States-Mexico border region led a day of pastoral accompaniment in Nogales, Arizona, and Nogales, Mexico, on June 26 as the United States approaches its…...