MARCH AND MASS TODAY AT BROOKLYN’S CO-CATHEDRAL OF ST. JOSEPH
TO HONOR FIREFIGHTERS KILLED ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001

CURRENTS NEWS AND CRUX JOIN FORCES TO BRING AUDIENCES COMPREHENSIVE NEWS COVERAGE
OF THE WORLD MEETING OF FAMILIES IN IRELAND 

Currents News and Crux are partnering up to provide in-depth coverage of the World Meeting of Families in Dublin, Ireland.

Held every three years, the celebration hosts hundreds of thousands of people and is the world’s largest Catholic gathering of families. From August 21 through the 26, the World Meeting of Families will feature a three-day congress, international keynote speakers, workshops, talks, testimonies and an open-air mass with Pope Francis.

The meeting comes in the wake of a vote to reform abortion laws and nearly a decade after Ireland’s clerical sex abuse scandal first broke. Once deemed the most “Catholic country,” the Church in Ireland is in the midst of advocating a new chapter and mission for the family in the context of the 21^st century.

Currents News’ Liz Faublas will anchor coverage from New York, along with Ed Wilkinson, the Editor of The Tablet, and Jorge Domínguez, the Editor of Nuestra Voz. Currents’Correspondents Michelle Powers and Tim Harfmann report from Ireland. To lend analysis and expertise, Crux’s John Allen, Christopher White, Inés San Martín, Claire Giangravè, and Elise Harris will appear on the news program. Concurrently, Currents News’ reports will appear on Crux’s website.

During the week-long event, Crux and Currents News will explore theology, doctrine, liturgy, practices, and traditions of Catholicism in the context of the life of modern-day Catholics, giving full voice to disagreements and challenges facing the Church and believers.

Television coverage will take place on Monday, August 20 through Friday, August 24 on NET-TV’s Currents News at 7:30 pm EST.  Extended live coverage will begin with Pope Francis’ arrival in Dublin on Saturday, August 25 at 5:30 am EST, and then again on Sunday, August 26 at 4:15 am EST.

Currents News airs on NET-TV in the New York City area on Spectrum, channel 97; Optimum, channel 30; and Verizon Fios, channel 48. Live streaming is available at netny.tv.

CURRENTS NEWS AND CRUX JOIN FORCES TO BRING AUDIENCES COMPREHENSIVE NEWS COVERAGE
OF THE WORLD MEETING OF FAMILIES IN IRELAND 

Currents News and Crux are partnering up to provide in-depth coverage of the World Meeting of Families in Dublin, Ireland.

Held every three years, the celebration hosts hundreds of thousands of people and is the world’s largest Catholic gathering of families. From August 21 through the 26, the World Meeting of Families will feature a three-day congress, international keynote speakers, workshops, talks, testimonies and an open-air mass with Pope Francis.

The meeting comes in the wake of a vote to reform abortion laws and nearly a decade after Ireland’s clerical sex abuse scandal first broke. Once deemed the most “Catholic country,” the Church in Ireland is in the midst of advocating a new chapter and mission for the family in the context of the 21^st century.

Currents News’ Liz Faublas will anchor coverage from New York, while Correspondents Michelle Powers and Tim Harfmann report from Ireland. To lend analysis and expertise, Crux’s John Allen, Christopher White, Inés San Martín, Claire Giangravè, and Elise Harris will appear on the news program. Concurrently, Currents News’ reports will appear on Crux’s website.

During the week-long event, Crux and Currents News will explore theology, doctrine, liturgy, practices, and traditions of Catholicism in the context of the life of modern-day Catholics, giving full voice to disagreements and challenges facing the Church and believers.

Television coverage will take place on Monday, August 20 through Friday, August 24 on NET-TV’s Currents News at 7:30 pm EST.  Extended live coverage will begin with Pope Francis’ arrival in Dublin on Saturday, August 25 at 5:30 am EST, and then again on Sunday, August 26 at 4:15 am EST.

Currents News airs on NET-TV in the New York City area on Spectrum, channel 97; Optimum, channel 30; and Verizon Fios, channel 48. Live streaming is available at netny.tv.

NET-TV’S CURRENTS NEWS WINS TWO TELLY AWARDS

Currents News, New York’s daily Catholic television news show, has won two Telly Awards, in the General News and General Live Events categories.

The Rebuilding Puerto Rico series won in the General News category. In those reports, Jorge Dominguez, Editor of the Spanish language monthly newspaper Nuestra Voz, reported on the dire situation from the hurricane-ravaged island. Dominguez told the stories of a wrecked Church that became the hub of the recovery and of resilient people who looked for a silver lining amid the tragedy.

Coverage of the Pope in Chile & Peru won the Telly Award in the General Live Events category. New York’s Pope station provided extensive live coverage and analysis of the Pope’s historic trip to South America.

Telly Awards honor excellence in video and television across all screens. “The awards are a recognition of our team’s mission to provide excellent news coverage,” said Vito Formica, Executive Director of News Content & Development for DeSales Media Group, the communications arm for the Diocese of Brooklyn.

Currents News is produced by New Evangelization Television, an Emmy award-winning cable network of the Brooklyn Diocese featuring news and information with a Catholic point of view. It is available in the New York area on Spectrum, channel 97; Optimum, channel 30; and Verizon Fios, channel 48.

Congressman Joe Crowley (D-Queens, the Bronx), Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, Congressman Luis Gutiérrez (D-IL), Fr. Patrick J. Keating, Esq., Chief Executive Officer, Catholic Migration Services, and other faith-based leaders will speak out against the human rights violations at our southern border, while hosting an immigration services forum in Corona today, June 19, at 12:30 p.m.

Fr. Patrick J. Keating, Esq., Chief Executive Officer, Catholic Migration Services said, “It is inhumane to rip children from their parents’ arms; to punish innocent children, just to deter immigration.  We have all seen the images and heard the audio of poor, defenseless children crying for their parents.  There has to be a more just way of dealing with the current immigration crisis. The administration has the authority to stop this immediately so that vulnerable children do not suffer any more psychological trauma.  Surely, all people of good will can agree, that separating innocent children from their parents is not the answer.”

The forum is designed to inform immigrant and community members of the resources available to their families.

WHO
Congressman Joe Crowley, Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus
Congressman Luis Gutiérrez
Fr. Patrick J. Keating, Esq., CEO, Catholic Migration Services

WHEN
Tuesday, June 19, at 12:30 p.m.

WHERE
St. Leo’s Church
104-05 49^th Ave.
Corona, NY 11372

HUNDREDS TO GATHER IN PRAYER FOR GUATEMALA’S VOLCANO VICTIMS

Hundreds of Guatemalan Catholics will gather to pray for victims of the Guatemala volcano at two special Masses in Brooklyn and Queens. The Fuego Volcano’s eruption on June 3rd killed dozens. Hundreds are still missing in the country’s worst natural disaster in recent memory.

The first Mass will take place on Wednesday, June 20, 2018, at 7:30 pm at Saint Finbar Catholic Church, 138 Bay 20th Street, Brooklyn. The second Mass will be celebrated in Queens on Sunday, July 1, 2018, at 11 am at Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish, 88-19 Parsons Boulevard, Jamaica. Auxiliary Bishop Octavio Cisneros, Vicar for Hispanic Concerns, will be the celebrant for both Masses.

The collections taken will go to help the people of Guatemala.

Reporters interested in covering the Masses should contact Carolyn Erstad or Adriana Rodriguez in advance.