Blessing of the Food: Holy Saturday at Saint John the Evangelist With Cardinal Dolan
| 04/23/2025
By: The Good Newsroom
On Holy Saturday, dozens of parishioners of Saint John the Evangelist in Mahopac brought in Easter baskets full of food to be blessed by His Eminence, Timothy Cardinal Dolan.
Father Kurpios, the presiding pastor at Saint John’s, explained that the blessing of the Easter food is an ancient Eastern European Holy Saturday tradition.
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Detective A. Stephens visited the school on Tuesday to give students an inside look at what a career in the New York Police Department could look like and how the organization offers individual support to its members during their time with the service.
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Patrick Grady
| 05/14/2025
Today we celebrate St. Matthias, who was chosen to join the Apostles after the end of Judas.
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The Good Newsroom
| 05/14/2025
The Associated Church Press (ACP) recently recognized The Good Newsroom, the digital newsroom of the Archdiocese of New York, in its annual Best of the Church Press Contest with an Award of Excellence, the highest-level recognition, in three categories: website, integrated communications, and visual communications for a feature video.