Meet the 2024 Ordinandi Class for the Archdiocese of New York

| 05/20/2024

By: Mary Shovlain

Cardinal Dolan will ordain seminarians to the priesthood at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Saturday, May 25 at 9 AM. One of the men being ordained is Deacon Jonathan Castro of Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Parish (Manhattan).

We sat down with him for an interview at St. Joseph’s Seminary ahead of his ordination to talk about hearing God’s call and how he sees his mission as a priest for God’s people.

Keep our new priests in your prayers and visit https://nypriest.com/to learn more!

“This isn’t just about reopening a school, it’s also about innovating,” Cardinal Dolan told The Good Newsroom during the Catholic Schools Week stop.

By:

Steven Schwankert

| 01/30/2026

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Deacon Joseph Haas joins us to show his appreciation and also share his welcoming message to Archbishop-designate Ronald Hicks, the archbishop he will be ordained a priest under.

By:

Patrick Grady

| 01/30/2026

The Vatican’s ambassador to the United States represents the pope at the Installation Mass of Archbishop Ronald A. Hicks on February 6.

By:

Mary Shovlain

| 01/30/2026