Amid the skyscrapers of Lower Manhattan, Saint Peter’s Church continues to shine as a living link to New York’s earliest Catholic roots. On October 5, Archdiocese of New York Auxiliary Bishop Edmund Whalen, vicar for clergy, celebrated 240 years of faith, history, and community at the state’s first Catholic parish.
About 700 people, at least half of whom were 30 or younger, marked the anniversary of the saint's death at Our Lady of Good Counsel.
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Steven Schwankert
| 10/06/2026
Fr. Luigi Portarulo explores what we can learn from Martha and Jesus in today’s Gospel. Listening is a simple and powerful way of loving someone.
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The Good Newsroom
| 10/06/2026
The Franciscan Friars of the Atonement hosted the Sharing Hope Celebration in Manhattan.