New York City experienced the largest increase in homelessness of any city in the country between 2022 and 2023, according to an April report from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Over 120,000 people reside in the city’s shelter system, and more than 4,000 live unsheltered in public spaces.
To help people who approach St. Patrick’s Cathedral for assistance, Colin Nykaza, Director of Evangelization and Service Outreach at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, contacted City Relief, a Christian nonprofit organization that creates pop-up outreach events in New York City and New Jersey to help the homeless. Together with Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church they hosted their first onsite homeless outreach.
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The faithful carried the Blessed Sacrament through the Upper West Side and Central Park on Sunday in a public witness to the source and summit of the Christian life.
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Mary Shovlain
| 06/09/2026
En anticipación del 250.º aniversario de la firma de la Declaración de Independencia, los obispos de Estados Unidos consagrarán el país al Sagrado Corazón de Jesús el 11 de junio, durante su asamblea plenaria de primavera en Orlando, Florida.
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OSV News
| 06/09/2026
Parishes around the country are encouraged to join the bishops in celebrating the consecration of our nation to the Sacred Heart.