Votive Mass of St. Gianna: An Evening of Prayer for Couples Suffering Infertility and Miscarriage
| 05/21/2025
By: The Good Newsroom
On Friday, May 16, at The Church of St. Catherine of Siena on the Upper East Side in Manhattan, Bishop Edmund J. Whalen, vicar for clergy, presided over the special annual Mass co-sponsored by the Archdiocese of New York, the Dominican Friars Healthcare Ministry, and the Gianna Center for Women’s Health & Fertility.
The Mass focuses on prayer for couples suffering from infertility and miscarriage and usually takes place during the time of the anniversary of the canonization of Saint Gianna. Saint Gianna was an Italian pediatrician who refused an abortion, despite being aware of the potentially fatal consequences, to preserve her child’s life.
Serving first as a social studies and religion teacher at Hayes beginning in 1971, he later also became a guidance counselor, before taking over as principal in 2008.
By:
The Good Newsroom
| 06/16/2025
La reunión al aire libre en Garrison también fue una Misa del Jubileo de la Esperanza.
By:
Armando Machado
| 06/16/2025
The outdoor gathering in Garrison was also a Jubilee of Hope Mass.