Mounting challenges don’t stop local churches
As the Coronavirus continues its spread, Churches in the South Bronx are adjusting to the challenges of providing food and prayer services to their congregations, even as their own finances…
St. Roch members continue fight for their church
The Archdiocese's decree states that the church would remain “open for public worship,” but that “Masses and other sacraments will not be celebrated on a regular basis at the church…
St. Roch Church’s appeal delayed
Parishioners from the Church of St. Roch are still waiting for the Vatican's final decision on whether the church will be merged as part of the Archdiocese of New York's…
Congregation prays to keep its church
Elderly churchgoers at a Mott Haven church slated for closure say its disappearance would hurt the community.
St. Roch on the chopping block
St. Roch’s parishioners are deeply distraught that their church on Wales Avenue is slated to close , after the Archdiocese of New York announced the largest reorganization in its history.
St. Jerome’s faced with closure
A venerable Catholic school faces the axe in Mott Haven.
Students bid sad farewell to Pius V High School
Students and teachers fought a losing battle to save the only high school on the Archdiocese of New York's list of "at-risk" schools slated for closing.
St. Pius V high school faces closing
Faced with declining enrollments and rising costs, the Archdiocese of New York plans to close 32 schools, including a high school in Mott Haven.