Paula Katinas

Thomas Berry Place, which has been housing migrants from Central and South America for the past two years, has opened its doors to people in need from the other side of the globe.

BEDFORD-STUYVESANT — Anna Baker, a parishioner of Our Lady of Victory Church in Bedford-Stuyvesant who has lived in her neighborhood for decades, knows first-hand New York City’s affordable housing crunch.

Scaffolding has already been erected on one side of the church in preparation for extensive repair work. (Photo: Courtesy of Zaskorski Associates Architects)

Deacon Heriberto Cabrera (pictured taking part in a procession with Bishop Robert Brennan) holds a Master’s Degree in Theology but said the church welcomes deacons without college degrees. “Jesus didn’t make the disciples show him a diploma,” he said. (Photo: Courtesy of Deacon Heriberto Cabrera)

Gerard Connolly (right) prepared for the world premiere of his show “Revelation” by rehearsing in his living room with daughters Joanna, Shannon, and Rachael (left to right) and musician Juan-Carlo Gallego. (Photos: Katie Vasquez)

QUEENS VILLAGE — Dominique Pastrana went on the journey of a lifetime this July and came home as a changed person.

Elizabeth Catez (left) is pictured as a young woman before she entered the Carmelite convent at the age of 21. St. Elizabeth of the Trinity was a prodigious writer, sending 76 letters on her observations of the Catholic faith over seven months in 1906.

The tradition of Catholic women wearing veils to church, which all but disappeared after Vatican II, is seeing something of a revival these days — if a boost in sales at Veronica Marrinan’s clothing company is any indication.

The start of the school year will mark a turning point for St. Saviour Catholic Academy in Park Slope. This year will likely be the last one in which students have to spend their recreation periods playing on the closed-off street outside the building.

In a hamlet on the banks of the Hudson River 50 miles north of New York City, a group of Franciscan friars are quietly changing lives. The Franciscan Friars of the Atonement operate St. Christopher’s Inn, a ministry in upstate New York dedicated to rehabilitating men in crisis by providing them with spiritual healing. As part of their mission, the friars also run an on-site substance abuse treatment program licensed by the New York State Department of Health.