Paula Katinas

A child watches the Macy’s Fourth of July fireworks in New York City July 4, 2021. (Photo: CNS/Andrew Kelly, Reuters)

There are 11 American saints. The Tablet takes a look at their legacies as the nation celebrates its bicentennial year.

“The Monsignor Sherman Council is a very active council,” says Father Kevin McBrien (center), who adds that he was not surprised by the members’ eagerness to mark the nation’s 250th birthday and the consecration of the nation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Pictured with Father McBrien (left to right) are Father John Fullem, Grand Knight Chris Russo, Mike Hennessy, and Knight Frank Kotnik. (Photos: Courtesy of Frank Kotnik)

COLLEGE POINT — Maribel Perez admires St. Teresa of Calcutta. In particular, she is inspired by the work the woman known as Mother Teresa did with the poor and destitute.

The Class of 1976 returned to Sacred Heart Catholic Academy in Queens to dig up a Bicentennial time capsule they buried 50 years ago.

At 96, John McAlinden is nearly as old as his beloved St. Thérèse of Lisieux Church, which is celebrating its 100th year in Brooklyn.

John Barry, a merchant-turned naval hero during the Revolutionary War, helped form the U.S. Navy in the nation’s infancy. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons) PROSPECT HEIGHTS — Despite being a small percentage of the population in the original 13 colonies, Catholics played a crucial role in the Revolutionary War and the birth of the new nation.

Join Raisa Diaz as she leads a prayer group to ask God to help priests at Blessed Sacrament Church and other churches.

In the same spot where St. Elizabeth Ann Seton raised her five children, the Sisters of Life are helping mothers-to-be.

Discover how St. Elizabeth Ann Seton knew two of America's Founding Fathers and her ties to history in New York high society.