How America’s first saint nearly went down with the R.M.S. Titanic
The little known story of St. Mother Cabrini’s last transatlantic crossing. They would be disappointed of course. They wanted to see her one more time before she left for New York. They were also working to secure passage for her, Sister Antony, and Sister Mary aboard this grand new ship that was to depart from […]
New York City takes to the Streets for the Holy Innocents
New Yorkers encounter supernatural hope. [New York, NY – December 30, 2020] Photography and text by Jeffrey Bruno. As the darkness of night gave way to the dawning day on the streets of New York City, stormy skies opened and a gentle rain began to fall. The city streets, slick with rain, reflected the falling […]
The Church that Rose when the Towers Fell
This story definitely shows how Providence works: Read why the church near the World Trade Center was there at all. [New York, NY – September 11, 2019] By Jeffrey Bruno – In 1785 when the cornerstone was set for what would be the first parish church in New York State, the builders would have been […]
New York City’s Day of Saving Grace
Witness two heroic acts of faith in the heart of the Big Apple. [New York, NY – February 12, 2019] Photography and text by Jeffrey Bruno -It didn’t take place in a cathedral or some famous place. There weren’t any cardinals or bishops present. In fact, it began quietly in a church nestled within Midtown […]
A Triumph of Faith and Love in the Face of a Pandemic
The First Profession of Sister Lucia Marie OP [Summit, NJ – March 20, 2020] Photography and text by Jeffrey Bruno It was possible that no one would be able to attend. With only a few days before the Sr. Lucia’s First Profession, they learned that her brother, a seminarian in Maryland, couldn’t come. Her parents […]
The Prayer of the Atheist
Be as loud as you want, something inside us won’t be silenced… Don’t judge me, but I love heavy metal music. In fact, I spent the first half of my adult life completely immersed in the genre. It has a certain guttural power that other forms of music lack, and there’s something deeply visceral and […]
The Legend of the Wild Horses of Corolla
There are many tales of how they got there, including one involving the establishment of a Spanish Dominican settlement. The wild horses that haunt the drifting sands of North Carolina’s Outer Banks are ghosts of an age gone by. Their presence there is veiled in mystery, as the story of their origins perished with the […]