343 years ago today in 1683 the Battle of Vienna occurred
The Winged Hussars and Kind of Poland smashed the Ottoman Horde and saved Christendom
Analysts have suggested the date of 9/11 was chosen because of this battle
For people of faith, memory is a noble virtue and a duty. I’m talking to you on the 25th anniversary of 9/11, which affected the entire nation, the whole world, but especially here, in New York. It’s a day of memory. We will never, ever forget the names, the people, what happened, and also, that we came back stronger than ever. @thegnewsroom
This young lady is such an inspiration 🇺🇸🙏🇺🇸 God continue to bless her.
🚨INCREDIBLE: On September 11, 2001, about 140 infants and toddlers were inside the Pentagon’s Child Development Center when American Airlines Flight 77 hit the building.
Hanna Born was one of them. She was 3.
She remembers the dance ribbons. Then she remembers a hallway. Nothing in between.
Her baby sister Heather was there too — 4 months old.
Every child was evacuated. Not one was harmed.
Their mother, then a lieutenant colonel (later Brigadier General Dana Born), was at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling and had no idea what was happening until it was over. Their father raced through gridlocked traffic to find them.
A few days later he took Hanna back — not to scare her, but so she could see recovery workers still digging, still showing up.
That daycare closed in 2004. The memory did not.
Hanna graduated from the Air Force Academy. Today she is a Captain and TH-1H Huey instructor pilot at Fort Rucker, training the next generation of Army helicopter pilots.
On September 11, 2025 she started running.
2,977 miles. One for every person murdered that day.
She averages just over 8 miles a day. With every mile she says a name out loud.
She once heard that people die twice: once when they stop breathing, and again the last time someone says their name.
Her goal is simple. Make sure that second death never happens.
She finishes the last mile on September 11, 2026 — exactly 25 years after she was carried out of a hallway she barely remembers.
2,977 miles.
2,977 names.
One woman who was too young to understand what happened to her, now old enough to make sure no one else forgets.
Never Forget.
The Church Has Been Saying These Women's Names at Every Mass for Over 1,500 Years, and Most Catholics Don't Know Who They Are
Most of us recite the prayers. Few of us know the lives behind them. That's about to change.
One was nine months pregnant in a Roman prison.
One was twelve years old.
One was a servant. One was a noblewoman.
They came from different centuries, different countries, different lives.
But they all faced the same choice.
And they all answered the same way.
Their names are spoken out loud in the Roman Canon at every single Mass. Not as a ceremony. Not as a ritual gesture. As a real prayer, with real names, for real people who actually lived and died.
St. Perpetua. St. Felicity. St. Agatha. St. Lucy. St. Agnes. St. Cecilia. St. Anastasia.
You've heard those names. Probably dozens of times. But do you know their stories?
Perpetua was a young mother from a noble family. Felicity was her pregnant servant. They were imprisoned together in Carthage in 203. Felicity gave birth in prison just days before they were both sent into the arena.
Agnes was about 12 or 13 years old when she was martyred in Rome.
Agatha refused a Roman official who wanted her to abandon her vow to God. She was tortured and died in prison.
Lucy gave away what she had to the poor and stayed faithful to Christ until she was killed during the Diocletian persecution.
The Church did not forget them. It kept saying their names at Mass for centuries.
Here is the question their lives keep asking:
If your faith actually cost you something, not your comfort but your safety, your freedom, your life, would you still hold on to it?
That is not a rhetorical question. It is the one they answered.
Next time you are at Mass, listen for their names. You will hear them differently now.
Share this if someone in your life deserves to know their story.
In today’s homily, I reflected on a simple but important truth: no matter how much we try to fill our lives with food, drink, or material things, none of it can truly satisfy the deepest longing of the heart. Only our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, can satisfy our souls.
In honor of 9/11 Hero Firefighter John G. Chipura, Engine 219, a blood drive will be held to help save lives and continue his legacy of service.
Saturday, March 7, 2026
9 AM – 3 PM
Our Lady Help of Christians Church
7396 Amboy Rd, Staten Island
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani skipped the installation ceremony of Ronald Hicks as the new Catholic Archbishop of New York, an event that civic leaders in major cities typically attend as a sign of respect for the local Catholic community, which makes up roughly one-third of the city’s population.
Ilhan Omar tried to shut down the “millionaire” claims by saying: “My salary is $174,000 before taxes.”
Ilhan says she doesn’t have money and that she’s paying off her student loans…but has a net worth of over $30M from her husbands companies…who in 2023…had a net worth of $51,000.
How about night prayer? Before we go to bed, we turn to the Lord in gratitude and sometimes with contrition. We bookend our days with the morning offering and our nightly prayers. Boy, that’s a practice worth recovering! @thegnewsroom
Seeing the Pink Panther main theme performed live is unreal. Henry Mancini conducting, Plas Johnson on sax like the original recording, and the Terry Gibbs Band locking in behind him.
Film music history happening in real time.
Continued Christmas blessings! I'm fascinated by the Nativity scene. You see Mary, Joseph, the angels, the shepherds, even the animals, looking at Jesus. That's not a bad way to go through life! @thegnewsroom
Today is Michaelmas.
The autumn feast of St. Michael the Archangel: guardian of high places, weigher of souls, heavenly warrior against evil, defender against the dark.
Below, the light strikes the high altar at the Magnificat for Michaelmas Vespers.