Archive for 'Religion'
Church worries about pantry’s future
Posted on 14. Nov, 2011 by ftelegrafi.
Since 1994, Give Them to Eat Ministries has been feeding hundreds of needy people each week. The need is growing, but the funds are shrinking.
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Alumni return to Mott Haven for a big birthday
Posted on 13. Oct, 2010 by Felipe Cabrera.
St. Luke’s School is marking a past that stretches back a century by looking forward. At its 100th birthday celebration on Oct. 2, the school announced a $2 million fund-raising campaign in an effort to salute the past by securing the future.
At a time when the Archdiocese of New York is closing Catholic schools, the parish school on East 139th Street in Mott Haven is determined to be around for many more anniversaries.
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In the news, August 22-28
Posted on 23. Aug, 2010 by Bernard L. Stein.
A gathering of evangelical Hispanic Christians in St. Mary’s Park on Labor Day will bring thousands of the faithful to Mott Haven, its organizers say. They will celebrate the 80th birthday of Rev. Yiye Avila and the 50th year of his ministry, according to state Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr., one of the organizers of the [...]
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Mott Haven ministry has four-legged helper
Posted on 09. Aug, 2010 by Juan De Jesus.
A yellow Labrador helps teach children in an after-school program One Saturday five years ago 28-year-old Andrew Mann drove his budget truck from Poplar Bluff, Missouri to Mott Haven. Ever since, the young minister has been overseeing the day-to-day activities at Graffiti “2” Ministries on Brook Avenue and East 141st Street. If you ask those [...]
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Archbishop of Canterbury visits St. Ann’s
Posted on 02. Feb, 2010 by Bernard L. Stein.
The Archbishop of Canterbury visited St. Ann’s Church on Jan. 27 to gain an understanding of the work the the Episcopal Church does with the poor. Rev. Martha Overall, the pastor of the Mott Haven church, showed Archbishop Rowan Williams the church’s Wednesday food pantry. She told the archbishop, who is the symbolic head of [...]
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Melrose friary campaigns against pre-marital sex
Posted on 07. Dec, 2009 by Chris Prentice.
The Corazón Puro (Pure Heart) program encourages abstinence to reduce teen pregnancy
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African Muslims sink roots in Mott Haven
Posted on 04. Nov, 2009 by Sergey Kadinsky.
“This is us: we work in car washes, factories, and drive taxis,” said Degumeh Sillah, 60, an African art dealer. A Bronx resident since 1972, Sillah expressed pride at the religious transformation of the area. “The mosque on 166th Street,” he said, “that’s a former nightclub.”
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Mosque focuses on Muslim unity
Posted on 04. Nov, 2009 by Sergey Kadinsky.
In contrast to its quick early growth in the Middle East, the spread of Islam in West Africa was gradual, members of the Ebun Abass mosque point out. Merchants and traveling scholars brought the religion with them. “They first asked people to accept that there is no god except Allah,” said Djounedou Titikpina, founder of [...]
