With the blowing of the shofar, or ram’s horn, at the end of Yom Kippur, Judaism’s High Holy Days concluded on Thursday evening. They began with…
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BY REV. DONNA SCHAPER | James Baldwin, one of many famous visitors to Greenwich Village, is said to have said in 1967: “We need to…
BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Hallelujah! St. Veronica’s Church has reportedly been removed from the Catholic Archdiocese of New York’s sale list — at least…
BY REV. DONNA SCHAPER | Can there be such a thing as too much community? Judson Memorial Church in New York City has an iconic…
BY KATE WALTER | This was my second pandemic Easter. My niece had invited me to an outdoor dinner with a smaller crowd than in…
L.G.B.T. activists rallied outside St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Easter Sunday in response to the recent Vatican document banning church blessings for same-sex couples. Called a…
So much is out of whack in our world right now. But, in one uplifting constant, as they have done for more than a decade…
Local faith communities of the East Village will present their 12th annual Spiritual Sounds event virtually on Sun., Jan. 24, starting at 5 p.m. It…
BY CHARLEY CRESPO | Updated Tues., Nov. 3, 1:45 p.m.: Dozens of homeless and poor New Yorkers were stunned on Saturday afternoon when they came…
Frank Morales, a former pastor at St. Mark’s Church in the Bowery in the East Village, wrote this piece on Dec. 8, 2001, after visiting…