23 April 2011
Members of the Mott Haven community join St. Jerome’s congregation in a bilingual observance of Stations of The Cross. Catholics around the world celebrate this time-worn ritual, during which worshippers follow a procession down local streets in commemoration of Christ’s last hours. St. Jerome’s church was founded by an Irish immigrant in 1869, and now […]
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22 April 2011
To commemorate the Last Supper, over 60 parishioners at St.Peter's Episcopal Church, took part in their first Passover meal.
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22 April 2011
South Bronx high school seniors talk to middle schoolers about sex.
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22 April 2011
Senator Ruben Diaz, Sr. and Radio Vision Cristiana, a New Jersey-based Spanish-language AM radio station that broadcasts religious programming, are planning a march in opposition to the legalization of same-sex marriage. The march, slated for May 15, will be held in the Bronx (starting at noon the participants will march from 149th Street and Third […]
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22 April 2011
Over 150 Catholic Bronxites attended the mass of the Lord's last supper on Thursday at Holy Cross Church in Clason Point. Rev. Peter Pomposello reenacted the washing of the feet--a ritual that replicates Christ's action of cleansing the feet of his 12 disciples before his last passover meal. See our slide show.
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20 April 2011
Over the last two decades, the crime rate in the Bronx has dropped considerably. Or has it? The Bronx Ink took a closer look at the story behind the stats.
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19 April 2011
Residents and family members at Atria Senior Living attend a Passover Seder in Riverdale.
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17 April 2011
St. Mary's Orthodox Church in the Bedford Park neighborhood mainly serves an Indian community of worshippers. It was established in 1972. As time passed, members of the congregation gradually moved to New Jersey, upstate New York, or Pennsylvania. But distance did not cut their ties to the church. On Apr. 17, they gathered again for Palm Sunday. See the slideshow.
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