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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1995
Page
7
An estimated 2 million Muslims plan to travel to Mecca for the Hay pilgrimage from May 8 to May 10. Pilgrims wear two white unstitched sheets, circle the Ka'bah, perform stone throwing, and celebrate with a feast and sacrifice. The journey seeks inner peace and spiritual renewal.
The 21st annual Easter Festival of the Arts opens with The Old Time Gospel Radio Hour at Atone ment Lutheran Church in Syracuse. May events include Tapestry at St Stephen Church, the Marcellus Chorale at Good Shepherd, Bones East at St Pauls in Liverpool, and An Ascension Day Happen ing at First English Lutheran. Free admission. Also listed are musical concerts, church services, fundraisers, and a garage sale, all across Syracuse area churches. Compiled by Jim Reilly.
The Rev. Frank Cordaro, freed after a federal sentence for protest at Offutt Air Force Base, says he will likely return to demonstrations. He remains a priest in good standing and plans to dedicate his life to nuclear weapons protests as an act of conscience.
The International Angel Awards by Excellence in Media praised writers journalists and groups for moral influence. Honorees in New York include Christy by Catherine Marshall Guideposts, Citsnope International aiding children in the post Chernobyl region, and lifetime awards to Diane Sawyer and Helen Thomas.
Messiah Presbyterian in East Lubbock launched PS Go For It awarding 54 Iles Elementary students shoes via Foot Locker gift certificates. The effort aims to boost behavior and effort, with 54 more pairs planned next semester at about $11,000 total cost.
Birmingham singer Dorothy Love Coates recalls joining the Gospel Harmonettes in 1947 and reaching Carnegie Hall in 1953 with I Am Sealed. She credits divine inspiration for her career, notes Mahalia Jackson urged her He’s on Time, and reflects on four decades in gospel with the Harmonettes and later Dorothy Love Coates Singers.
A Syracuse writer profiles Travis and Travan Jasper, two University of Chicago Medical School students from a troubled background. The dean praises their integrity and leadership as proof that belief in common humanity should guide policy, education, and support for single mothers, opportunity, and positive youth outcomes.
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