Faith Notebook and Church Schedules Across Central New York
Central New York faith calendar features Bethany Baptist Church Gospel Sing arama at 6 p.m. with choirs from the region to benefit The Learning Place and The Learning Place East. Other events include Our Lady of Peace healing services at 7 p.m. and a parish mission at St. Michael's focused on Jesus as the constant presence, with multiple services through midweek. Faith Gospel Family Church in Liverpool hosts Hearts Afire at 10 a.m. and Baldwinsville Assembly of God organizes Ray Mossholder's Marriage Plus Ministries with services through Sunday and Monday. Marian Prayer Group meets Tuesday at Holy Family Fairmount. East Syracuse First United Church dedicates a new wing with a Sunday celebration and barbecue. Solid Rock Family Christian Church hosts an anti-drug concert at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 30. Fayetteville Immaculate Conception hosts an arts evening to raise funds for Vera House and other homeless services, featuring Sister Laura Bufano and Sister Joan Sauro. Christ the King Church in Liverpool offers six Tuesday lectures following mass at 9:30 a.m.
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Baldwinsville
First United Church of
East Syracuse
Franklin Park Drive
Kirkville Road
Immaculate Conception
Fayetteville
Sisters of St. Joseph
New York
Vera House
Unity Acres
New Horizone
Cortland-Chenango Rural Services
Laura Bufano
Syracuse
Patricia St. John
Marion C. Honors
Joan Sauro
St. Joseph
Salt Springs Road
Christ the King
Liver Pools
Cela
Sprroual Renewal Center
Mariseay
Religious groups mobilize after Hurricane Marilyn damage
Catholic Charities USA and Church World Service coordinate disaster relief after Marilyn struck the U S Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. Nine dead and thousands homeless. CWS seeks 250000 dollars from denominations and the public to fund generators food and water. The agency assists FEMA and the Red Cross with relief supplies.
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Marilyn
U.S. Virgin Islands
Puerto Rico
Jane Gallagher
Catholic Charities USA
Church World Service
National Council of Churches
St. Croix
St. Thomas
Lawrence Turnipseed
CWS
Ecumenical
Federal Emergency Management Agency
American Red Cross
Million Man March held as holy day of atonement service
Clergy leaders of the Million Man March held a worship service at Howard University in Washington. The Oct 15 observance was consecrated as a holy day of atonement and reconciliation for black men nationwide. Attendees included Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan Rev George Augustus Stallings and Rev Benjamin Chavis. The event aimed to mobilize one million African American men to Washington to empower black America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Howard University
Washington, D.C
Nation of Islam
Lewi Farrakhan
George Augustus Stallings
Imam Temple
Benjamin Chavis
United Church of Christ Minster
The
NAACP
America
North Dakota church closes after 117 years
St Olaf Lutheran Church in Hillsboro ND folds after 117 years with five members remaining. Rev Cyrus Savereide, longtime pastor since 1941, delivers final sermon and the congregation votes to tear the building down ending a long parish era.
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North Dakota
Cyrus Lavereide
St. Olaf Lutheran Church
Hillsboro
N.D
Savereide
St. Olaf
Milk drinking idols spark crowds in New Delhi temples
Crowds gathered at New Delhi temples this week amid rumors that Hindu idols including Shiva Parvati Ganesh and Hanuman were drinking milk offered by devotees. Some worshippers believed the miracle while others doubted, noting milk may have spilled.
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New Delhi
Cxccutte
Shiva
Parvati
Hs Gon Ganesh
Srikant Ravi
Hanuman
Delhi
Younger priests turn conservative as pope visits
A new generation of priests, many trained in the 60s and 70s, shows more conservative attitudes aligning with older clerics. While laity seek greater Church involvement, younger priests may clash with some congregations as Pope John Paul II’s U.S. tour approaches.
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Yonkers
Daniel Greving
John Paul II
St. Joseph’s Seminary
Vincent Depaul Hawley
Hawley
Millon
United States
Dean Hoge
Catholic University of America
Nick Rice
National Federation of Priest Councils
Rice
Two Generations of Priests Survey on Catholic Clergy
National surveys of priests ages 26 to 35 track attitudes across years 1970 1985 and 1993. Data cite agreement with reform ideas including priestly celibacy debates and openness to remarriage of former priests within a broader discussion of unity and church governance.
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Jonaire
Afta
Pope’s Jewish relations drive marked by eight year shift
The piece notes improved Catholic Jewish ties under Pope John Paul II since 1965 and contrasts it with September 1987 tensions. It highlights Waldheim controversy, Auschwitz convent debates, Israel recognition in 1994, and the pope’s historic visits to Auschwitz and the Rome synagogue. Rabbi A James Rudin is cited on interfaith leadership.
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John Paul II
Cardinal John O'Connor
Manhattan
Miami
United States
Vatican
Kurt Waldheim
Yugoslavia
Waldheim
U.S
America
Auschwitz
Israel
ANG Gcl
Poland
Jazis
Ins Village
Rome
A. James Rudin
American Jewish Committee
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Bethany Baptist Church
Irving Ave
Our Lady of Peace Plans Healing Services
Our Lady of Peace Church
Lakeland
Matthew Swindon
Halcomb St
St. Michael's Church
Onondaga Hill
Fred Pompe
Jesus
West Seneca Turnpike
Velaska Road
Christian Group
Faith Gospel Family Church
Liverpool
Hearts Afire
Wetzel Road
B'ville
Marian Prayer Group
Holy Family
International Marian Prayer Group
Holy Family Church
Fairmount
East Syracuse Church
Solid Rock Family Christian Church
Tapperichael Peace
BattleKry
W. Fayette St
Christ the Ning Church
Melanie Gleaves
Birse
India
David Briggs
Associated Press
Thomas Bevan
Secretariat For
National Conference of Catholic Bishops
Hoge
St. Joseph’s
Howley
Antonio Armonte
Christ
Armonte
Iia
Roman Catholic Seminarians
St. Joseph's
Asan
Sanaa Aire Paige
Pope
Austria
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