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Daily Hampshire Gazette – Guest columnist The Rev. Dr. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas: Fasting and climate change – We fasted to break through the paralysis of disengagement and despair…
Murray Ledger & Times – Angels Attic contributions to HOPE Calloway, Need Line total more than $284K since 2018 – “The Angels Clinic is still trying to take care of people who have fallen through the cracks who meet our guidelines…”
Times Herald-Record – Historic Newburgh church celebrates ‘homecoming’ of new priest – After enduring the entire pandemic thus far without a priest, St. George’s Episcopal Church in Newburgh is welcoming back one of its own to lead the congregation…
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Guest columnist The Rev. Dr. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas: Fasting and climate change
Daily Hampshire Gazette – Northampton, MA
On Oct. 21, people concerned about the climate and social justice crisis rallied at Northampton City Hall to support five young activists in the Sunrise Movement who began a hunger strike that day in front of the White House. Sunrisers are pushing Democrats to pass legislation that matches the urgency and scale of the climate emergency. People supporting their demands for an ambitious climate agenda were invited to carry out a 24-hour fast. […]
Angels Attic contributions to HOPE Calloway, Need Line total more than $284K since 2018
Murray Ledger & Times – Murray, KY
About three years into changing its mission from primarily supporting the Angels Community Clinic, the Angels Attic Thrift Shop has provided a combined $284,000 to HOPE Calloway and Murray-Calloway County Need Line. […]
Historic Newburgh church celebrates ‘homecoming’ of new priest
Newburg – NY
After enduring the entire pandemic thus far without a priest, St. George’s Episcopal Church in Newburgh is welcoming back one of its own to lead the congregation.
On Oct. 4, the Rev. Mary Barber, 54, began her first job as a priest at the church that she has been affiliated with for 20 years, and where she and her wife, Alleyne Fraser, raised their two children. […]
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