COPE Center gets additional space at St. Luke’s
By ERIN ROLL
roll@montclairlocal.newsAn Essex County counseling center will be getting some additional new space in Montclair.
The COPE Center will be leasing space at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church on South Fullerton Avenue. The center will...
Mixed-faith group helps build a Habitat for Humanity house
Members of Bnai Keshet, First Congregational Church and Baitful Wahid Mosque will gather on Thursday, April 13, to contribute their labor to Habitat for Humanity and build a house in Paterson. Participants either will meet at...
Montclair’s Bnai Keshet holds Community Seder
By GWEN OREL
orel@montclairlocal.newsThis year’s Community Seder at Bnai Keshet will feature a theme of immigration.It’s particularly timely, with the president’s Muslim bans being fought in the courts.And two Bnai Keshet members, Melina Macall and...
Immaculate Conception church hosts talk on refugee aid
By ERIN ROLL
roll@montclairlocal.newsThere are about 16 million people with refugee status worldwide, Maria Biancheri told an audience in Madonna Hall at Immaculate Conception Church on Wednesday evening.“What percentage do you think get through the...
Mount Carmel mounts another plea to survive
In a yet another effort to save their parish, former members of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church have pleaded to Cardinal Joseph Tobin, chosen by Pope Francis as the new Archbishop of Newark,...
Montclair police, clergy setting up chaplain program
by ERIN ROLL
roll@montclairlocal.newsThe Montclair Police Department will be adding some chaplains to its ranks.
The department is bringing back a chaplain program as part of its community outreach efforts, as well as to assist during...