A visual exploration of relics in New York City, at various Catholic places of worship throughout the city. Included in the virtual tour are the Padre Pio, Mother Cabrini and Mother Seton shrines and the Transfiguration Church in Chinatown.
May 13, 2012 | Categories: Multimedia, News, Raya Jalabi, View From NYC | Leave A Comment »
Prayer and bathrooms are often not referred to in the same breath. But for Shayla Osborn, a member of the Manhattan New York Temple of Latter Day Saints, praying out loud is an important part of her faith.
Mar 08, 2012 | Categories: Multimedia, Neha Tara Mehta, News, View From NYC | Leave A Comment »
Opus Dei members believe in following strictly the guidelines of faith — that includes gaining deeper understanding of the importance of the Eucharist and mass. A retreat session for its members serves as gentle reminders and reinforces their beliefs in Catholicism.
Mar 07, 2012 | Categories: News, Trinna Leong, View From NYC | Leave A Comment »
On a rainy Thursday night at the Manhattan Sikh Association center, a woman, her child, and the entire congregation have gathered for a service to to express their devotion to and meditate on the spiritual content of the Sikh holy scripture.
Mar 07, 2012 | Categories: Anam Siddiq, News, View From NYC | Leave A Comment »
Genuflection, an act of devotion by touching one knee to the ground is symbolized in the Catholic Church as a mark of respect in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament. These days, however, it is uncommon to find most practitioners genuflecting in churches. At most, churchgoers cross themselves upon entry into their place of worship.
Mar 07, 2012 | Categories: News, Trinna Leong, View From NYC | Leave A Comment »
On a rainy Friday night, two young men in their mid-twenties arrive early for prayer at Congregation Ramath Orah on 110th Street off Broadway in Manhattan.
Mar 07, 2012 | Categories: Michael Wilner, News, View From NYC | Leave A Comment »
Sean and Anna Yun brought their 13-month-old daughter Vera to Redeemer Presbyterian Church on a recent Sunday for the child’s Christian rite of baptism.
Mar 07, 2012 | Categories: Nathan Vickers, News, View From NYC | Leave A Comment »
Early every morning, the Rev. Sammy Taylor rings the doorbell of 15 West 124th Street to say mass for the convent of the Franciscan Handmaids of Mary. Because the Catholic faith prohibits women from saying mass, the Sisters must have a chaplain officiate the service.
Mar 07, 2012 | Categories: Anne Cohen, News, View From NYC | Leave A Comment »
Religious followers of visit St. John the Baptist Church in midtown Manhattan to share their secrets, hopes and prayers with the beloved saint, Padre Pio. Many find the ritual act of kissing the relics and speaking to the saint their way of asking for his healing intercession.
Mar 07, 2012 | Categories: Neha Prakash, News, View From NYC | Leave A Comment »
Redeemer Presbyterian Church, a megachurch located in Hunter College Auditorium on 69th st. attracts over 2,000 congregants in the heart of the city.
Mar 07, 2012 | Categories: Nathan Vickers, News, View From NYC | Leave A Comment »
Every Sunday afternoon St. George’s Episcopal Church on 14-02 27th Avenue in Astoria, Queens transforms into Sts. Peter and Paul Romanian Orthodox Church.
Mar 07, 2012 | Categories: Bogdan Mohora, News, View From NYC | Leave A Comment »
On the Upper East Side of Manhattan, nine men stand around anxiously at 7:30 a.m. on a Saturday morning, prayer shawls yet to be adorned, hoping a tenth will arrive.
Mar 07, 2012 | Categories: Michael Wilner, News, View From NYC | Leave A Comment »
The weekly celebration of the Eucharist at St. John’s in the Village Church, ostensibly follows the traditional Roman Catholic Church model for mass. On closer inspection however, there is something decidedly un-Catholic — at least by The Church’s standards — about this congregation, organized by the New York chapter of DignityUSA: the congregants are all members of the LGBT community.
Mar 07, 2012 | Categories: Aby Sam Thomas, News, View From NYC | Leave A Comment »
On a recent evening, 25 students sit on the floor of the Islamic Center at New York University to hear class in Quran taught by Dr. Ali Mermer.
Mar 07, 2012 | Categories: News, Raya Jalabi, View From NYC | Leave A Comment »
Claudio Del Castillo, a secular Catholic from Columbia, on praying the novena.
Mar 07, 2012 | Categories: Aby Sam Thomas, News, View From NYC | Leave A Comment »
Local churches in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn reflect on their diversifying community of congregants.
Mar 07, 2012 | Categories: Aby Sam Thomas, News, Raya Jalabi, View From NYC | Leave A Comment »
Rachel Hope, a teacher in the Relief Society, leads a discussion on the need to show love for others.
Mar 07, 2012 | Categories: Neha Tara Mehta, News, View From NYC | Leave A Comment »
The 100-year old Russian Orthodox Church of the Transfiguration of our Lord in Williamsburg, Brooklyn was built between 1916 and 1921. It hasn’t had a major renovation since 1978, but after several years of a broad fundraising campaign, repairs are finally under way.
Mar 07, 2012 | Categories: Andrea Palatnik, News, View From NYC | Leave A Comment »
Vigorous whole-body worship is par for the course at one of New York’s fastest growing churches, an offshoot of Hillsong Church, a vaguely Pentecostal evangelical group based out of Australia.
Mar 05, 2012 | Categories: News, Sarah Laing, View From NYC | Leave A Comment »
A glimpse into religious education at Mt. Carmel Parish in Brooklyn.
Mar 05, 2012 | Categories: Ines Novacic, News, View From NYC | Leave A Comment »
