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Brooklyn Religion Newsbriefs May 8-14

Brooklyn Boro
Catholic Diocese Installs New Deans As Bishop Hails New Model For Parishes to Collaborate  … Full Article

2013 ‘Sacred Sites’ Churches figure prominently into history of Brooklyn

Brooklyn Boro
This year’s Sacred Sites Open House Weekend, coming up on May 18 and 19, feature four Brooklyn churches, one which marks its centennial this year. … Full Article

Rev. Dr. David C. Fisher of Plymouth Church announces retirement

Brooklyn Heights
In a message mailed to the Plymouth Church congregation last week and delivered from the pulpit on April 28, the Rev. Dr. David C. Fisher has announced his retirement. … Full Article

Religion Newsbriefs for April 25-30

Brooklyn Boro
Friends of Christ Church Cobble Hill Sponsors Benefit for Storm-Damaged Building  … Full Article

Was there really a Hipster Jesus?

Downtown_Brooklyn
The Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn is getting a lot of attention with its new ad campaign promoting Jesus as a non-conformist type of guy who bucks authority. … Full Article

Religion Newsbriefs for April 22

Interfaith Scholar-in-Residence Will Explore Judaism’s Bond with the New Testament … Full Article

As Washington mulls reform, Bishop DiMarzio honors immigrants

Downtown
On any given Sunday, mass is celebrated in 32 different languages in Catholic churches in the Diocese of Brooklyn, according to diocese officials, who said immigrants settling here have brought from their native countries a strong religious tradition. … Full Article

Religion Newsbriefs for week of April 10-16

Plymouth Church Welcomes Back NY Theological Seminary President For Program on ‘Radical Holiness’  … Full Article

Bay Ridge convent is converted into home for disabled

Bay Ridge
Sister Dolores Ferry said she couldn’t believe how beautiful her old home is looking these days. “And it has an elevator now, too!” she said Tuesday upon paying a visit to the convent located next to Saint Anselm Catholic School that she moved out of a couple of years ago. … Full Article

Religion News for week of April 3-9

St. Ann & Holy Trinity Church Hosts Performance of The Cotton Patch Gospel  … Full Article
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