Just weeks after being informed by the Archdiocese of Newark that it would have to close its elementary school, St. Anne’s Parish in the Heights is furiously raising the money needed to keep it open for at least another year. The school, which is about 100 years old and educates nearly 230 children in Pre-K [...]
Rev. Nick Lannon is leaving Grace Church Van Vorst to take a position at a church in the Northwest New Jersey town of Denville, he announced this week. “It has been an incredible four years that I’ve been here at Grace; I’ve learned to be a minister here,” Lannon says in a message posted to [...]
St. Peter’s College says it has entered into a partnership with the Archdiocese of Newark to take over the historic St. Aedan’s Church and use it as a cornerstone for a renewed emphasis on ministry at the college. St. Peter’s plans to transition the Bergen Avenue church into a college church, staffed by members of [...]
Ask any female over the age of ten what this book by Judy Blume is about (that would be Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret) and she’ll probably say it’s about puberty, periods, and training bras. For decades young women have adored this seminal novel about pre-pubescent issues. But there is a subplot to [...]
The eight-day Jewish holiday of Chanukah begins today, and there are two menorah lightings scheduled to mark the occasion. First up at 3:30 pm is the lighting of the City Hall Menorah (280 Grove St.), which will be led by Mayor Jerramiah Healy and Rabbi David Wilansky. The rabbi, from the Bris Avrohom of Jersey [...]
St. Peter’s Prep will wrap up a weeklong summit on immigration Friday with a lecture by Father Sean Carroll of the Arizona-based Kino Border Initiative. Carroll, a Jesuit priest, works with people along the border in southern Arizona and northern Mexico, running a meal program where migrants at the border can receive a warm meal [...]
- Bonding for Retiree Payouts: Jersey City wants to borrow $22 million to cover payouts for unused sick, vacation and compensatory time to city workers who are retiring. The city — like others across New Jersey — has seen a spike in retirements this year as the Christie administration and state legislators have pushed a [...]
Photos: Steve Gold On Saturday, hundreds of people gathered in Downtown Jersey City for the annual Children of Faith Parade, which makes its way from Hamilton Park to City Hall, where a festival is held at the parade’s conclusion. But this year’s proceedings were marked by controversy. The day before the parade, organizer Rev. Jose [...]
- JCIA Eliminates Litter Patrol Jobs: The Jersey City Incinerator Authority is eliminating another litter patrol program, with 42 employees of the Second Chances program learning yesterday that they will be terminated on September 17. – Workers Need Jobs: Dozens of out-of-work minority union construction workers converged on Sen. Sandra Cunningham’s Jersey City office yesterday [...]
Lead photo: Joe D’Allegro | Interior photo: Bob Kozlarek | Other photos: Melissa Surach Earlier this month, I spent the weekend in a makeshift Polish Beer Garden behind an alleyway eating too much cabbage. I did it for my grandma. My grandma made me do it for God. It was the 2nd annual I Love [...]
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