4+ day, 7+ hour ago (231+ words) GREENPOINT TO MANHATTAN " The Rev. Dr. Katrina Foster, who most recently served St. John's Lutheran Church in Greenpoint, was installed on Nov. 22 as the first woman and openly gay bishop to lead the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America's Metropolitan New York Synod." Bishop Foster will oversee 160 congregations across the region, leading with a message grounded in social justice, compassion and inclusion. Her ministry has long centered on serving LGBTQIA+ individuals, refugees, and the unhoused. This installation marks a milestone for MNYS and signals a new chapter of leadership for faith communities across the nation. The consecration service, hosted at the Cathedral of St. John Divine, added to both the historical nature of the liturgy and to the longtime full-communion relationship between the ELCA and the Episcopal Church. The Rev. Yehiel Curry, the ELCA's first Black Presiding Bishop, was the homilist....

2+ mon, 3+ week ago (255+ words) NOW IS THE TIME TO END ANTISEMITISM AND ALL HATRED AGAINST FAITH GROUPS, says a coalition of houses of worship Bensonhurst parish takes part in nationwide Stand Up Sunday against hatred BENSONHURST " NOW IS THE TIME TO END ANTISEMITISM AND ALL HATRED AGAINST FAITH GROUPS, says a coalition of houses of worship, which includes the parish of St. Athanasius-St. Dominic. The parish on Sunday, Sept. 7 joined other communities of faith across the U.S. in a demonstration of interfaith unity. During the 11:30 a.m. Mass, Father Michael Lynch dedicated his homily to Stand Up Sunday, saying, "It is not okay that Catholic churches are bombed, that mosques are burned, that temples are defaced. It is not okay that people are chased down and beaten because they are different from their oppressor. It is not okay to witness these rising attacks on so many different…...