By LINDA MOSS moss@montclairlocal.news St. Teresa of Calcutta Parish has a deficit, but one of its houses of worship, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, has been blessed with what […]
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Mount Carmel collects 250 boxes of goods for hurricane victims
By LINDA MOSS moss@montclairlocal.news Parishioners at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church over the past week or so collected 250 boxes of goods, such as clothing and toiletries, that have […]
Tashlich is symbolic, and real: Montclair’s synagogues celebrate together
Congragation Shomrei Emunah and Bnai Keshet will celebrate Tashlich together on the first day of Rosh Hashana.
New head of St. Teresa says goals include cutting $300,000 deficit
By LINDA MOSS moss@montclairlocal. news The new head of St. Teresa of Calcutta Parish, which was created a year ago through the strife-filled merger of two Montclair churches, on Sunday […]
St. Teresa of Calcutta to host first gala to benefit parish
By LINDA MOSS moss@montclairlocal.news In one of the first moves following the arrival its new chief, St. Teresa of Calcutta is holding its first gala in October to benefit the […]
Jonathan Alter to speak on Jewish values in the age of Trump
By GWEN OREL orel@montclairlocal.news “When you think about tikkun olam, it’s ‘repair the world,’” said Jonathan Alter. “This dude ain’t repairing the world. You can say a lot about him […]
Feasting in Limbo: Montclair’s Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church holds Mass and Procession
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Mass and Procession Sunday, July 16, 11:15 a.m. Mass, with procession following. Afterward, refreshments in the hall of OLMC Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, […]
Syrian refugees start new life in Montclair
By LINDA MOSS moss@montclairlocal.news Perhaps wistful for their native cuisine, when Syrian immigrants Alsayed Abbas and Abd Al Rahman Ajlooni visited Manhattan for the first time ever last week, they […]
New head of St. Teresa Parish arrives in Montclair
By LINDA MOSS moss@montclairlocal.news The new head of St. Teresa of Calcutta Parish on Sunday greeted worshippers at the two Montclair churches that merged last year to create that new […]
Redeemer Montclair church seeks to build addition
By LINDA MOSS moss@montclairlocal.news Redeemer Church of Montclair is looking to demolish a house adjacent to its site on North Willow Street to make way for a two-story addition to […]
Alban Hefin: The light of the summer
by Deborah Ann Tripoldi tripoldi@montclairlocal.news The longest day of the year — and no, it’s not a Monday or Black Friday — falls on Wednesday, June 21. Summer begins that […]
Ramadan: Montclair Muslims celebrate ‘an ongoing Thanksgiving’
By GWEN OREL and ANTOINETTE MARTIN orel@montclairlocal.news It’s very hot on the third floor of Glenfield Middle School. That makes the fast of Ramadan just that little bit harder for […]
Refugee assistance project at St. Teresa of Calcutta continues ahead
By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news A refugee assistance project involving a Montclair parish is moving ahead. St. Teresa of Calcutta Parish — which includes Immaculate Conception and Our Lady of Mount […]
Bnai Keshet to hold talk and vigil
Bnai Keshet is holding two events honoring social justice in the coming week. On Saturday morning, June 3, Steve Ellmann will speak about South Africa’s late Chief Justice, Arthur Chaskalson, […]