Religion

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 is now a $113,000 nest egg. The head of the Save Our Lady of Mount Carmel Committee informed the new administrator of St...

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 been shipped to victims of Hurricane Harvey. Marialena Marzullo, who spearheaded the collection drive, was among those present when a DHL truck came to the Pine Street church on Thursday afternoon to pick all the do

Congragation Shomrei Emunah and Bnai Keshet will celebrate Tashlich together on the first day of Rosh Hashana.

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 outlined his 10-point strategic plan for the combined entity, initiatives that include a closer watch on finances and an attempt to reduce a $300,000 deficit...

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 newly formed parish in Montclair. The event, "Moonlight in Montclair," will be held at the Van Vleck House & Gardens on Saturday, Oct. 7,...

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 but he’s not repairing the world.” Tikkun olam, a core Jewish value, might su...

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, 94 Pine St. By GWEN OREL orel@montclairlocal...

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 chowed down on falafel from a street cart ...

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 parish, saying he was nervous but excited and eager to serve...

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 the house of worship. Redeemer Montclair has filed an application with the Township Zoning Board of Adjustment seeking conditional-use variances for the expansion of the existing church and the site plan for the proje