The Rev. Tim Orlowski and five other members of Christ the King Lutheran Church will be taking a mission trip to Iglesia Israel Lutheran congregation in Playa Grande Ixcan Quiche, Guatemala. The trip will be discussed from 9:30 to 10:15 a.m. Sunday. All are welcome to attend.
For more information, call Aurora Rose at 382-1848 or email adurangorose@gmail.com.
NEW YORK – Nearly 170 historic religious institutions across New York state will show off their art, architecture and history this weekend.
The New York Landmark Conservancy’s sixth annual “Sacred Sites Open House Weekend” will be held Saturday and Sunday. Sixty-five sites in New York City and 103 in other parts of the state will open their doors for tours.
Among them is Manhattan’s Riverside Church, which boasts a 400-foot bell tower and a 1930s pipe organ.
On Staten Island, Christ Church New Brighton overlooks New York harbor. The 1905 neo-Gothic Episcopal church was designed by Philadelphia church architect Isaac Purcell. Shearith Israel-Chatham Square Cemetery in Manhattan is America’s first Jewish congregation. Some of its members fought in the Revolutionary War.
The conservancy’s sacred sites program provides aid for the restoration of culturally significant religious properties. In its 30-year history, the program has awarded grants totaling $9 million to more than 750 religious institutions.
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis says employers who exploit their workers for their own profit are committing a mortal sin.
During his morning homily Thursday, Francis said such labor exploitation is a modern-day form of slavery. He said those who exploit workers are no different than the human traffickers of the past who enslaved Africans and sold them in the Americas.
History’s first Latin American pope has frequently denounced the injustices of the global economy that he says has impoverished the poor and destroyed the environment while enriching the wealthy few.
Herald Staff & Associated Press
