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February 19, 2013

New Healing Ministry

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Announcing New Healing Ministry: Beginning Sunday, March 3, there will be a new healing ministry offered at the 10:00 service at St. Mary’s. New member and senior seminarian, Lauren Giaccone, is offering this ministry, but others are invited to join the team. As you return from communion a prayer station will be set up near [...]

February 13, 2013

Students honored!

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St. Mary’s celebrates three of our youth who received awards at PS45 this month. William Aguilar – Student of the Month Louis Rizzo – Citizen of the Month Savanna Torees – Citizen of the Month. Congratulations!

January 29, 2013

Gun Buy Back

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St. Mary’s, in cooperation with the Office of the District Attorney and the NYPD, is please to announce a Gun Buy Back program to be conducted at St. Mary’s on February 9, 2013 from 10:00-4:00. Please see the CEASE FIRE section of the website and click on Gun Buy Back for a copy of the [...]

January 20, 2013

Letter from a Birmingham Jail

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AFRICAN STUDIES CENTER – UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA “Letter from a Birmingham Jail [King, Jr.]” 16 April 1963 My Dear Fellow Clergymen: While confined here in the Birmingham city jail, I came across your recent statement calling my present activities “unwise and untimely.” Seldom do I pause to answer criticism of my work and ideas. If [...]

January 8, 2013

Zumba Fundraiser!

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Join the party, dance, have a great time, AND help out this wonderful parish. Zumba! is offering a fundraiser for St. Mary’s on January 20th from 3-5. Tickets are $15 and are available through the parish office. Call 718.442.1527 to purchase.

December 18, 2012

Dick’s Sporting Goods

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(CNN) — Dick’s Sporting Goods, one of the largest sporting goods retailers in the world, says it has removed all guns from its store nearest to Newtown, Connecticut, and is suspending the sale of certain kinds of semi-automatic rifles from its chains nationwide. The move was made out of respect for the victims and families [...]

December 17, 2012

Enter Moloch

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By Garry Wills | NYRblog | The New York Review of Books www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2012/dec/15/our-moloch/?printpage=true 1/3 NYRblog : Roving thoughts and provocations from our writers Our Moloch Garry Wills Andrew Bret Wallis/Getty Images Few crimes are more harshly forbidden in the Old Testament than sacrifice to the god Moloch (for which see Leviticus 18.21, 20.1-5). The sacrifice [...]

November 9, 2012

Hurrican Sandy Relief Update

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As of 8 Nov St. Mary’s is hosting a volunteer disaster relief team from All Hands, see their website at www.hands.org The team has set up operations in the undercroft and is coordinating volunteers and needed work. We give thanks for the team and their efforts and pray for their safety and well-being.

October 19, 2012

Ballroom Dancing

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Registration has begun for ballroom dancing classes on Friday evenings from 7:45-8:45 pm. A social time will follow classes. Classes are 12.50. There is a 10% discount for those who pay for a month in advance. For more information contact the parish office at 718.442.1527.

October 18, 2012

Breaking the Code

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Breaking the Code: Beginning October 26th, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church at 347 Davis Avenue will offer an 8-week course on the Book of Revelation. The class is based on the book, Breaking the Code, by Dr. Bruce Metzger, New Testament Professor Emeritus of Princeton Theological Seminary. The book is available for purchase at the church [...]

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