It is a cold winter afternoon and the Starbucks coffee shop on Second Avenue and East 13th Street is crowded and noisy. Four friends in their 20’s — Shirin Montenegro, Carmel Kappus, Anisa Heavia and Kenneth Lao — seem unperturbed by the loud voices of coffee buyers and drinkers Read more
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Finding Respite in Holy Communion
There is magic in the moment of stepping into The Church of the Ascension in Manhattan’s Upper West Side. The scent of incense is warm and delightful. Candles are burning in glass bell-shaped jars decorating dainty wooden gold-trimmed tables, illuminating the body of a crucified remembrance of Jesus Christ nailed to the wall. Read more