‘If Those Were Pictures of You, You Would Understand’ Two sisters talk candidly about their lives after being sexually abused as children. It has been 10 years, but online photos and videos continue to haunt them. By Michael H. Keller and Gabriel J.X. Dance Two sisters from the Midwest are among the untold number of survivors of child […]
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Gallaudet University
At Gallaudet University, deaf culture and faith mix to create something new A woman walks through the Gallaudet University campus in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019. Gallaudet University is an institution of learning, teaching and research for deaf and hard-of-hearing students. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) WASHINGTON (RNS) — When a student stood to read from […]
Marriage v cohabitation
SALT LAKE CITY — The share of Americans who cohabit has been rising and most adults say that’s acceptable, whether a cohabiting couple intends to marry or not. And married couples are more satisfied with their relationship and have more trust in their partner than do those who cohabit. Just over half of American adults […]
Church uses crop duster plane to spray holy water upon Louisiana faithful Following a Mass at St. Anne’s Church on Saturday morning, parishioners traveled to a nearby airstrip to load water onto the crop duster. The agricultural aircraft was flushed of pesticides before it took off on its trip around the neighborhood, The Guardian reports. […]
Robert Smalls
Meet Robert Smalls, Boat Captain for Union Navy who Escaped Slavery and Became 1st African-American Elected to U.S. Congress by Lori Lakin Hutcherson (@lakinhutcherson) Robert Smalls was the first black man elected to U.S. Congress during Reconstruction. He was born into slavery in 1839 in Beaufort, S.C., and started his remarkable, implausible journey to national prominence by […]
Carrie Saxon Perry
Former Hartford Mayor Carrie Saxon Perry, the first African American woman to lead a Northeast city, dies Former Hartford Mayor Carrie Saxon Perry, a social worker, civil rights leader and community organizer who rose to become the first African American woman elected to lead a major Northeastern city, died last year at the age of […]
Religion Based on Beyonce-National Church of Bey
Group Creates Religion Based on Beyonce-National Church of Bey The National Church of Bey, an organization that formed the new religion Beyism, is a real organization based in Atlanta, Georgia. Based on pop star Beyoncé , she is not believed to be a part of it. Although this sounds like a joke and very similar to […]
Boston’s Abrahamic faith groups revisit their shared roots
With interfaith exhibit, Boston’s Abrahamic faith groups revisit their shared roots November 11, 2019 Aysha Kahn BOSTON (RNS) — Just over a year ago, the day after the deadly mass shooting at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life Synagogue, more than a thousand locals gathered together on the Boston Common to mourn and pray. As […]
Mart’s House
Please join Faith Church in supporting Mart’s House On Saturday, June 15th, Mart’s House reentry home on Capen St. in Hartford was devastated by a major fire. The seven women who were living at Mart’s are safe, but they lost everything. (Learn more about Mart’s House). Please consider a donation today to our Resettlement Program […]
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